Plays and Dramas by African-Americans

1.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,568 ratings
2.
Fences (The Century Cycle, #6)
Fences (The Century Cycle, #6) 3.88 avg rating — 29,473 ratings
3.
The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson 3.81 avg rating — 10,039 ratings
4.
Gem of the Ocean
Gem of the Ocean 4.13 avg rating — 1,775 ratings
5.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,967 ratings
6.
Two Trains Running
Two Trains Running 4.04 avg rating — 1,204 ratings
7.
Dutchman & The Slave: Two Plays by LeRoi Jones
Dutchman & The Slave: Two Plays by LeRoi Jones 3.80 avg rating — 3,173 ratings
8.
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Joe Turner's Come and Gone 3.96 avg rating — 3,394 ratings
9.
Topdog/Underdog
Topdog/Underdog 3.83 avg rating — 6,922 ratings
10.
Radio Golf
Radio Golf 3.93 avg rating — 855 ratings
11.
The Red Letter Plays
The Red Letter Plays 4.12 avg rating — 599 ratings
12.
A Soldier's Play
A Soldier's Play 3.93 avg rating — 566 ratings
13.
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf 4.29 avg rating — 34,461 ratings
14.
The Plays of Georgia Douglas Johnson: From the New Negro Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement
The Plays of Georgia Douglas Johnson: From the New Negro Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings
15.
Zora Neale Hurston: Collected Plays
Zora Neale Hurston: Collected Plays 4.24 avg rating — 42 ratings
15.
Yellowman
Yellowman 3.98 avg rating — 108 ratings
17.
Lost Plays of the Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1940
Lost Plays of the Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1940 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
18.
Passing Strange: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
Passing Strange: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
by: Stew
4.30 avg rating — 102 ratings
18.
Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and behind the Camera
Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and behind the Camera
by: Bill Duke
3.98 avg rating — 53 ratings
18.
Best of Friends Trilogy
Best of Friends Trilogy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
21.
Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays: The Drinking Gourd/What Use Are Flowers?
Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays: The Drinking Gourd/What Use Are Flowers? 4.23 avg rating — 496 ratings
22.
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark 4.16 avg rating — 419 ratings
23.
I Ain't Yo' Uncle: The New Jack Revisionist Uncle Tom's Cabin
I Ain't Yo' Uncle: The New Jack Revisionist Uncle Tom's Cabin 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
24.
The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show.
The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show. 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
25.
Sweat
Sweat 4.04 avg rating — 4,456 ratings
26.
Seven Guitars
Seven Guitars 3.85 avg rating — 1,308 ratings
26.
The African Company Presents Richard III.
The African Company Presents Richard III. 3.76 avg rating — 50 ratings
28.
Jitney
Jitney 4.09 avg rating — 1,120 ratings
29.
Venus
Venus 3.79 avg rating — 1,252 ratings
30.
A star ain't nothin' but a hole in heaven
A star ain't nothin' but a hole in heaven really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
31.
Livin' Fat : A Comedy in Two Acts
Livin' Fat : A Comedy in Two Acts 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
32.
The Fall of Heaven
The Fall of Heaven 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
33.
Ruined
Ruined 4.17 avg rating — 4,190 ratings
34.
The Darker Face of the Earth
The Darker Face of the Earth
by: Rita Dove
3.91 avg rating — 277 ratings
35.
Stick Fly: A Play
Stick Fly: A Play 3.89 avg rating — 303 ratings
36.
Harriet Jacobs: A Play
Harriet Jacobs: A Play 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings
37.
Breath, Boom
Breath, Boom 3.43 avg rating — 53 ratings
38.
Come Down Burning
Come Down Burning 3.14 avg rating — 22 ratings
39.
Splash Hatch on the E Going Down - Acting Edition
Splash Hatch on the E Going Down - Acting Edition 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
40.
Force Continuum
Force Continuum 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
41.
Seeking the Genesis - Acting Edition
Seeking the Genesis - Acting Edition 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
42.
The Brother/Sister Plays
The Brother/Sister Plays 4.36 avg rating — 165 ratings
43.
In the Red and Brown Water
In the Red and Brown Water 3.83 avg rating — 123 ratings
44.
Black eagles
Black eagles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
45.
Between Now and Then: A Drama
Between Now and Then: A Drama liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
46.
Funnyhouse of a Negro
Funnyhouse of a Negro 3.72 avg rating — 464 ratings
47.
Wildlife!
Wildlife! it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
48.
Steal away: A folktale
Steal away: A folktale did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating
49.
The Meeting
The Meeting 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings
50.
