Theater: Bank Street Theatre / 155 Bank Street, NEW YORK, NY, 10014
Synopsis:
East New York, Brooklyn. Nina’s estranged father, a former black revolutionary, reappears to obtain a piece of her deceased Mother’s legacy. A powerful and honest story of one woman’s journey from a brutal existence to her own liberation, Sunset Baby is an energetic, daring look at the point where the personal and political collide.
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November 27, 2013: People do what they need to do in Sunset Baby, Dominique Morisseau’s smart and bracing new play about two generations of urban outlaws struggling to stay afloat in the lower depths. That can mean, among other things, lying to, stealing from, blackmailing and pulling a gun on your nearest and dearest.
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November 22, 2013: Detroit native Dominique Morisseau entered the off-Broadway scene last season with an in-depth look into the political and racial history of her hometown in Detroit '67 , presented at both the Public Theater and the National Black Theatre. Morisseau returns with her new play, Sunset Baby, at the Bank Street Theater, which looks under the hood of a different city, but with the same political fervor.
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November 25, 2013: Sunset Baby, the rather innocuous title of Dominique Morisseau's new play that's just opened in a Labyrinth Theater Company production, belies the intensity and power of her wonderfully brutal and thought-provoking work.
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