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Skeleton Crew is the third play in Dominique Morisseau’s provocative Detroit trilogy. CHARACTERS Faye, a Black, working-class woman, mid-to-late 50s. Tough and a lifetime of dirt beneath her nails. Somewhere, deep compassion. Dez, a Black, working-class young man, mid-to-late 20s. Young hustler, playful, street-savvy and flirtatious. Somewhere,
Synopsis. The third play in Dominique Morisseau’s cycle of plays called The Detroit Projects, Morisseau’s undertaking to examine the socio political history of Detroit, Skeleton Crew explores the effects that the Great Recession had on the people of Detroit.
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Skeleton Crew is a play written by Dominique Morisseau about an auto factory on the brink of closure in 2008 Detroit, Michigan. It is the third part of Morisseau's Detroit Project, inspired by African-American playwrights, which also includes Paradise Blue and Detroit '67.
- January 6, 2016
- The Detroit Project
Thursday, May 30, 5:30 p.m. Level Nine Celebrate your connections to Detroit with a pre-show reception of sips, bites and Motor City inspired beats. Following the festivities, guests will attend the performance of Skeleton Crew that evening. Tickets start at $20 with promo code DETROIT. Get Tickets.
Jan 26, 2022 · Dominique Morisseau’s 2016 play, now on Broadway, is a swift, well-crafted look at factory workers trapped in an economic “dumpster fire.”. From left: Joshua Boone, Brandon J. Dirden ...
View Season. Tony Award® winner and five-time Emmy Award nominee Phylicia Rashad will return to Broadway this winter in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway premiere of Skeleton Crew, written by Tony Award® nominee Dominique Morisseau and directed by Tony Award® winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
Dominique Morisseau's powerful and tense play, the third in her Detroit cycle trilogy, concerns workers at an auto stamping plant at the start of the Great Recession. Image: 2016 Atlantic Theater Company Production (Ahron R. Foster) Request license. Get the Script.
