Elizabeth Brown-Guillory, playwright, performing artist, formerly a professor at the University of Houston, is a distinguished professor of theatre at ...

George Hawkins (1947-1990), a native of Dallas, was an actor and director. Hawkins earned degrees in business and accounting from ...

Sterling Houston (1945- 2006) was a prolific and innovative African American writer in San Antonio. During the twenty years he ...

Eugene Lee, playwright, actor and director, performed with the prestigious Negro Ensemble Company in New York, where he appeared in ...

Thomas Meloncon, a nationally known playwright of long standing, hails from Houston. He graduated from Texas Southern University with a ...

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Ted Shine, a playwright, university professor and editor, grew up in Dallas. He earned a ...

Celeste Bedford Walker is an award-winning playwright whose works have been performed in major venues across the country. She is ...

BLACK TEXAS PLAYWRIGHTS (Representative List) Plays by African American Texans probe the complex dynamics of the African American family, entertain ...