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Dominique Morisseau was born on March 13, 1987, in Detroit, Michigan. Her mom was from Mississippi while her father was from Hati. -
Dominique grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where she still lives to this day, with her parents. She attended college at University of Michigan where she graduated with her BFA in acting.
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When Dominique was in school, she was an actor also, however when she got to college there weren't any roles for her so she began writing plays instead. -
After college, Morisseau moved to New York to peruse dance and did some performance poetry on the side. She soon gave up poetry when she saw herself feeling forced to sell it to make her rent money. She felt it was a chore and began playwriting instead. After that she joined the Emerging Writers Group at the Public Theater which sparked The Detroit Project consisting of three plays: Detroit ’67, Paradise Blue (2015), and most recently, Skeleton Crew (2016).
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Dominique Morisseau got married to Jay Keys in June 2013. He is also from Michigan but grew up in Southfield. -
Dominique wrote Detroit 67' in 2010 but it didn't get published until 2013
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Morisseau receives the Steinberg Playwright Award
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Morisseau receives the Obie Award for Special Creations
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Dominique's play Skeleton Crew gets released from May 13 - June 19, 2016
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Dominique released her play Pipeline on July 10, 2017
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Morisseau is a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship. She is one of 25 fellows in the 2018 Class.
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Morisseau receives the Obie Award for Playwrighting
