Purpose, the Tony Award winner for Best Play and 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, receives its Philadelphia premiere at Philadelphia Theatre Company, directed by three-time Barrymore Award-winning director Amina Robinson. When Nazareth Jasper returns home during a winter storm, he is pulled back into a family shaped by legacy, expectation, and long-held secrets. As tensions rise and truths surface, the play examines the weight of family history and the challenge of forging one's own path within it, using sharp humor and emotional depth to explore how identity is shaped by both where we come from and the choices we make.
Cast and Creative Team for Purpose at Suzanne Roberts Theatre
Cast
Ensemble
Wingfield Family
BD Wong
Tom Wingfield
Creative Team
Laurie Woolery
Director
Taibi Magar
Co-Artistic Director
Taibi Magar
Director
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Playwright
Tyler Dobrowsky
Co-Artistic Director
Margo Moskowitz
Managing Director
Amina Robinson
Director
Bess Wohl
Playwright
Connor Gallagher
Director
Connor Gallagher
Choreographer
Alba Martínez
Playwright
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