Bad Kreyòl

by Dominique Morisseau

A beautiful play about interrogating cultural identity and global impact. Simone, first-generation Haitian American, and her cousin Gigi, Haitian-born and raised, reunite to honor their grandmother’s dying wish for them to reconnect. Simone’s pilgrimage back to her ancestral homeland forces both cousins to confront their differing world views.

92 pages, Paperback

Published March 20, 2026

About the author

Dominique Morisseau 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 Projects. She is a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship for 2018.

Reviews

[Chloë Jackson · Rating 3 out of 5]

good! i liked this in a different way than i liked confederates. i think it had very interesting considerations of race and internationality and coming from one place but being likr from another. i appreciated pita especially and how queerness was represented. i feel like a lot of their relationships went unbaked like they could have gone a bit further? but overall i really enjoyed and feel like it did some interesting work with space and place and feeling like you belong (or dont) 3.5 stars