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 of her home community, Morisseau brings to life the soul of Detroit, past and present.
A searing new trilogy depicting black lives through three defining periods in Detroit history.
"Detroit '67 is Morisseau's aching paean to her natal city... A deft playwright, Morisseau plays expertly with social mores and expectations. She also reframes commonplace things so that we see them in new light." - StarTribune on Detroit '67
"A deeply moral and deeply American play, with a loving compassion for those trapped in a system that makes sins, spiritual or societal, and self-betrayal almost inevitable." - The New York Times on Skeleton Crew
