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Pipeline had its premiere at Lincoln Center Theater (Off-Broadway) in the summer of 2017. Dominique Morisseau won the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Award for promising dramatists. Morriseau is an actor and playwright. She has been Award the NAACP Image Award twice for outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts and for promoting social justice through her work. Morriseau’s plays often comment on racial, economic and social tensions. Morriseau grew up in Detroit and is currently working on a collection of plays titled The Detroit Projects, inspired by August Wilson's ten play cycle set in Pittsburg. Detroit ‘67 explores racial and economic challenges for the characters. The play received the 2014 Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History. Paradise Blue tell the story of a musician who must overcome moral dilemmas to live out his dream. This play received the L. Arnold Weissberger Award (2012) and the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. Skeleton Crew delves into the real challenges of a group of workers confront when faced with the possibilities of unemployment. The play had its world premiere in Linda Gross Theater with the Atlantic Theatre Company in spring of 2016. Morrisseau was awarded the City of Detroit: Spirit of Detroit Award.

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Three provocative dramas, <em>Paradise Blue</em>, <em>Detroit &rsquo;67 </em>and <em>Skeleton Crew</em>, make up Dominique Morisseau&rsquo;s <em>The Detroit Project</em>, a play cycle examining the sociopolitical history of Detroit. Each play sits at a cross-section&mdash;of race and policing, of labor and recession, of property ownership and gentrification&mdash;and comes alive in the characters and relationships that look toward complex,&nbsp;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.

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Kenyatta Shakur is alone. His wife has died, andnow, this one time Black Revolutionary and politicalprisoner, is desperate to reconnect with his estrangeddaughter Nina. If Kenyatta truly wants to reconcilehis past, he must first conquer his most challengingrevolution of all – fatherhood.

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It's 1967 in 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 more much more than the family business. As their pent-up feelings erupt, so does their city, and they find themselves caught in the middle of the '67 riots. DETROIT '67 is presented in association with Classical Theatre of Harlem and the National Black Theatre.

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