Wednesday, August 30, 2017

In ‘Pipeline’ Playwright Dominique Morisseau Examines Black Male Rage

Whether she’s on social media or scriptwriting for screen and stage, Detroit-born playwright Dominique Morisseau doesn’t mince words.

Her most recent work, ‘Pipeline’ is an intensely nuanced and provocative portrait of a single mother grappling with raising her high school son, Omari, who’s on the possible brink of self-destruction at the hands of his black teenage angst, an absentee father and an unsupportive school system.

Eloquently portrayed by masterful actress Karen Pittman, the mother has her own issues to work out including trying to reconcile her past infidelity with the man she loves, resolving deep-seated parenting guilt and working day to day in the crumbling public school system.

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