Other works

(1924) Stage: Wrote "Nancy Ann", produced on Broadway. Comedy.

(1927) Stage: Wrote "Porgy" produced on Broadway.

(1929) Stage: Wrote (w/DuBose Heyward) "Porgy", produced on Broadway. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Martin Beck Theatre: 13 Sep 1929-Oct 1929 (unknown closing date/34 performances). Cast: Jack Carter (as "Crown"), Peter Clark (as "Jim"), A.B. DeComathiere (as "Simon Frazier"; [credited as A.B. Comatheire), Evelyn Ellis (as "Crown's Bess"), Georgette Harvey (as "Maria"), Wallace Hill (as "Scipio"), Wesley Hill (as "Jake"), Richard Huey (as "Mingo"), Felix Jacoves (as "Policeman"), Rose MacClendon (as "Serena"), Ella Madison, Morris McKenny, Garrett Minturn (as "The Coroner"), Dorothy Paul (as "Lily"), Hayes Pryor (as "Peter"), Wayland Rudd (as "Nelson"), Erskine Sanford (as "Alan Archdale"), Frederick Smith (as "A Dectective"), Edna Thomas, Percy Verwayne (as "Sporting Life"), Walter Warner, Leigh Whipper, Frank H. Wilson (as "Porgy"). Produced by The Theatre Guild. NOTE: Filmed as Porgy and Bess (1959)

(1930) Stage Play: Jonica. Musical comedy. Written by Moss Hart and Dorothy Heyward. Music by Joseph Meyer. Scenic Design by William Hawley. Directed by William B. Friedlander. Craig Theatre: 7 Apr 1930- 10 May 1930 (40 performances). Cast: Leon Alton (as "Ensemble"), Jimmy Ardell (as "Ensemble"), Joyce Barbour (as "Fanny") [final Broadway role], Julia Baron (as "A Nun"), Mildred Bart (as "Ensemble"), Larry Beck (as "A Butler"), Allan Blair (as "Ensemble"), Viola Breit (as "Ensemble"), Bob Burton (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Byrnell (as "Ensemble"), Billy Carver (as "Ensemble"), Jean Crittenden (as "Ensemble"), Earle S. Dewey (as "Barney Morton"), Jack Douglas (as "Ensemble"), Charles Doyle (as "A Pullman Porter"), Gertrude Engel (as "Ensemble"), Audrey Gay Ensemble"), Ruth Goodwin (as "Peggy"), Mabel Gore (as "The Abbess"), Robert Gray (as "Ensemble"), Madeline Grey (as "Mrs. Emma Ross-Benton"), Priscilla Gurney (as "Betty"), Thelma Hackert (as "Ensemble"), Marion Herson (as "Ensemble"), Ralph Hertz (as "Orchestra Leader"), Wallace Jackson (as "Ensemble"), Tina Marie Jensen (as "Ensemble"), Bob Lamarre (as "Ensemble"), Bert Matthews (as "Benjamin Flood"), Madelyn May (as "Ensemble"), Vivian McNamara (as "Ensemble"), Ida Michaels (as "Ensemble"), Rosalie Milan (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Murray (as "Millie"), Hazzard Newberry (as "Ensemble"), Jerry Norris (as "Don Milan"), Chet O'Brien (as "Ensemble"), June O'Dea (as "Mary Alice"), Georgianna Orr (as "Ensemble"), Estelle Phillips (as "Ensemble"), Gus Quinlan (as "Ensemble"), Nell Roy (as "Jonica"), Harry Shannon [credited as Harry T. Shannon] (as "Officer Quinn"), George S. Shiller (as "Mr. Burdick"), Jack Stillman (as "Peter"), Irene Swor (as "Mabel"), Clara Thropp (as "A Woman"), Elinor Walent (as "Ensemble"), Earlyne Wallace (as "Earlyne"), Wilma Wallace (as "Wilma"), Eleanor Whitmore (as "Ensemble"). Produced by William B. Friedlander. Note: The Craig Theatre was a 1400-seat venue located at 152 W. 54th St. It was built in 1928 and closed after just 9 productions due to the economic realities of the Great Depression. It reopened in 1934 after being dark for 3+ years and would go through numerous name changes, (ultimately becoming known as the George Abbott Theatre in 1965) and served as a TV studio (known as the Adelphi Theatre) as home to Jackie Gleason's series, The Honeymooners (1955) until the mid-1950s. It was torn down in 1970 as part of a Hilton Hotel expansion project.

