Career Narrative
PRODUCTIONS
Plays Produced in New York City:
2011- Cell, Ensemble Studio Theatre
2009- Daughter, Ensemble Studio Theatre
2008- Noon Day Sun, Diversity Theatre
2006- Relativity, Ensemble Studio Theatre
2006- Dearborn Heights, Vital Theatre Company
2005- Waking Women, People’s Light Theatre
2004- Ma Rose presented at Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony for Cassandra Medley at Ensemble Studio Theatre, with Ruby Dee and Mary Alice in the lead roles.
1999- One-act play, Maiden Lane,Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon
1995- One-act play, Dearborn Heights, Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon
1995- One-act play; Mildred , Hamlet Theatre
1993- One act children's play, The Senator, 52nd Street Project
1993- One act play, Coming in for a Landing, Women's Project and Productions
1992- One-act play, New Kid , 52nd Street Project, Children's Theatre
1991- Full-length play, Waking Women produced by Blackberries Productions Inc., Women's Shelters
1988- Full-length play, Ma Rose produced ,by The Women's Project and Productions
1987- One-act play, Waking Women produced, Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon
1986- One-act play Ma Rose produced in The Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon
1986- One-act play, Pay Our Respects produced by The 52nd Street Project Children's Theatre
1986- One-act monologue, Ms. Mae produced as a segment in the Off-Broadway musical, A...My Name is Alice.
Plays Produced Abroad:
1984-2001- One-act play Ms. Mae produced as a segment of the musical, A...My Name is Alice, in Switzerland and South Africa
Plays Produced Regionally in the United States:
Play, Ma Rose, produced, October, 2009, Image Theatre, Sacramento, CA
Online Radio Production -- Relativity – L.A. Theatreworks, Los Angeles, May, 2008
Play, Relativity, produced, June, 2007, Southern Repertory Theatre, New Orleans, La
Play, Relativity, produced May, 2007, Kuntu Repertory Theatre, Pittsburg, Pa
Play, Relativity, produced February, 2006, St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre
Play, Waking Women, produced, July, 2005, People’s Light Theatre
Play, Relativity, produced, May-June, 2004, The Magic Theatre, San Francisco
Play, Noon Day Sun, produced, July, 2001, Theatrefest, Montclair, New Jersey.
Play, Noon Day Sun, produced, 2001, Theatre Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
One-Act Play, Dearborn Heights, produced August, 1998, Vanderbilt University Theatre, Nashville, Tennessee.
Play, Waking Women, produced, Cedar Crest College, 1997
Full-length Play, Ma Rose, produced November, 1996, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana.
One-Act Play, Dearborn Heights, produced June, 1995, Met Theatre, ACT ONE Productions, Los Angles, California
One-Act Play, Ms. Edie , produced October , 1994, Factory Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
Full-length Play, Ma Rose produced December, 1993, Theatre North, Tulsa, Okalahoma.
Full-length Play, Ma Rose produced September, 1992 Sarah Lawrence College.
One-Act Play Ms. Mae is produced as a segment of the musical, A....My Name is Alice, in regional theatres nationwide, 1984- to present, Samuel French producers.
Full-length Play Ma Rose produced March, 1991, Mt. Holyoke College, Mass.
Full-length Play Ma Rose produced Eureka Theatre, San Francisco -March- April, 1990.
Plays Published:
Son and Daughter- published by Broadway Play Publishing Co. 2011
Noon Day Sun published by Broadway Play Publishing Co. 2006
Full-length play, Relativity published by Broadway Play Publishing Co. 2006
One-Act Play, Maiden Lane, Faber and Faber, 2000
Three Publications of One-Act Play, Dearborn Heights:: "Plays from the EST Marathon" - Smith and Kraus. "Act One '95" -- Smith and Kraus. "Best Plays of 1995-96" -- Applause Books. Dearborn Heights -- Dramatists Play Service.
