"Purpose" - by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins - Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, MA.)
Huntington Theatre Company
Presents Branden Jacobs-Jenkins'
"PURPOSE"
WINNER Tony Award for Best Play!
WINNER 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama!
Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Josiah Davis
Performances:
September 10, 2026 through October 11, 2026
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Roberts Theatre/Calderwood, 527 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. 02116
TICKETS:
Available online at huntingtontheatre.org, by phone at 617-266-0800 or in person at THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE, 264 Huntington Avenue, Boston.
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ABOUT THE SHOW
WINNER of the Tony Award for Best Play!
WINNER of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama!
A smash hit on Broadway, "PURPOSE" is the explosive and wildly entertaining new play from Tony-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, diving headlong into the life of a prominent and influential political dynasty.
Encircled by civil rights leaders, pastors, and congressmen for decades, the Jasper family is a foundational pillar of Black American society.
That is, until their youngest son returns home with an unexpected dinner guest, and their carefully curated existence begins to fracture.
Don’t miss this searing and hilarious exploration of faith, class, ambition, and heritage — what The Washington Post called “a feast of jaw-dropping tea and riveting food for thought.”
ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY
THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY is Boston’s leading professional theatre and one of the region’s premier cultural assets since its founding in 1982. Recipient of the 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award, THE HUNTINGTON brings together superb local and national talent and produces a mix of groundbreaking new works and classics made current to create award-winning productions. THE HUNTINGTON runs nationally renowned programs in education and new play development and serves the local theatre community through its operation of the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. THE HUNTINGTON has long been an anchor cultural institution of Huntington Avenue, the Avenue of the Arts, and will remain so on a permanent basis with plans to convert the Huntington Avenue Theatre into a first-rate, modern venue with expanded services to audiences, artists, and the community. THE HUNTINGTON cultivates, celebrates, and champions theatre as an art form.