(1930) Stage: Wrote "Cinderelative", produced on Bradway. Comedy.

(1935) Stage: Wrote "Porgy and Bess", produced on Broadway. Musical/opera [original production].

Mamba's Daughters (1939). Written by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward. Featuring songs by Jerome Kern. Based on the novel by DuBose Heyward. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Empire Theatre: 3 Jan 1939- May 1939 (closing date unknown/162 performances). Cast: Oliver Barbour (as "The Prosecuting Attorney") [final Broadway role], Edna Beane, Reginald Beane, Altunar Branan, Inez Branan, Anne Brown, Willie Bryant, Georgia Burke (as "Eva"), Doris Champion, Rebecca Champion, Bob Coogan, John Cornell, Helen Dowdy, José Ferrer (as "St. Julien DeC. Wentworth Saint"), Georgette Harvey (as "Mamba"), Mary Holmes, Alberta Hunter, J. Rosamond Johnson (as "The Reverend Quintus Whaley"), Ella Mae Lashley, Canada Lee (as "Drayton"), Assotta Marshall, Fredye Marshall, Henry May, Arthur McLean, Harry Mestayer, Joyce Miller, Rena Mitchell, Dorothy Paul, Hayes Pryor, Ethel Purnello, Robert Raines, Maud Russell (as "Jane"), John Rustad, Louis Sharp, Al Stokes (as "Davey"), Fredi Washington, Edna Waters, Ethel Waters (as "Hagar"), Bradley Wilson, Jimmy Wright. Produced by Guthrie McClintic.

(1940) Stage Play: Mamba's Daughters. Drama (return engagement).

(1942) Stage Play: Porgy and Bess. Musical/opera (revival).

(1943) Stage Play: South Pacific. Drama. Written by Howard Rigsby and Dorothy Heyward. Incidental music by Paul Bowles. Directed by Lee Strasberg. Cort Theatre: 29 Dec 1943- 1 Jan 1944 (5 performances). Cast: Canada Lee (as "Sam Johnson"), Ruby Dee (as "Native") [Broadway debut], Kaie Deei (as "Japanese Voice"), George Fisher (as "Native"), Emanuel Gillard (as "Native Child"), Clyde Goines (as "Native Child"), Gordon Heath (as "Native"), Danny Johnson (as "Liliboi"), Wini Johnson (as "Ruth"), Wendell K. Phillips (as "Captain Dunlap"), James Reason (as "Native Child"), Gloria Robinson (as "Native Child"), Ledia Rosa (as "Native Child"), Louis Sharp (as "Dr. John"), Rudolph Whitaker (as "Daniel"), Frank Wilson (as "The Luluai"). Produced by David Lowe.

(1944) Stage: Wrote "Porgy and Bess", produced on Broadway. Musical/opera (revival).

