Purpose
By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Keith Arthur Bolden
A co-production with Alliance Theatre
January 21-February 13, 2027
Berlind Theatre
Experience an electrifying, intimate and intriguing behind-the-scenes look at the influential Jasper family. Like all families, there are cracks beneath the surface.
When the son returns home with an uninvited friend, the family is forced into a reckoning with itself, its faith, and its legacy. This gripping and hilarious new drama is “a thumping, riveting, gunsblazing, major new American play” (NY Daily News) that is “unstoppably fierce, funny, and ruthless!” (The New York Post).
Photo: Princeton University Alum Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
“PURPOSE channels everything from August Wilson to Tennessee Williams. It’s a sparring match, crackling with sharp punchlines, pulling us into an all-out brawl.”
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