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Purpose at Fichandler Stage, Arena Stage
Dates: 2/5/2027 - 3/28/2027
📍 Theatre: Fichandler Stage, Arena Stage
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Purpose, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, is a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning family drama about faith, inheritance, and long-held secrets. The play centers on the Jaspers, a Black political dynasty of civil rights leaders, pastors, and congressmen, whose carefully maintained surface begins to crack when the youngest son, Naz, returns home with an unexpected guest. Long-buried resentment boils over, fracturing the family's foundation in this exploration of legacy, belonging, and the cost of believing in something bigger than oneself.
Cast and Creative Team for Purpose at Fichandler Stage, Arena Stage
Cast
Vusi Mdoyi
Ensemble
Conrad R. Kelly II
Ensemble
Creative Team
Nikko Benson
Book and Lyrics
Vusi Mdoyi
Choreographer
Conrad R. Kelly II
Choreographer
Jakari Sherman
Director
Suzie Miller
Playwright
Benjamin Halstead
Book and Lyrics
Nikko Benson
Music
Katie Spelman
Choreography
Marshall Pailet
Director
Dominic Fallacaro
Music Supervisor
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Playwright
Hana S. Sharif
Artistic Director
Edgar Dobie
Executive Producer
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