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Dominique Morisseau was born in Detroit, Michigan
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she attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where she received her BFA in Acting.
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Follow me to Nellie's premiered at Premiere Stages, Kean University Zella Fry Theatre in North New Jersey in July 2011 under the direction of John Wooten.
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Primus Prize by the American Theatre Critics Association (honoree) for Follow Me to Nellie's
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She wrote The Blackness Blues: Time to Change the Tune, A Sister's Story
she received a Playwrights of New York (PoNY) fellowship
She has also worked as a Teaching Artist with City University of New York's Creative Arts Team. -
Night Vision was originally commissioned for Facing Our Truth: Ten Minute Plays On Trayvon, Race And Privilege and produced by The New Black Fest, Keith Josef Adkins, Artistic Director.
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Detroit '67 was first presented Off Broadway at the Public Theater in association with Classical Theatre of Harlem and the National Black Theatre in New York City . It was directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah.
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Sunset Baby premiered at the LAByrinth Theatre Company on November 6, 2013 under the direction of Kamilah Forbes
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Blood at the Root premiered at the Penn State School of Theater in March 2014 under the direction of Steven Broadnax.
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Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama, 2014, for her play Detroit
Steinberg Playwright Award, 2015 -
Paradise Blue premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, MA in July 2015 under the direction of Ruben Santiago-Hudson
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Morisseau was on the list of Top 20 Most Produced Playwrights in America, with 10 productions of her plays being produced nationwide.
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Skeleton Crew premiered at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York City in January 2016 under the direction of Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
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Won the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award in 2016.
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OBIE Award for "Special Citation: Collaboration" for her and Ruben Santiago-Hudson (director) for Skeleton Crew at Atlantic Theater Company.
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Pipeline premiered at the Lincoln Center Theatre in New York City in June 2017 under the direction of Lileana Blain-Cruz
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A mother’s hopes for her son clash with an educational system rigged against him in PIPELINE, the riveting new play by Dominique Morisseau
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People's Light & Theatre will present the premiere of Mud Row in June 2019 under the direction of Steve H. Broadnax III.
