PURPOSE
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Hayes Theatre
Opened on Broadway: March 17, 2025 Closing: July 6, 2025 Performances: 40 (as of 4/20/25) Director: Phylicia Rashad Writer: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Runtime: 2hr. 50min. (1 Intermission) Opening Night/Current Cast: LaTonya Richardson Jackson...Claudine Jasper Kara Young.....................Aziza Houston Harry Lennix...................Sonny Jasper Jon Michael Hill.............Naz Jasper Glenn Davis....................Junior Jasper Alana Arenas..................Morgan Jasper Understudies: For Claudine: Petronia Paley For Aziza: Sojourner Brown For Sonny: Esau Pritchett For Naz: Chris Myers For Junior: Chris Myers For Morgan: Sojourner Brown |
Synopsis:
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.
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.