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Every estranged member of the Lafayette clan has descended upon the crumbling Arkansas homestead to settle the accounts of the newly-dead patriarch. As the three adult children sort through a lifetime of their father's hoarded mementos and junk, they collide over clutter, debt and a contentious family history. But after a disturbing discovery surfaces among their father's possessions, the reunion takes a turn for the explosive, unleashing a series of crackling surprises and confrontations.

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""A searing narrative about family ties, past hurts and unbridled pain... a shocking play centering on legacy, race and the fragility of memory."" - Variety ""Biliously funny... What distinguishes [Appropriate] is the playwright's gift for drawing his characters into an escalating conflict and sustaining, with humor and craft, our curiosity about how they digest the terrible information thrown at them."" - Washington Post ""Very fine, subversively original... [Jacobs-Jenkins] honors the time-tested recipes of those who have gone before him, combining them into a crafty narrative... But he also brings a culinary self-consciousness to the mix that makes you savor the ingredients anew, while pondering why they have dominated American theater for so long... Appropriate is piercingly clear, with carefully drawn characters who speak in crisp and fluid dialogue...remarkable and devious."" - The New York Times

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