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"Purpose" made it's pre-Broadway world premiere at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre in 2024. Young picked up the award for best ...
Kara Young has made history. On Sunday night, Young won her second Tony Award for best actress in a featured role in a play ...
The best new play trophy at Sunday's Tony Awards went to “Purpose,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drawing-room drama about an ...
Young's work has earned her a Tony Award nomination and a chance to make history. Already the first Black person to be ...
Kara Young has already made Tony Award history by becoming the first Black person to receive Tony acting nominations in four ...
Kara Young has starred in four Broadway plays and been Tony-nominated for all of them. The actress still can't believe it ...
Hosted by Cynthia Erivo, this year’s ceremony highlighted powerful performances, unforgettable reunions, and landmark wins ...
Kara Young has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for PURPOSE.
In “Purpose,” Kara Young has found her perfect artistic vehicle. The play demands space for contemporary Black voices.
NEW YORK – Kara Young makes any show a must-see event. She’s in the mix once again this year for Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Pulitzer Prize-winning “Purpose,” making history as the first ...