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Written by
Dominique Morisseau
Directed by
Steve H. Broadnax III
About this Event
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East New York, Brooklyn. Nina’s estranged father Kenyatta, a former Black revolutionary and political prisoner, reappears to obtain a coveted piece of her late Mother’s legacy. While Kenyatta had visions of changing the world, his daughter became everything he feared. Now he’s at her mercy for his own redemption. This is a story about love, political action, and one woman’s journey from a brutal existence to her own liberation.
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"Morisseau is one of those rare playwrights who never lets an audience down." - David Finkle, New York Stage Review
4 STARS - Kyle Turner, New York Theatre Guide
About the Playwright
Dominique Morisseau is the author of The Detroit Project (A 3-Play Cycle), which includes the following plays: Skeleton Crew (Atlantic Theater Company), Paradise Blue (Signature Theatre), and Detroit ’67 (Public Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem and NBT). Additional plays include: Pipeline (Lincoln Center Theatre), Sunset Baby (LAByrinth Theatre); Blood at the Root (National Black Theatre), and Follow Me To Nellie’s (Premiere Stages). She is also the Tony-nominated book writer on the new Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations (Imperial Theatre). Dominique is alumna of The Public Theater Emerging Writer’s Group, Women’s Project Lab and Lark Playwrights Workshop, and has developed work at Sundance Lab, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference. She most recently served as Co-Producer on the Showtime series Shameless (3 seasons).
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 02: Playwright Dominique Morisseau poses at a photo call for the new broadway play "Skeleton Crew" at Manhattan Theater Club Rehearsal Studios on December 2, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images)
The Cast
Russell Hornsby
Kenyatta
Moses Ingram
Nina
J. Alphonse Nicholson
Damon
Our Sponsors
Lead Sponsor
Season Sponsor
Support for Sunset Baby is provided by The Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater, and Debra and Robert Chavez.
Sunset Baby's student performances are supported by Partners Group Impact, and Nina Matis.
Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for their generous support of the Premiere Residency program.
