The Detroit Project
Subtitle: Three Plays
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Published: Jul 31, 2018
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781559365383
Description: Three provocative dramas make up Dominique Morisseau's sweeping examination of the sociopolitical history of Detroit: Detroit '67, which takes place during the race riots of 1967, Paradise Blue, set in a small jazz club in Detroit's Blackbottom neighborhood, and Skeleton Crew, which explores an auto plant on the eve of the 2008 financial collapse. These plays serve to showcase the economic and racial tensions the city has faced throughout the past century, which are often buried by recurrent headlines of poverty and misery that diminish Detroit's vibrant emotional past. With empathetic storytelling and an ear for the voice of her home community, Morisseau brings to light the race and class divides of not only Detroit but the nation as a whole. --
Notes: Source title: The Detroit Project: Three Plays