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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' 'Purpose' coming to Broadway in 2025

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' 'Purpose' coming to Broadway in 2025

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The Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Purpose, written by Tony Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Appropriate, The Comeuppance) and directed by two-time Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad (Skeleton Crew, A Raisin in the Sun), comes to Broadway in spring 2025. The production will mark Rashad’s Broadway directing debut.

Previews begin February 25, 2025 at The Helen Hayes Theater, with the show officially premiering in mid-March.

Casting will be announced in the coming months.