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Three provocative dramas,
Paradise Blue,
Detroit ’67 and
Skeleton Crew, make up Dominique Morisseau’s
The Detroit Project, a play cycle examining the sociopolitical history of Detroit. Each play sits at a cross-section—of race and policing, of labor and recession, of property ownership and gentrification—and comes alive in the characters and relationships that look toward complex, hopeful futures. With empathetic storytelling and an ear for the voices of her home community, Morisseau brings to life the soul of Detroit, past and present.
About the author
Dominique Morisseau is the author of
The Detroit Project, which includes the plays
Skeleton Crew,
Paradise Blue, and
Detroit ’67. Additional plays include
Pipeline,
Sunset Baby,
Blood at the Root,
Follow Me To Nellie’s,
Confederates, and
Bad Kreyòl. She is also the Tony-nominated book writer of the Broadway musical
Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations. Morisseau is an alumna of The Public Theater Emerging Writers Group, Women’s Project Lab, and Lark Playwrights Workshop and has developed work at Sundance Lab, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference. She also served as co-producer on the Showtime series
Shameless (3 seasons). She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Steinberg Playwright Award, the NBTF August Wilson Playwriting Award, and the MacArthur Genius Grant.
Summary
Three provocative dramas, Paradise Blue, Detroit ’67 and Skeleton Crew, make up Dominique Morisseau’s The Detroit Project, a play cycle examining the sociopolitical history of Detroit. Each play sits at a cross-section—of race and policing, of labor and recession, of property ownership and gentrification—and comes alive in the characters and relationships that look toward complex, hopeful futures. With empathetic storytelling and an ear for the voices of her home community, Morisseau brings to life the soul of Detroit, past and present.
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“Detroit ’67 is Morisseau’s aching paean to her natal city... A deft playwright, Morisseau plays expertly with social mores and expectations. She also reframes commonplace things so that we see them in new light.” — StarTribune on Detroit ’67
“A deeply moral and deeply American play, with a loving compassion for those trapped in a system that makes sins, spiritual or societal, and self-betrayal almost inevitable.” — The New York Times on Skeleton Crew
