''Pipeline'' is a 2017 play written by

Dominique Morisseau Dominique Morisseau (born March 13, 1978) is an American playwright and actress from Detroit, Michigan. She has authored over nine plays, three of which are part of a cycle titled ''The Detroit Project.'' She was a recipient of the MacArthur Fell ...

. It originally opened

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on July 10, 2017, and closed on August 27, 2017.

Productions

The show premiered on

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at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on July 10, 2017, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, set design Matt Saunders, costume design Montana Levi Bianco, lighting design Yi Zhao, sound design Justin Ellington, and production design by Hannah Wasileski. The cast included

Karen Pittman } Karen Pittman is an American actress. Born in Mississippi and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Pittman received a Bachelor of Arts in Voice and Opera at Northwestern University and a Masters of Fine Arts from NYU's Graduate Acting Program. Pittma ...

(Nya), Namir Smallwood (Omari), Heather Velazquez (Jasmine),

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(Xavier), Tasha Lawrence (Laurie), and Jamie Lincoln Smith (Dun).

Reviews

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of ''

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'' said the play was "passionate but frustratingly unresolved play about a family struggling to outrun social prophecy." Frank Scheck of ''

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'' said "While there are some powerful moments, Pipeline overall fails to come to life."

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'' stated the play was "emotionally harrowing, ethically ambiguous drama that raises barbed questions about class, race, parental duty, and the state of American education."

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pipeline 2017 plays African-American plays Off-Broadway plays Plays about race and ethnicity