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1 day ago · Bennett welcomed award-winning and Tony Award-nominated bookwriter Dominique Morisseau as the 2024 Commencement Ceremony. Morisseau is known for her writing and acclaimed plays, including The Detroit Project, a celebrated three-play cycle which explores the socio-political and economic struggles in Detroit.
5 days ago · Just before the pandemic, Yellow Tree Theatre partnered with New Dawn Theatre to produce the regional premiere of Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew, the final installment in her trilogy of plays known as The Detriot Project (which includes Detroit '67, produced by Penumbra in 2015). Since then, the play premiered on Broadway, receiving three ...
3 days ago · DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU is the author of The Detroit Project (A 3-Play Cycle): Skeleton Crew (Atlantic Theater Company/Broadway, Tony Award nomination for Best Play), Paradise Blue (Signature Theatre), and Detroit ’67 (Public Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem and NBT).
5 days ago · Dominique Morisseau. Zigler refers to Morisseau as one of the leading figures in American playwriting at the moment. A winner of the MacArthur Fellowship in 2018, Morisseau wrote “The Detroit Plays,” which is a trilogy of plays that includes “Detroit ‘67,” “Paradise Blue” and “Skeleton Crew.”. Morisseau also wrote the book for ...
5 days ago · Blood at the Root by Dominique Morisseau February 14 – March 8, 2025 This ensemble drama is based on the Jena Six case, wherein six Black students were charged with attempted murder for their role in a school fight. They were provoked by nooses hanging from campus trees. This play spotlights the miscarriage of justice and racial double standards.
4 days ago · My family and I went to the Long Beach playhouse last night. We watched "Detroit '67" by Dominique Morrissaeu. This play was set during the summer of 1967 in Detroit during a time when The Detroit Police department was terrorizing, beating, and harassing the black community whom were tired of it.
4 days ago · by Dominique Morisseau Directed by Robyn Hastings Motown music is the soul of the party in 1967 Detroit as Chelle and her brother Lank make ends meet by turning their basement into an after-hours joint. A dreamer, Lank wants to use their inheritance to buy a bar downtown, but Chelle wants the stability the money brings.
