Show

BAD KREYÒL

Written by

Dominique Morisseau

Directed by

Tiffany Nichole Greene

About this Event

Signature Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club Present
A World Premiere Co-Production

Dominique Morisseau completes her Signature residency with this beautiful world premiere production about interrogating cultural identity and global impact. A New York Times Critic’s Pick, BAD KREYÒL features Simone, 1st generation Haitian American, and her cousin Gigi, Haitian born and raised, reunite to honor their grandmother’s dying wish for them to reconnect. Simone’s pilgrimage back to her ancestral homeland forces both cousins to confront their differing world views, the presence of NGOs in Haiti, and the plagued relationship between Haiti and the U.S.

CONTENT WARNING: This production involves the smoking of herbal cigarettes.

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BAD KREYÒL

is a Co-Production with

Support for Bad Kreyòl is provided by the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater.

Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for their generous support of the Premiere Residency program.

Date

10.08.24–12.01.24 / Tue–Sun

Time

7:00–9:00 PM

Location

The Irene Diamond Stage

Residency

Premiere Residency

“CRITICS' PICK! Breezily directed by Tiffany Nicole Greene and featuring all-around winning performances, Bad Kreyòl finds the writer [Dominique Morisseau] at her funniest.”

"FOUR STARS! THOUGHTFUL, THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND DYNAMIC! There couldn’t be a better time for Dominique Morisseau’s Bad Kreyòl."

“BEGUILING AND INSPIRING!”

"Four Stars! Witty and perceptive!"

"To venture out to a Dominique Morisseau play is to know you are about to encounter family."

“BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED WITH PITCH-PERFECT PERFORMANCES. Morisseau offers a hopeful vision... a wonderfully insightful play [with] unique flavor.”

About the
Playwright

Dominique Morisseau is the author of The Detroit Project (A 3-Play Cycle): Skeleton Crew (Manhattan Theatre Club, Tony Award nomination for Best Play), Paradise Blue (Signature Theatre), and Detroit ’67 (Public Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem and NBT). Additional plays include Confederates (Signature Theatre), Pipeline (Lincoln Center Theater), Sunset Baby (LAByrinth Theatre), Blood at the Root (National Black Theatre), and Follow Me To Nellie’s (Premiere Stages). She is the Tony Award–nominated bookwriter on the Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations (Imperial Theatre) and is currently working on her latest, Hippest Trip - The Soul Train Musical (ACT). TV/Film: Co-Producer on “Shameless” (Showtime), the film adaptation of the documentary STEP (Fox Searchlight), and consultant on the Netflix animated feature, Tunga. Awards include: PoNY Fellowship, TEER Trailblazer Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, Audelco Awards, NBFT August Wilson Playwriting Award, Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama, OBIE Award (two), Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellowship, one of Variety’s Women of Impact for 2018, and a MacArthur Genius Grant Fellow. In 2022, Dominique was awarded the key to the city by the Mayor of Detroit.