Dominique Morisseau
1) Pipeline
Author
Language
English
Description
With profound compassion and lyricism, Morisseau brings us a powerful play that delves into the urgent issue of the "school-to-prison" pipeline that ensnares people of color. Issues of class, race, parenting, and education in America are brought to the frontlines, as we are left to question the systematic structures that ultimately trap underserved communities.
Author
Language
English
Description
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...
3) Mud Row
Author
Series
Publisher
Samuel French
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Two generations of sisters navigate class, race, love and family on "Mud Row," an area in the East End of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Elsie hopes to move up in the world by marrying into "the talented tenth," while her sister Frances joins the fight for Civil Rights. Decades later, estranged sisters Regine and Toshi are forced to reckon with their shared heritage and each other, when Regine inherits granny Elsie's house"--Back cover
Author
Series
Publisher
Samuel French
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"At the start of the Great Recession, one of the last auto stamping plants in Detroit is on shaky ground. Each of the workers have to make choices on how to move forward if their plant goes under. Shanita has to decide how she'll support herself and her unborn child, Faye has to decide how and where she'll live, and Dez has to figure out how to make his ambitious dreams a reality. Power dynamics shift as their manager Reggie is torn between doing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Samuel French
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Blue, a gifted trumpeter, contemplates selling his once-vibrant jazz club in Detroit's Blackbottom neighborhood to shake free the demons of his past and better his life. But where does that leave his devoted Pumpkin, who has dreams of her own? And what does it mean for the club's resident bebop band? When a mysterious woman with a walk that drives men mad comes to town with her own plans, everyone's world is turned upside down. This dynamic and musically-infused...
Author
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"With profound compassion and lyricism, Morisseau brings us a powerful play that delves into the urgent issue of the ?school-to-prison? pipeline that ensnares people of color. Issues of class, race, parenting, and education in America are brought to the frontlines, as we are left to question the systematic structures that ultimately trap underserved communities."
7) Sunset baby
Author
Publisher
Samuel French
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Kenyatta Shakur is alone. His wife has died, and now this former Black Revolutionary and political prisoner is desperate to reconnect with his estranged daughter, Nina. If Kenyatta truly wants to reconcile his past, he must first conquer his most challenging revolution of all -- fatherhood. Sunset Baby is an energized, vibrant, and witty look at the point where the personal and political collide.
8) Detroit '67
Author
Series
Publisher
Samuel French
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Dominique Morisseau, a rising star of the playwriting world and recipient of the 2014 Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, takes the audience on a journey to 1967, in the city of Detroit. Motown music is getting the party started, and Chelle and her brother Lank are making ends meet by turning their basement into an after-hours joint. But when a mysterious woman finds her way into their lives, the siblings clash over much...
Author
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Three provocative dramas make up Dominique Morisseau's sweeping examination of the sociopolitical history of Detroit: Detroit '67, which takes place during the race riots of 1967, Paradise Blue, set in a small jazz club in Detroit's Blackbottom neighborhood, and Skeleton Crew, which explores an auto plant on the eve of the 2008 financial collapse. These plays serve to showcase the economic and racial tensions the city has faced throughout the past...
