Other works

"Ceremonies in Dark Old Men" produced 1969, at St. Mark's Playhouse in New York City. Directed by Ed Cambridge.

"Splendid Mummer" produced 1988, at American Place Theatre in New York City. Directed by Woodie King Jr.

Musical: "Daddy Goodness"

(1975) He wrote the screenplay for a television pilot, for ABC, based upon his 1972 movie, Sounder (1972). The proposed series wasn't picked up.

(December 30, 1971) He co-starred (as "Clem") in "Day of Absence," a drama directed by Paul Bogart and written by Douglas Turner Ward. It was broadcast as part of the "Hollywood Television Theatre" series on PBS.

(1973) He co-starred in an unsold television pilot for ABC called "Pomroy's People". The program was written by Earl Hamner Jr., and starred Brock Peters as a minister in rural Kentucky.

(February 11, 1959) He played Bobo in Lorraine Hansberry's play, "A Raisin in the Sun," at the Blackstone Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Ruby Dee (Ruth Younger); Glynn Turman (Travis Younger); Sidney Poitier (Walter Lee Younger); Diana Sands (Beneatha Younger); Claudia McNeil (Lena Younger); Ivan Dixon (Joseph Asagai); Lou Gossett (George Murchison); John Fiedler (Karl Lindner) and Douglas Turner and Ed Hall (moving men) in the cast. Philip Rose and David J. Cogan were producers. Lloyd Richards was director.

(1994-1995 season) His play, "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," was performed at the Long Wharf Theatre (Mainstage) in New Haven, Connecticut. L. Kenneth Richardson was director. Donald Eastman was set designer. Mary Mease Warren was costume designer. Frances Aronson was lighting designer. David Lawson was sound designer.

(June 19, 1970) His play, "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," was performed at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater, 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, Minnesota with Ed Bernard, Maxwell Glanville, Ron Glass and Arnold Wilkerson in the cast. Israel Hicks was director. John Jensen was set designer. Geraldine Cain was costume designer. Robert Scales was lighting designer.

(1974 Winter) His play, "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," was performed in the Old Globe Theatre production at the Cassius Carter Centre Stage in San Diego, California. Craig Noel was artistic director. Floyd Gaffney was director.

(May 15, 1985 - June 30, 1985) "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men" produced by Negro Ensemble Company at Threatre Four in New York City Directed by Douglas Turner Ward.