By Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton
Where do you go when the line stops moving?
At the start of the Great Recession, one of the last auto stamping plants in Detroit is on shaky ground. The long hours and demanding shifts have turned the line workers into a family, but the stress and strain of an uncertain future threatens to do more than just gum up the works. Part of her career-spanning series of odes to the Motor City, Dominique Morisseau takes us deeply into the difficult choices each blue collar worker must face as they see the writing on the wall.
AGE RECOMMENDATION
Due to frequent and sometimes graphic language, we recommend this production of America’s hottest new play to mature high schoolers and older.
Please be advised, this production makes use of herbal cigarettes and haze.
Run Time
2 hours, plus one 15-minute intermission
PREVIEWS
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VISION SERIES
Join the design team in Studio 103 before the show for a chance to learn about the production in process!
OPENING NIGHT
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ALL ACCESS
Audio-description and sign language interpretation provided by Arts Access!
OPEN-CAPTIONING
Just because you’re hearing isn’t what it once was doesn’t mean you have to give up the theatre!
Join actors, artist , or special panelist for a free conversation immediately following the show
Wednesday—a conversation with the cast.
Sunday—Amatullah Shahida King, UNC Institute for African American Research & Arne Kalleberg, UNC Department of Sociology
“A very fine new play! Squarely in the tradition of Arthur Miller, a deeply moral and deeply American play.”
The New York Times
“Morisseau has heart! Her rough-edged dialogue has a touch of street poet.”
Variety
Audio
The Takeaway Dominique Morisseau Calls for a Collective Shift in the Theater World
This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.
Photos
Alex Givens, Shanelle Nicole Leonard, Kathryn Hunter-Williams, and Samuel Ray Gates. Photo by HuthPhoto.Shanelle Nicole Leonard with Alex Givens. Photo by HuthPhoto.Alex Givens and Samuel Ray Gates with Shanelle Nicole Leonard and Kathryn Hunter-Williams. Photo by HuthPhoto.Shanelle Nicole Leonard, Kathryn Hunter-Williams, and Alex Givens. Photo by HuthPhoto.Shanelle Nicole Leonard. Photo by HuthPhoto.Kathryn Hunter-Williams. Photo by HuthPhoto.Alex Givens and Shanelle Nicole Leonard. Photo by HuthPhoto.Alex Givens and Kathryn Hunter-Williams. Photo by HuthPhoto.Shanelle Nicole Leonard and Alex Givens. Photo by HuthPhoto.Shanelle Nicole Leonard and Alex Givens. Photo by HuthPhoto.Samuel Ray Gates and Kathryn Hunter-Williams. Photo by HuthPhoto.Alex Givens, Shanelle Nicole Leonard, and Kathryn Hunter-Williams. Photo by HuthPhoto.Samuel Ray Gates and Kathryn Hunter-Williams with Shanelle Nicole Leonard and Alex Givens. Photo by HuthPhoto.Alex Givens and Shanelle Nicole Leonard. Photo by HuthPhoto.Samuel Ray Gates. Photo by HuthPhoto.Samuel Ray Gates with Kathryn Hunter-Williams. Photo by HuthPhoto.Shanelle Nicole Leonard with Alex Givens. Photo by HuthPhoto.Kathryn Hunter-Williams. Photo by HuthPhoto.Kathryn Hunter-Williams with Alex Givens. Photo by HuthPhoto.Kathryn Hunter-Williams with Alex Givens. Photo by HuthPhoto.Kathryn Hunter-Williams. Photo by HuthPhoto.Kathryn Hunter-Williams with Alex Givens. Photo by HuthPhoto.Kathryn Hunter-Williams. Photo by HuthPhoto.
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