Plays

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: New York,  New American Library, 1982

Fences: Plume/Penguin, 1985

Gem of the Ocean: Theater Communications Group, 2003

Jitney:  Overlook T P, 1982

Joe Turner's Come and Gone: New American Library, 1984

King Headley l l: Theater Communications Group, 2001

Radio Golf: Yale Repertory Theater, 2005

Seven Guitars: New York: Dutton, 1995

The Ground on Which I Stand: (Dramatic Context) New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2001.

The Piano Lesson: New York  Dutton, 1986

Three Plays: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991

Two Trains Running: New York, Dutton, 1992

Plays Representing Decades

1900s - Gem of the Ocean, 2003

1910s - Joe Turner's Come and Gone, 1984

1920s - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, 1982

1930s - The Piano Lesson, 1986 - Pulitzer Prize

1940s - Seven Guitars, 1995

1950s - Fences, 1985 - Pulitzer Prize

1960s - Two Trains Running, 1990

1970s - Jitney, 1982

1980s - King Hedley l l, 2001

1990s - Radio Golf, Yale Repertory Theater, 2005