About this episode
A new play from Tony Award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs Jenkins follows the family of an aging Civil Rights icon named Solomon Jasper, a famous activist, preacher, and the patriarch of the Solomon family. But Solomon has some secrets, and so does his son, Nazareth, played by Jon Michael Hill . When Nazareth comes home to celebrate his mom's birthday, all of these secrets threaten to come to the surface. Jacobs Jenkins, Lennix, and Hill discuss " Purpose ," which is running at the Helen Hayes Theater through July 6.