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Purpose

WRITTEN BY

Branden Jacobs Jenkins

DIRECTED BY

Sidney Horton

WINNER - Tony Award Best Play
WINNER of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Dates
August 6-22, 2027
Venue
The Arts Factory at West End Studios
run time
Approximately 2 hours and a fifteen minute intermission
content
This production contains mature language, family conflict, emotional and psychological abuse, discussions of race, religion, and generational trauma, as well as moments of intense interpersonal confrontation. Recommended ages 16+
About the Show
Purpose
For decades, the Jasper family has stood as a pillar of Black American politics—civil rights leaders, pastors, congressmen. But when the youngest son returns home to Chicago with an uninvited guest in tow, old loyalties crack under the weight of long-buried secrets and unresolved resentments. As the family gathers under one roof, they're forced into a reckoning with faith, legacy, and the price of believing in something larger than yourself.
Purpose is a sharp, funny, and devastating portrait of a family determined to protect its public image even as the truth pushes to the surface. It's an epic story about what we inherit from our parents, what we owe to history, and what happens when the mask finally slips.
What People Are Saying
Praise from previous productions
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Advance Purchase Online: $30 inclusive of all taxes and fees
Night of Show at the Door: $35 inclusive of all taxes and fees
Students and Educators: $20 inclusive of all taxes and fees
Volunteers: We welcome volunteers to help with ushering and concessions at each performance. Volunteers get to see the show for free. Please visit our Volunteer Registration page to sign up.

Discounted pricing available for groups of 10 or more, contact us at info@threebonetheatre.com to learn more

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This project is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Land Acknowledgement

 

Three Bone Theatre is based in Charlotte, NC. We acknowledge that we rehearse and perform on the traditional, ancestral, stolen territory of the Catawba Indian Nation, including the Catawba and Sugaree tribes. The Catawba Indians have lived on their ancestral lands along the banks of the Catawba River dating back at least 6,000 years. You can learn more about the Catawba Indian Nation at catawbaindian.net.

 

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