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Book of poetry: "Glowchild".

Book: "My One Good Nerve" (adapted African folk tales)

Book: "Take It From the Top" (collected poetry, humor)

Playwright: "Two Ways to Count to Ten The Tower to Heaven Books With Legs"

Stage: Directed "Zora Is My Name", 1983.

Jeb (1946). Written by Robert Ardrey. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Herman Shumlin. Martin Beck Theatre: 21 Feb 1946- 28 Feb 1946 (9 performances). Cast: Christopher Bennett, G.I. Harry Bolden, Laura Bowman, Grover Burgess, Edwin Cushman, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Maurice Ellis, Edward Forbes, Reri Grist, W.J. Hackett, Owen Hewitt, Charles Holland, Morris McKenney, Grace McTarnahan, Santos Ortega, Wardell Saunders, Milton Shirah, P. Jay Sidney, Carolyn Hill Stewart, Frank M. Thomas, Percy Verwayne, Rudolph Whitaker. Produced by Herman Shumlin.

Stage: Appeared in "A Raisin in the Sun", 1959.

Stage: Appeared in "Purlie Victorious", 1961.

Stage: Appeared in "Imaginary Invalid", 1971.

Stage: Appeared in "Boesman and Lena", 1970. Won Drama Desk Award.

Stage: Appeared in "Anna Lucasta". Won Obie award.

Stage: Starred in the off-Broadway play "Saint Lucy's Eyes" in 2001, directed by actress/director Billie Allen and written by Bridgette A. Wimberly.

Stage: Appeared in "The Glass Menagerie". Won Obie award.

Stage: Appeared in "Checkmates". Won Obie award.

Stage: Appeared in "The Taming of the Shrew". Won Obie award.

Stage: Appeared in "The Wedding Band", 1972.

She and Ossie Davis recorded the audio-recorded version of Lorraine Hansberry's play, "A Raisin in the Sun."

She recorded the unabridged and abridged audio-recorded version of Zora Neale Hurston's book, "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

She recorded the abridged and unabridged audio-recorded version of Toni Morrison's book, "The Bluest Eye."

(1972) She acted in the play, "Wedding Band," at the Ivanhoe Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

The Smile of the World (1949). Written by Garson Kanin. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Costume Design by Forrest Thayer and Mainbocher. Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager. Directed by Garson Kanin. Lyceum Theatre: 12 Jan 1949- 15 Jan 1949 (5 performances). Cast: Ossie Davis (as "Stewart"), Ruby Dee (as "Evelyn"), Elizabeth Dewing (as "Mrs. Boros"), Ruth Gordon (as "Sara Boulting"), Sam Jackson (as "Petey"), Otto Kruger (as "Justice Reuben Boulting"), Boris Marshalov (as "Josef Boros"), Laura Pierpont (as "Alice Widmayer"), Warren Stevens (as "Sam Fenn"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).

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