One-Act Play, Waking Women, Antaeus, Plays in One Act, 1991
Full-length Ma Rose published by Samuel French, 1990.
One act play, Ms. Edie published, March, 1995, Literature the Evolving Canon, Second Edition edited by Sven Birkerts, Allyn & Bacon Publishers
One act play, Mildred and Monologue Excerpt, Rosalie, published, August, 1993, Muleteeth Magazine.
One act play, Ms. Edie published, January, 1993, Literature the Evolving Canon, edited by Sven Birkerts, Allyn & Bacon Publishers
One act play, Pay Our Respects published, 52nd Street Project, Collection of Children's Plays.
One act play, Mildred published, December, 1991, 13th Moon Magazine.
Full-length Ma Rose published by Applause Books, anthology, Women's Work, Plays from the Women's Project and Productions, August, 1989.
A...My Name is Alice published by Avon Books, and Samuel French Inc., November, 1988.
Monologues Published:
Excerpt, Noon Day Sun, published, Heinemann Books, April, 2000.
Excerpt, Waking Women published, The Riverside Anthology of Literature Houghton Mifflin, April, 1991.
Excerpt from Ma Rose published, The Great Monologues from the Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon, Edited by Kristen Graham, Applause Books, 1994
Excerpts from two plays, Rosalie and Ma Rose published, Voices of Color: Scenes and Monologues from African-American Playwrights, edited by Woodie King Jr., Applause Books, 1994.
Excerpt, Waking Women published, Antaeus Magazine, April, 1991.
Awards:
2007- Pittsburg People's Choice Onyx Award for Best Play
2007 - nominee, Audelco August Wilson’s Playwriting Award, “Noon Day Sun”
2006- Audelco August Wilson’s Playwriting Award, “Relativity”
2004- Lifetime Achievement Award, “Going To The River Playwrights”
2002- EST Marathon of One-Act Plays 25th Anniversary Award for Theatrical Excellence.
2001- Theatrefest Regional Playwriting Award for Best Play
Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for Drama, for play, Ma Rose, 1988.
Finalist, Minority Playwright's Festival, Group Theatre, Seattle, Washington for play, Terrain.
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO:
Interviewed on “Science Friday,” profile of “Relativity”—2007
Articles:
Essay: "Playwrights Speak of Mothers & Daughters", published March, 1993, Syracuse
Stage Magazine
Essay: "Charles Fuller, Pulitzer Prize", interview with playwright, Other Stages Magazine, May, 1982
Presentations:
Lecture: The Process of Writing My Play “Relativity”, Yale University, April, 2011.
Lecture: The Process of Writing My Play “Relativity”, City University of New York, 2011
Lecture: The Process of Writing My Play “Relativity”, Yale University, April, 2010.
Lecture: The Process of Writing My Play “Relativity”, Adelphi University, February, 2010.
Noonday Sun – new full-length play presented at the Highpoint, North Carolina Theatre Festival, February, 2000
Maiden Lane -- new one-act play presented at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Octoberfest, 1998
Noonday Sun- new full-length play presented at the Women's Project and Productions, 1998
Speaker: Incorporating The Playwriting Process in Television Writing , Seattle University, Seattle, Washington- September, 1996.
Stage Design Model from Ma Rose , San Fransicso Production, January 24-May 20, 1995, The New York Public Library, ONSTAGE: A CENTURY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STAGE DESIGN
Lecture: Critiquing the Play , Columbia University, Theatre Division, April, 1994.
Speaker: The Playwriting Process , City University of New York - Theatre Education Alliance, July 5, 1993.
Lecture: Critiquing the Play , Columbia University, Theatre Division, December, 1992
Waking Women -full-length version, in-progress, staged reading, African-American Playwright's Forum, Playwrights Festival 1992, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City.
