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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.
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Dec 6, 2021 · Playwright Dominique Morisseau showcases Detroit on the world’s top stages. BY LEENA RAO. Photography pro. For Tony Award-nominated playwright Dominique Morisseau, work isn’t just a creative outlet, it’s a chance to pay homage to her hometown. Morisseau, whose 2018 play Ain’t Too Proud, about Motown’s own Temptations, was nominated ...
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Dominique is alumna of The Public Theater Emerging Writer’s Group, Women’s Project Lab, and Lark Playwrights Workshop and has developed work at Sundance Lab, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Eugene O’Neil Playwrights Conference. She most recently served as Co-Producer on the Showtime series “Shameless” (3 seasons).
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.
Jan 4, 2016 · Dominique Morisseau Is Telling the Story of Her People. The playwright wants to be a griot for her hometown of Detroit and beyond. Print. Tweet. Email. By Suzy Evans. Hoots and hollers fill the room as Dominique Morisseau enters New York City’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater for the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards.
Dec 2, 2021 · Dec. 1, 2021 4:50 PM PT. Playwright Dominique Morisseau’s work is rooted in social justice and equity. It is about workers’ rights and Black communities standing against disenfranchisement....
Mar 10, 2022 · March 10, 2022. In 2016, Penumbra Theater and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival commissioned Dominique Morisseau to write a play as part of the American Revolutions: the United States History...
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