A Full Picture of Detroit

Dominique Morisseau, a MacArthur “Genius”, Kennedy Prize Winner, and Tony Nominee, loved growing up in Detroit. Good friends, close relatives, and formative teachers made the city feel like a close-knit family. But as a young adult, she realized that the outside perspective was altogether different – others saw Detroit as a city in ruin. Dominique took her passions for poetry and acting and set out as a storyteller, writing plays that created a full portrait of Detroit. Her play “Skeleton Crew”, about Detroit’s auto industry, has become among the most produced plays in America in recent years. Her work “Detroit ’67” won the prestigious Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama which honors plays about American history. And her current Broadway musical, “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations” garnered her first Tony nomination. Detroit is one of those cities that conjures immediate associations, from American cars to Motown music. But what does a full portrait of the city look like? That’s today’s episode. 

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