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“Purpose” 4 stars
“Purpose,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ outstanding domestic drama premiering at Steppenwolf Theatre, rings familiar. Not only for the insight and wit characteristic of.
Clearly inspired by Chicago’s Jackson family as in Jesse and Jesse Jr. the play is set at a transitional moment when the family must process a problematic recent past and consider the future.