Skeleton Crew is a play written by Dominique Morisseau about an auto factory on the brink of closure in 2008 Detroit, Michigan. It is the third part of Morisseau's Detroit Project, inspired by African-American playwrights, which also includes Paradise Blue and Detroit '67. [1]

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Powerful and tense, Skeleton Crew is the third of Dominique Morisseau's Detroit cycle trilogy. Skeleton Crew premiered at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York City in January 2016 under the direction of Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The play opened on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on January 26, 2022.

In Skeleton Crew, harsh economic realities in the world outside of the breakroom in which the characters interact exert pressures that force them to make emotional, ethical and pragmatic choices.

Tony Award® winner and five-time Emmy Award nominee Phylicia Rashad will return to Broadway this winter in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway premiere of Skeleton Crew, written by Tony Award® nominee Dominique Morisseau and directed by Tony Award® winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson.

Jun 9, 2024 · Skeleton Crew is the third play in Dominique Morisseau’s provocative Detroit trilogy. CHARACTERS Faye, a Black, working-class woman, mid-to-late 50s. Tough and a lifetime of dirt beneath her nails. Somewhere, deep compassion. Dez, a Black, working-class young man, mid-to-late 20s. Young hustler, playful, street-savvy and flirtatious. Somewhere,

As the Great Recession of 2008 begins to decimate industries across America, the once-gleaming “Motor City” has lost its luster. At one of its still-standing auto factories, four colleagues-turned-friends hear rumors that their plant is facing foreclosure.

This powerful play explores how loyalties and survival collide when a world — our world — changes. Inspired by August Wilson’s Century Cycle, Dominique Morisseau’s bold and compassionate new play is part of her Detroit Project play cycle.

May 14, 2024 · Skeleton Crew, which is playing at the McGuire Proscenium Stage at the Guthrie from now until June 9, is as prescient as it is timeless, as universal as it is specific. The play is composed of a series of break room conversations between four employees at a …

Powerful and tense, Skeleton Crew is the third of Dominique Morisseau's Detroit cycle trilogy. Featuring: Etta Cox, Saige Smith, Richard McBride, Brenden Peifer, Mario Quinn Lyles