| Skeleton Crew | |
| Setting: | Detroit, Michigan, 2008 |
| Place: | Atlantic Theater Company |
| Series: | The Detroit Project |
Skeleton Crew is a play written by Dominique Morisseau about an auto factory on the brink of closure in 2008 Detroit, Michigan. It is the third part of Morisseau's Detroit Project, inspired by African-American playwrights, which also includes Paradise Blue and Detroit '67.[1]
Skeleton Crew ran Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company in 2016 and subsequently at the Detroit Public Theatre in 2017.[2] [3] [4] The Atlantic production was also directed by Santiago-Hudson.[5]
It ran on Broadway as a limited-run engagement at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre from December 2021 through February 2022 under the direction of Ruben Santiago-Hudson and starred Phylicia Rashad as Faye.[6] [7] It was one of a series of Broadway shows in the 2021–2022 season written by Black playwrights, and parallels were identified between the play's story and the Omicron surge under which its run fell.[8] [9]
Skeleton Crew premiered in the United Kingdom at the Donmar Warehouse in July 2024 for a one-month run, directed by Matthew Xia.[10]
| style=width:5% | Year | style=width:25% | Award Ceremony | style=width:30% | Category | style=width:25% | Nominee | style=width:10% | Result | style=width:5% | |
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| 2016 | Obie Awards | Special Citation: Collaboration | Dominique Morisseau and Ruben Santiago-Hudson | [11] | |||||||
| Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Play | [12] | |||||||||
| Distinguished Performance | Lynda Gravatt | ||||||||||
| style=width:5% | Year | style=width:25% | Award Ceremony | style=width:30% | Category | style=width:25% | Nominee | style=width:10% | Result | style=width:5% | |
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| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | [13] | ||||||||
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Brandon J. Dirden | ||||||||||
| Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Chanté Adams | ||||||||||
| Phylicia Rashad | |||||||||||
| Outstanding Director of a Play | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | ||||||||||
| Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | [14] | |||||||||
| Distinguished Performance | Phylicia Rashad | ||||||||||
| Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | [15] [16] | |||||||||
| Outstanding Actor in a Play | Brandon J. Dirden | ||||||||||
| Outstanding Actress in a Play | Phylicia Rashad | ||||||||||
| Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Joshua Boone | ||||||||||
| Tony Awards | Best Play | [17] | |||||||||
| Best Featured Actress in a Play | Phylicia Rashad | ||||||||||
| Best Scenic Design in a Play | Michael Carnahan and Nicholas Hussong | ||||||||||