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born: "13 March 1978"
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# Dominique Morisseau

Writer. Born 13 March 1978 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 March 1978, Detroit, Michigan, USA

## Biography

Dominique Morisseau is an American playwright, screenwriter and actress. She trained at the University of Michigan, where she began writing plays.

She is the author of the Detroit Project cycle of plays, comprising *Detroit ’67* (2013), *Paradise Blue* and *Skeleton Crew*. Other plays include *Pipeline* and *Sunset Baby*. She wrote the book for the Broadway musical *Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations*, which opened in 2019.

Morisseau worked as a story editor and co-producer on the television series *Shameless* for its first seven seasons. She has received awards including a MacArthur Fellowship in 2018 and an Obie Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, signaturetheatre.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shameless* (2011), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)

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