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Purpose
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Theatre: Helen Hayes
Status: Currently On
(February 25, 2025 - )
  • Rehearsal: January 21, 2025
  • Preview: February 25, 2025
  • Open: March 17, 2025
Play - New York Premiere
Running Time: 2hrs 45mins

For decades, the influential Jasper family has been a pillar of Black American Politics: civil rights leaders, pastors and congressmen. But like all families, there are cracks and secrets just under the surface. When the youngest son Nazareth returns home to Illinois with an uninvited friend in tow, the family is forced into a reckoning with itself, its faith and the legacies of Black radicalism.

Last Week's Gross: $330,958
Last Week's Capacity: 95%
Total Gross to Date: $1,219,621
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Staff & Creative Team

Producer:

David Stone
Debra Martin Chase
Marc Platt
LaChanze
Rashad V Chambers
Aaron Glick
Universal Theatrical Group
Eastern Standard Time
Trate Productions
Nancy Nagel Gibbs
James L Nederlander
John Gore
Ambassador Theatre Group
The Shubert Organization
Steppenwolf Theatre Company

General Manager:

321 Theatrical Management

Company Manager:

Mike McLinden at 321 Theatrical Management

Production Manager:

Stewert Productions

Casting Director:

JC Clements
Calleri Jensen Davis

Advertising Representative:

Serino Coyne

Press Agent:

Polk & Co

Production Stage Manager:

Tiffany Robinson

Author:

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Director:

Phylicia Rashad

Settings:

Todd Rosenthal

Costumes:

Dede Ayite

Lighting:

Amith Chandrashaker

Sound:

Rob Milburn
Michael Bodeen

Cast

Alana Arenas
02/25/2025 -
Glenn Davis
02/25/2025 -
Jon Michael Hill
02/25/2025 -
Harry Lennix
02/25/2025 -
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
02/25/2025 -
Kara Young
02/25/2025 -