Hoodoo Love
Hoodoo Love 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings
51.
The Mountaintop
The Mountaintop 4.17 avg rating — 785 ratings
52.
Hurt Village
Hurt Village 4.09 avg rating — 43 ratings
53.
Long Time Since Yesterday
Long Time Since Yesterday 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
54.
Single Black Female
Single Black Female 3.50 avg rating — 28 ratings
55.
Fabulation, or, the Re-Education of Undine
Fabulation, or, the Re-Education of Undine 3.89 avg rating — 226 ratings
56.
Crumbs from the Table of Joy
Crumbs from the Table of Joy 3.53 avg rating — 279 ratings
57.
Mud, River, Stone
Mud, River, Stone 3.84 avg rating — 37 ratings
58.
Intimate Apparel/Fabulation
Intimate Apparel/Fabulation 4.19 avg rating — 318 ratings
59.
Wine in the Wilderness
Wine in the Wilderness 3.86 avg rating — 99 ratings
60.
Mojo & String
Mojo & String 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
61.
Frye Street & environs: The collected works of Marita Bonner (Black women writers series)
Frye Street & environs: The collected works of Marita Bonner (Black women writers series) 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings
62.
Purlie Victorious
Purlie Victorious 4.14 avg rating — 143 ratings
63.
Papa's Blues: A Play in Two Acts
Papa's Blues: A Play in Two Acts 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
64.
Stoop Stories - Acting Edition
Stoop Stories - Acting Edition really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
65.
Horsedreams
Horsedreams 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
66.
Beauty's Daughter, Monster, The Gimmick: Three Plays
Beauty's Daughter, Monster, The Gimmick: Three Plays 4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings
67.
Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men
Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men 3.83 avg rating — 29 ratings
68.
Home Life of Polar Bears
Home Life of Polar Bears really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
69.
The Trophy Room
The Trophy Room 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
70.
Everybody's Ruby
Everybody's Ruby really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
71.
...And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi
...And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
72.
The House That Will Not Stand
The House That Will Not Stand 4.08 avg rating — 50 ratings
73.
The River Niger
The River Niger 3.64 avg rating — 33 ratings
74.
Big White Fog
Big White Fog 3.95 avg rating — 41 ratings
75.
The Reckoning
The Reckoning 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
76.
Brotherhood
Brotherhood 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
77.
Happy Ending and A Day of Absence.
Happy Ending and A Day of Absence. 3.90 avg rating — 77 ratings
78.
Touch - Acting Edition
Touch - Acting Edition 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
79.
Take a Giant Step
Take a Giant Step 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
80.
Emergency & Through the Night
Emergency & Through the Night 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
81.
Non-Sequitur
Non-Sequitur 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings
82.
Smart People: A Play
Smart People: A Play 3.75 avg rating — 130 ratings
83.
Dance of the Holy Ghosts: A Play on Memory
Dance of the Holy Ghosts: A Play on Memory it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
84.
Jar the Floor
Jar the Floor 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings
85.
Our Lady of Kibeho
Our Lady of Kibeho 4.13 avg rating — 55 ratings
86.
The Richard Wesley Play Anthology (Applause Books)
The Richard Wesley Play Anthology (Applause Books) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
87.
Renaissance Men 1
Renaissance Men 1 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
88.
What the Wine-Sellers Buy Plus Three: Four Plays by Ron Milner
What the Wine-Sellers Buy Plus Three: Four Plays by Ron Milner 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
89.
Black Theatre USA: Plays by African Americans – The Recent Period 1935-Today
Black Theatre USA: Plays by African Americans – The Recent Period 1935-Today 4.41 avg rating — 51 ratings
90.
Contemporary Plays by African American Women: Ten Complete Works
Contemporary Plays by African American Women: Ten Complete Works really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
91.
Pretty Fire - Acting Edition
Pretty Fire - Acting Edition 4.33 avg rating — 61 ratings
92.
Sender: A Play
Sender: A Play 3.98 avg rating — 40 ratings
93.
Some Old Black Man
Some Old Black Man really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
94.
Frontieres Sans Frontieres
Frontieres Sans Frontieres really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
95.
Br'er Cotton
Br'er Cotton 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
96.
Corktown, or Through the Valley of Dry Bones
Corktown, or Through the Valley of Dry Bones 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
97.
Little Children Dream of God
Little Children Dream of God 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
98.
Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea.
Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea. 4.24 avg rating — 42 ratings
99.
Eleven-Zulu
Eleven-Zulu 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
100.
The Bow-Wow Club: A Play in Two Acts
The Bow-Wow Club: A Play in Two Acts 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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