Jarrett King

Playwright.

A War of the Worlds

Penfold Theatre | Austin, TX

Photo by Kimberley Mead

"To me, this was a play about a family's quiet howl of grief, and the damage we can (unwittingly) do as we try to find healing. It's gonna stay with me for a long time. "

Jenny Connell Davis (St. Miles)
"The power of this cosmic Jarrett King tale will reward an earthly audience's attendance."

The Austin Chronicle (A War of the Worlds)
"Playwright Jarrett King’s ambitious script tackles the power of performance and mass media...an edge-of-your-seat drama probing artistic ethics."

Sightlines Magazine - “Seven Performance Highlights of 2022” (A War of the Worlds)
"This was one of the most moving play experiences I've ever had."

Audience response to Box
"An audacious retelling of an equally audacious life."

The Austin Chronicle (Box)
"This is definitely in range of the work of Jordan Peele."

Kyle RM (A War of the Worlds)
"King’s characters are vividly drawn, his dialogue lively and often surprising."

Onstage NTX (Box)

A WAR OF THE WORLDS

An afro-futurist reimagining of the War of the Worlds radio broadcast.

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ST. MILES

A family's fight with its own demons as they attempt to canonize America's first Black saint.

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FROG SPLASH

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An activist stares down his weariness on the eve of yet another call to revolution.

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