THE STEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCTION

PURPOSE

By Tony Award Winner Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins

Directed by Two-Time Award winner Phylicia Rashad

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Previews Begin    February 25, 2025

Opening Night     March 2025

On Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theater (240 West 44th St)

*For a Limited Engagement

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For decades, the influential Jasper family has been a pillar of Black American Politics: civil rights leaders, pastors and congressmen. But like all families, there are cracks and secrets just under the surface. When the youngest son Nazareth returns home to Illinois with an uninvited friend in tow, the family is forced into a reckoning with itself, its faith and the legacies of Black radicalism. Spirited, hilarious and filled with intrigue, PURPOSE is an epic family drama from one of the country’s most celebrated voices.

 

PURPOSE was commissioned by and had its World Premiere on March 14, 2024 at Chicago’s legendary Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where it received rave reviews. The production sold out its initial engagement and extension weeks, becoming one of the highest-grossing shows in Steppenwolf’s nearly 50-year history

 

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