Dominique Morriseau News

City Theatre and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County present the 25th Silver Anniversary season of SUMMER SHORTS, featuring a program of new short comedies, dramas and mini-musicals as well as fresh revivals of past Festival favorites written by the country's best playwrights.

Cygnet Theatre is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for it's upcoming production of Mud Row by Tony-nominated playwright (Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations) and MacArthur Genius recipient Dominique Morisseau. Receiving its second-ever production since it's world premiere at People's Light in 2019, this beautiful and dynamic play is directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg and runs May 18 to June 19, 2022. Opening Night for media is Saturday, May 21.

Aurora announced in February that the World Premiere of THIS MUCH I KNOW from Eureka Day playwright Jonathan Spector, would be postponed until September 2022. Consequently, this show now closes out Aurora’s 2021/2022 season.

The Second Stage Theater production of Richard Greenberg's Tony Award-winning play, Take Me Out played Second Stage's Hayes Theater. Learn more about the cast bringing the show to the stage!

The National Tour of Ain't Too Proud officially kicked off at the Kennedy Center, after cancelling 15 performances due to COVID-19. Performances began on December 28 and continued through January 16.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre's 24th Mainstage season continues to bring thought-provoking and relevant theatre to Downtown Frederick with Detroit '67 by Dominique Morriseau. MET Company Member Ray Hatch directs MET's first production of 2022. Running February 11 through March 6, audiences are sure to love this entertaining, educational play that illuminates a lesser-known period from our nation's history.

Previews begin tonight, December 21, for Manhattan Theatre Club's Skeleton Crew, written by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Learn more about the cast bringing this show to the stage!

Don't miss out on this special opportunity to see the new play by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morriseau! Starring Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew tells the story of a family of workers fighting for their jobs and dignity amidst the potential foreclosure of their factory. Skeleton Crew will begin performance on December 21st only at Manhattan Theatre Club.

Bristol Riverside Theatre's 35th Anniversary Season continues with Bucks County premiere of TONY Nominee (Ain't Too Proud) Dominique Morriseau's timely play about four Detroit auto workers, Skeleton Crew.

Custom Made Theatre has announced its 23rd season and first year of residency at the historic Phoenix Theatre, 414 Mason St (@ Geary) in the Union Square neighborhood. 

Premiere Stages at Kean University will present the staged reading of Tylie Shider's Certain Aspects of Conflict in the Negro Family October 29-31 in Kean University's Liberty Hall Academic Center (1003 Morris Avenue Building 2, Union, N.J.).

Firecracker Productions opens its season October 8 with the compassion and lyricism of Dominique Morisseau's Pipeline at Houston Warehouse Studios. Pipeline will run Fridays and Saturdays, October 8-23 at 8pm.

Antaeus Theatre Company has selected writers Zola Dee and Marlow Wyatt for the company's inaugural NEXT commissions, a new play development initiative for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) playwrights.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival has announced the month-long, five-play O! Reading Series. For this new initiative, five directors who are part of OSF’s artistic staff have each chosen a play to be performed as a live digital staged reading by some of OSF’s favorite actors.

San Diego Repertory Theatre has announced today the details of the brand new San Diego REP Black Voices 2021 Play Reading Series, a brand new program that will be presented in March and April, 2021. The series will consist of a selection of plays representing a diverse range of Black voices.

Northern Stage announced the 2021 recipients of the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle grant, which marks its 4th year with 2 new inductees into its unprecedented $3.5 million grant funded by the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation to support and promote women+ artistic directors and their associates in professional theaters across the United States.

Theatre Rhinoceros, in association with Cal State East Bay Department of Theatre and Dance, presents Blood At The Root. Written by Dominique Morriseau, Directed by Darryl V. Jones, and Choreographed by Laura E. Ellis. Live online from November 6 - 15, 2020. Limited engagement - two weeks only!

Theatre Rhinoceros, in association with Cal State East Bay Department of Theatre and Dance, presents BLOOD AT THE ROOT, written by Dominique Morriseau, directed by Darryl V. Jones, and choreography by Laura E. Ellis.

Wesleyan Universitya??'s a??Theater Departmenta?? presents a??'Re-Evaluating the Ground on Which We(s) Stand(s): An Evening of August Wilson with Broadway's Crystal Dickinson and Brandon Dirden,' on a??Friday, September 25, 2020 at 4:30pm on Zoom. Registration is required for access to this free virtual event.

San Francisco Playhouse  announced five new episodes of its live streaming calendar, including three Zoomlet Live Play Readings and two Fireside Chats. The events will be streamed free of charge on the Company's website. Announcements of additional episodes and programming will be made over the coming weeks.