2009-2010
Legacy Festival
Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe
2008-2009
Sanctified by Javon Johnson
Black Nativity by Langston Hughes
St James Infirmary by Brian Tucker
2007-2008
Elmina’s Kitchen by Kwame Kei Armah
Black Nativity by Langston Hughes
Talented Tenth by Richard Wesley
2006-2007
The African Company Presents Richard III by Carlyle Brown
Black Nativity by Langston Hughes
Joe Turners Come and Gone by August Wilson
2005-2006
Deep Azure by Chadwick Bozeman
Black Nativity by Langston Hughes
Stick Fly by Lydia Diamond
2004-2005
Black Nativity By Langston Hughes
Layla’s Dream by Ntozake Shange
Seven Guitars by August Wilson
2003-2004
Spunk by George C. Wolfe
King of Coons by Michael Henry Brown
The House That Jack Built by Javon Johnson
2002-2003
A Soldier’s Play by Charles Fuller
Wedding Band by Alice Childress
Daughters of the Mock by Judi Ann Mason
2001-2002
Ali by Geoffrey C. Ewing and Graydon Royce
From The Mississippi Delta by Endesha Ida Mae Holland
Playboy of The West Indies by Mustapha Matura
2000-2001
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
Before it Hits Home by Cheryl L. West
The Island by Athol Fugard
2022-2023
How Blood Go by Lisa Langford (World Premiere)
in-residence at Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theater as part of their LookOut SeriesWhat to Send Up When it Goes Down by Aleshea Harris (Chicago Premiere, remounted) in residence at Lookingglass Theatre
2021-2022
What to Send Up When it Goes Down by Aleshea Harris
(in partnership with GRAY Chicago and Rebuild Foundation)
2019-2020
August Wilson New Play Initiative (Staged Reading Series)
Day of Absence by Douglas Turner Ward
2018-2019
August Wilson New Play Initiative (Staged Reading Series)
Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill by Lanie Robertson
Nativity Tribute by Taron Patton
Single Black Female by Lisa B. Thompson
Twisted Melodies by Kelvin Roston, Jr. (Three City Tour - Baltimore, Washington DC, and New York City)
2017-2018
August Wilson New Play Initiative (Staged Reading Series)
Nativity Tribute by Taron Patton
Jitney by August Wilson
Twisted Melodies by Kelvin Roston, Jr. (at Centerstage Theatre, Baltimore, MD)
2016-2017
August Wilson New Play Initiative (Staged Reading Series)
Nativity Tribute by Taron Patton
Hobo King by Javon Johnson
2015-2016
Jambalaya Series
What I learned in Paris by Pearl Cleage
Small Oak Tree Runs Red by Lakeitha Dalcoe
2014-2015
Jambalaya Series
A Nativity Story by Alexis J. Rogers
Twisted Melodies by Kelvin Roston, Jr.
2013-2014
Jambalaya Series
King Hedley by August Wilson
2012-2013
Bulrusher by Eisa Davis
The Nativity by Mckinley Johnson
Fall of Heaven by Walter Mosley
2011-2012
The Nativity by McKinley Johnson
Festival on the Square
2010-2011
The Nativity by McKinley Johnson
Festival on the Square
Brothers of The Dust by Darren Canady