Skeleton Crew at Geffen Playhouse

Skeleton Crew

Geffen Playhouse
10886 Le Conte Avenue Los Angeles

In the breakroom of the last small auto plant still standing in Detroit, four coworkers swap stories, share dreams and take pride in their work. The group has become a makeshift family, sharing tales of desperation, personal conflicts and doing what it takes to make ends meet. When pushed to the limits of survival, how far over the line are people willing to cross? A bold and compassionate new play by OBIE Award-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau, Skeleton Crew was named one of Time Magazine's 10 Best Shows of 2016. Now you can experience this funny, tough and tender drama for yourself at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.

Thru - Jul 8, 2018

Tuesdays: 8:00pm

Wednesdays: 8:00pm

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 3:00pm & 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm & 7:00pm

Price: $25-$80

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 310-208-5454

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Average Rating based on 6 reviews

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Los Angeles Times - Somewhat Recommended

"...Sometimes the language thunders with Wilson-esqe crackle, as when Faye lets it be known that her presence at the factory is inescapable: "The walls talk to me. … I'm in the vents. I'm in the bulletin boards. I'm in the chipped paint. Ain't nobody can slip through the cracks past me up in here. I can see through lockers.""

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- Charles McNulty

Broadway World - Highly Recommended

"...uncertainty in their personal lives as well as at work. Highlighting the layered relationships and drama involved, each character's patience and loyalty are tested as the plant's future comes into question, forcing them to make hard choices to ensure their individual survival. As each decides whether doing just enough is really good enough, their unique problems come to light through Morisseau's masterful command of dialect and dialogue which depth and authenticity to a story about the very local implications of global change."

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- Shari Barrett

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...Director Patricia McGregor keeps the energy focused and the movement flows gracefully. Skeleton Crew is a traditional, structured "well-made" or "talking" play, with little onstage action-and I love that about it. Yet, from a physical standpoint, these kinds of plays can be tricky to direct. You need movement and physical activity that feels absolutely motivated. McGregor accomplishes that effortlessly, and then modulates the waves of humor, pathos, and existential carnage."

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- Samuel Garza Bernstein

Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

"...If Arthur Miller had written a play about auto workers facing the personal and professional consequences of a possible plant closure, it might have been Skeleton Crew, which is about the highest praise I can bestow upon Dominique Morisseau's powerful blue-collar drama, now making a breathtakingly designed, directed, and performed Geffen Playhouse debut."

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- Steven Stanley

Peoples World - Highly Recommended

"...In any case, the devolution of a once significant plant is a metaphor for the larger story of deindustrialization, the capricious greed of the owner class, and the absence of planning for the future of America's precarious people. The author of Skeleton Crew joins the worthy company of Clifford Odets, Arthur Miller, Lorraine Hansberry, August Wilson and other moral playwrights in making the lives of working-class Americans accessible and comprehensible to the theatergoing public."

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- Eric A. Gordon

On Stage Blog - Recommended

"...This play offers a peek into the life of Detroit auto workers balancing on the edge of a huge precipice, before the federal bailout later helped automakers regain profitability."

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- Jill Weinlein

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Los Angeles Times - Somewhat Recommended

Broadway World - Highly Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

Peoples World - Highly Recommended

On Stage Blog - Recommended

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