Lecture, Panelist, Readings of Monologues from Waking Women , 13th Annual Literary Festival , The College of William & Mary, 1990
Plays Produced in New York City:
2011- Cell, Ensemble Studio Theatre
2009- Daughter, Ensemble Studio Theatre
2008- Noon Day Sun, Diversity Theatre
2006- Relativity, Ensemble Studio Theatre
2006- Dearborn Heights, Vital Theatre Company
2005- Waking Women, People’s Light Theatre
2004- Ma Rose presented at Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony for Cassandra Medley at Ensemble Studio Theatre, with Ruby Dee and Mary Alice in the lead roles.
1999- One-act play, Maiden Lane,Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon
1995- One-act play, Dearborn Heights, Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon
1995- One-act play; Mildred , Hamlet Theatre
1993- One act children's play, The Senator, 52nd Street Project
1993- One act play, Coming in for a Landing, Women's Project and Productions
1992- One-act play, New Kid , 52nd Street Project, Children's Theatre
1991- Full-length play, Waking Women produced by Blackberries Productions Inc., Women's Shelters
1988- Full-length play, Ma Rose produced ,by The Women's Project and Productions
1987- One-act play, Waking Women produced, Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon
1986- One-act play Ma Rose produced in The Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon
1986- One-act play, Pay Our Respects produced by The 52nd Street Project Children's Theatre
1986- One-act monologue, Ms. Mae produced as a segment in the Off-Broadway musical, A...My Name is Alice.
Plays Produced Abroad:
1984-2001- One-act play Ms. Mae produced as a segment of the musical, A...My Name is Alice, in Switzerland and South Africa
Plays Produced Regionally in the United States:
Play, Ma Rose, produced, October, 2009, Image Theatre, Sacramento, CA
Online Radio Production -- Relativity – L.A. Theatreworks, Los Angeles, May, 2008
Play, Relativity, produced, June, 2007, Southern Repertory Theatre, New Orleans, La
Play, Relativity, produced May, 2007, Kuntu Repertory Theatre, Pittsburg, Pa
Play, Relativity, produced February, 2006, St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre
Play, Waking Women, produced, July, 2005, People’s Light Theatre
Play, Relativity, produced, May-June, 2004, The Magic Theatre, San Francisco
Play, Noon Day Sun, produced, July, 2001, Theatrefest, Montclair, New Jersey.
Play, Noon Day Sun, produced, 2001, Theatre Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
One-Act Play, Dearborn Heights, produced August, 1998, Vanderbilt University Theatre, Nashville, Tennessee.
Play, Waking Women, produced, Cedar Crest College, 1997
Full-length Play, Ma Rose, produced November, 1996, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana.
One-Act Play, Dearborn Heights, produced June, 1995, Met Theatre, ACT ONE Productions, Los Angles, California
One-Act Play, Ms. Edie , produced October , 1994, Factory Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
Full-length Play, Ma Rose produced December, 1993, Theatre North, Tulsa, Okalahoma.
Full-length Play, Ma Rose produced September, 1992 Sarah Lawrence College.
One-Act Play Ms. Mae is produced as a segment of the musical, A....My Name is Alice, in regional theatres nationwide, 1984- to present, Samuel French producers.
Full-length Play Ma Rose produced March, 1991, Mt. Holyoke College, Mass.
Full-length Play Ma Rose produced Eureka Theatre, San Francisco -March- April, 1990.
Plays Published:
Son and Daughter- published by Broadway Play Publishing Co. 2011
Noon Day Sun published by Broadway Play Publishing Co. 2006
Full-length play, Relativity published by Broadway Play Publishing Co. 2006
One-Act Play, Maiden Lane, Faber and Faber, 2000
Three Publications of One-Act Play, Dearborn Heights:: "Plays from the EST Marathon" - Smith and Kraus. "Act One '95" -- Smith and Kraus. "Best Plays of 1995-96" -- Applause Books. Dearborn Heights -- Dramatists Play Service.
