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Dominique Morisseau (born March 13, 1978) is an American playwright and actress from Detroit, Michigan. She has written more than nine plays, three of which are part of a cycle titled The Detroit Project. She received a MacArthur Fellowship (also known as the 'Genius Grant') in 2018.
- Playwright, Actor
Dec 6, 2021 · Morisseau is one of the few Black women to have two plays simultaneously on Broadway (Ain’t Too Proud is still running – get tickets here), while a third play, Confederates, will have its Off Broadway premiere in February. Morisseau, who won the “Genius Grant” from the MacArthur Foundation in 2018, is also hoping to bring change to Detroit.
- Amy Gill
Mar 10, 2022 · Her new play, “Confederates,” straddles two eras, exploring what liberation means to a present-day academic and an enslaved woman in the 1860s. Dominique Morisseau at the Signature Theater in...
- Alexis Soloski
The acclaimed new musical written by Dominique Morisseau featuring the iconic music of The Temptations arrives on Broadway. Check the dates What’s New With Dominique
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Mar 14, 2023 · Dominique Morisseau is the author of The Detroit Project (A 3-Play Cycle), which includes the following plays: Skeleton Crew (Atlantic Theater Company), Paradise Blue (Signature Theatre), and...
Meet the Playwright: Dominique Morisseau. Dominique Morisseau writes plays that carry “pieces and shreds and glimpses of people who have raised [her], who she loves and cares for fiercely,” as her frequent collaborator, director Kamilah Forbes, explains.
Jul 11, 2017 · Dominique Morisseau has written some quietly devastating social dramas (“Skeleton Crew”) on her way up, but now the playwright has definitely arrived with this emotionally harrowing, ethically...
