In 2015, Penumbra Theatre produced Dominique Morisseau's
Detroit '67, the first of her three-play series known as The Detroit Project, set in her hometown. Now almost ten years later, they're bringing us the second play in the series,
Paradise Blue. In between they've produced a few other plays by Morrisseau, and we've seen the final Detroit play
Skeleton Crew at Yellow Tree and the Guthrie (directed by Austene Van who was in
Detroit '67). So if you're an avid #TCTheater goer, this is your long-awaited chance to complete this trilogy. But don't worry if you haven't seen any of the others; the three plays are stand-alone, set in different decades and featuring different characters and storylines. But what they have in common is the beautifully real and relevant way they explore Black culture in Detroit specifically, and in America as a whole. From the 1967 Detroit Riot, to the closing of an auto plant in the late aughts recession, and in this play - a jazz club in the late '40s. A fantastic cast and stunning design bring this powerful story to vivid life on Penumbra's stage,
continuing through March 9.
