Purpose - Play

Purpose - Play at OneAmerica Mainstage - Indiana Repertory Theater

The hardest truths in a family aren't always hidden. Sometimes they're the ones nobody wants to say out loud. Then the party starts, the doors open, and everything they've kept quiet starts to show. Purpose puts you in that room. The Jasper family is known for public influence in civil rights, church and politics. At a family celebration, the private tensions behind that image can no longer stay hidden.

Then comes the spark. An uninvited guest arrives, and family secrets are exposed. It's the kind of story that makes you lean forward, then wonder what you'd do in that living room. Who do we say we are, and who are we when the door closes? Branden Jacobs-Jenkins wrote the play, which won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. Those honors belong to the play itself, but they point to why this one is worth seeing live. Legacy, loyalty and responsibility are big questions, and they land harder when real people are working through them just a few feet away.

On February 10, 2027, at 7:30 PM, you can see it at the OneAmerica Mainstage at Indiana Repertory Theater in Indianapolis. IRT presents Purpose as a co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, with Tyrone Phillips directing this local production. Don't wait for the conversation to start without you. Reserve your seats for Purpose in Indianapolis here.