Purpose, the gripping and hilarious new drama from Tony Award winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by two-time Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad, is “a thumping, riveting, guns-blazing, major new American play” (NY Daily News).
This electrifying production is an intimate and intriguing behind-the-scenes look at the influential Jasper family. And 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.
Produced by previous TONY Award winning producer Rashad V. Chambers '02, Purpose earned six 2025 TONY nominations including Best Play.
Chambers is a producer, talent manager and lawyer. Rashad recently produced the New York premiere of the award winning musical Little Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical. His Broadway producing credits include American Son, Ain’t Too Proud, Betrayal, The Inheritance, Caroline, or Change, The Music Man and Topdog/Underdog. Rashad attended Morehouse College where he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration. He also earned his JD and MBA degrees from The Ohio State University. Rashad is a founding member of The Industry Standard Group as well as a board member of On Broadway Performing Arts Training Program and Houses on the Moon Theater Company.
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