October 9, 2019: Art as a Tool for Social Change

Published: Oct. 9, 2019, 4 p.m.

b'Dominique Morisseau is an award-winning playwright whose works portray the lives of individuals and communities grappling with economic and social changes, both current and historical. One of the most widely produced writers in the United States and a 2018 MacArthur Fellow, Morisseau is a powerful storyteller whose examination of character and circumstance is a call for audiences to consider the actions and responsibilities of society more broadly. Through the lens of her topical and timely works of art, Morisseau sits down with Daniel Gray-Kontar to discuss the importance and impact of art as a tool for social change.'