Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' PURPOSE Wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
The Pulitzer Prize Board has just announced that Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Purpose has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other finalists included: Oh, Mary!, by Cole Escola, and The Ally, by Itamar Moses. In addition, New York Magzine theatre critic Sara Holdren was a finalist in the Criticism category. Purpose was commissioned by and had its World Premiere on March 24, 2024 at Chicago's legendary Steppenwolf Thea…