{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on the inspiration for 'Purpose,' his Tony-winning family drama","publication_date":"July 22, 2025","summary":"It’s been a successful few months for 40-year-old writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and his play, “Purpose,” which won both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown spoke with him recently at Broadway’s Hayes Theater for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Simon Epstein, Sam Weber","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2025\/07\/e791a9c702bc4a59dcdc9223b2c6d717-purpose-e1753220393445-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}