One-Act Play, Waking Women, Antaeus, Plays in One Act, 1991
Full-length Ma Rose published by Samuel French, 1990.
One act play, Ms. Edie published, March, 1995, Literature the Evolving Canon, Second Edition edited by Sven Birkerts, Allyn & Bacon Publishers
One act play, Mildred and Monologue Excerpt, Rosalie, published, August, 1993, Muleteeth Magazine.
One act play, Ms. Edie published, January, 1993, Literature the Evolving Canon, edited by Sven Birkerts, Allyn & Bacon Publishers
One act play, Pay Our Respects published, 52nd Street Project, Collection of Children's Plays.
One act play, Mildred published, December, 1991, 13th Moon Magazine.
Full-length Ma Rose published by Applause Books, anthology, Women's Work, Plays from the Women's Project and Productions, August, 1989.
A...My Name is Alice published by Avon Books, and Samuel French Inc., November, 1988.
Monologues Published:
Excerpt, Noon Day Sun, published, Heinemann Books, April, 2000.
Excerpt, Waking Women published, The Riverside Anthology of Literature Houghton Mifflin, April, 1991.
Excerpt from Ma Rose published, The Great Monologues from the Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon, Edited by Kristen Graham, Applause Books, 1994
Excerpts from two plays, Rosalie and Ma Rose published, Voices of Color: Scenes and Monologues from African-American Playwrights, edited by Woodie King Jr., Applause Books, 1994.
Excerpt, Waking Women published, Antaeus Magazine, April, 1991.
Awards:
2007- Pittsburg People's Choice Onyx Award for Best Play
2007 - nominee, Audelco August Wilson’s Playwriting Award, “Noon Day Sun”
2006- Audelco August Wilson’s Playwriting Award, “Relativity”
2004- Lifetime Achievement Award, “Going To The River Playwrights”
2002- EST Marathon of One-Act Plays 25th Anniversary Award for Theatrical Excellence.
2001- Theatrefest Regional Playwriting Award for Best Play
Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for Drama, for play, Ma Rose, 1988.
Finalist, Minority Playwright's Festival, Group Theatre, Seattle, Washington for play, Terrain.
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO:
Interviewed on “Science Friday,” profile of “Relativity”—2007
Articles:
Essay: "Playwrights Speak of Mothers & Daughters", published March, 1993, Syracuse
Stage Magazine
Essay: "Charles Fuller, Pulitzer Prize", interview with playwright, Other Stages Magazine, May, 1982
Presentations:
Lecture: The Process of Writing My Play “Relativity”, Yale University, April, 2011.
Lecture: The Process of Writing My Play “Relativity”, City University of New York, 2011
Lecture: The Process of Writing My Play “Relativity”, Yale University, April, 2010.
Lecture: The Process of Writing My Play “Relativity”, Adelphi University, February, 2010.
Noonday Sun – new full-length play presented at the Highpoint, North Carolina Theatre Festival, February, 2000
Maiden Lane -- new one-act play presented at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Octoberfest, 1998
Noonday Sun- new full-length play presented at the Women's Project and Productions, 1998
Speaker: Incorporating The Playwriting Process in Television Writing , Seattle University, Seattle, Washington- September, 1996.
Stage Design Model from Ma Rose , San Fransicso Production, January 24-May 20, 1995, The New York Public Library, ONSTAGE: A CENTURY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STAGE DESIGN
Lecture: Critiquing the Play , Columbia University, Theatre Division, April, 1994.
Speaker: The Playwriting Process , City University of New York - Theatre Education Alliance, July 5, 1993.
Lecture: Critiquing the Play , Columbia University, Theatre Division, December, 1992
Waking Women -full-length version, in-progress, staged reading, African-American Playwright's Forum, Playwrights Festival 1992, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City.
Lecture, Panelist, Readings of Monologues from Waking Women , 13th Annual Literary Festival , The College of William & Mary, 1990