(1948) Stage Play: Set My People Free. Written by Dorothy Heyward. Directed by Martin Ritt. Hudson Theatre: 3 Nov 1948- 27 Nov 1948 (29 performances). Cast: Somar Alberg (as "Trader Henri"), Thomas Anderson (as "Jesse Blackwood"), Edith Atuka-Reid (as "Tina"), Harry Bolden (as "Belleisle"), Alonzo Bosan (as "Pompey"), John Bouie (as "Perault Prioleau"), Samuel Brown (as "1st Drummer"), Eric Burroughs (as "Mingo Harth"), Tyler Carpenter (as "Patrolman"), Blaine Cordner (as "Captain Wilson"), Harold Des Verney (as "Blind Philip"), George Dosher (as "Jemmy"), Gail Gladstone (as "Eliza Juano Hernandez (as "Denmark"), Theodore Hines (as "Cuppy"), Earl Jones (as "Ned Bennett"), Wanza L. King (as "Benbow"), Canada Lee (as "George/Head Slave"), Urylee Leonardos (as "Blanche"), Fredye Marshall (as "Rachel"), William Marshall (as "Rolla Bennett"), William McDaniel (as "Pharaoh"), Charles McRae (as "Monday Gell"), Moses Mianns (as "2nd Drummer"), Bertha T. Powell (as "The Mauma"), Marion Scanlon (as "Phyllis"), Louis Sharp (as "Lot"), Richard Silver (as "Frank Ferguson"), Merritt Smith (as "Adam"), Mildred Joanne Smith (as "Rose"), Earl Sydnor (as "Peter"), Poyas"), William Warfield (as "Aneas"), Leigh Whipper (as "Gullah Jack"), Musa Williams (as "Sinah"), Frank Wilson (as "Morris Brown"). Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors). Associate Producer: Allyn Rice.

(1953) Stage: Wrote "Porgy and Bess", produced on Broadway. Revival.

(1976) Stage: Wrote "Porgy and Bess", produced on Broadway. Revival.

(January 3, 1939 - May 1939) Dubose Heyward and her play, "Mamba's Daughters," was performed at the Empire Theatre in New York City for 162 performances.

(November 20, 1939) Dubose Heyward and her play, "Mamba's Daughters," was performed at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Ethel Waters (Hagar); Georgia Burke; Fredi Washington; Maude Russell; Robert Thomsen; Willie Bryant; J. Rosamond Johnson; Vincent Copeland; John Kerr; John O'Connor; Barry Kelley; Al Stokes; Bradley Wilson; Louis Sharp; Canada Lee; Ethel Purnello; Edna Waters; Laura Vaughns; Alberta Hunter; Joyce Miller; Rena Mitchell; and Jimmy Wright in the cast. Jerome Kern was composer. Perry Watkins was set designer. Guthrie McClintic was producer and director.

(March 23, 1940) Dubose Heyward and her play, "Mamba's Daughters," was performed at the Broadway Theatre in New York City for 17 performances.

(March 10, 1953) She and Du Bose Heyward wrote the book for the musical, "Porgy and Bess," at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City for 305 performances.

(May 17, 1954) She and Du Bose Heyward wrote the book for the musical, "Porgy and Bess," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Leontyne Price (Bess); LeVern Hutcherson (Porgy); Cab Calloway (Sportin Life); Helen Dowdy; Irene Williams; Elizabeth Foster; Georgia Burke; Helen Colbert; Joseph James; William Veasey; Leslie Scott; John McCurry; Howard Roberts; Moses LaMarr; Sam Kasakoff; Helen Thigpen; Catherine Ayres; Jerry Laws; Sherman Sneed; and Ray Yeates in the cast. George Gershwin was composer. Du Bose Hayward and Ira Gershwin wrote the music and lyrics. Wolfgang Roth was set designer. Jed Mace was costume designer. Eva Jessye was choral director. Alexander Smallens was conductor. Robert Breen was director. Blevins Davis and Robert Breen were producers.

(October 9, 1952) She and Du Bose Heyward wrote the book for the musical, "Porgy and Bess," at the Stoll Theatre in London, England.

(April 22 to June 1, 2014) She and Dubose Heyward wrote the original book for the musical, "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California. George and Ira Gershwin wrote the music and lyrics. Dubose and Dorothy Heyward wrote the original book. Suzan-Lori Parks adapted the book. Diedre L. Murray adapted the musical score. Diane Paulus was director. Emilio Sosa was costume designer.