- (1978) Stage: Appeared in "Ain't Misbehavin'" on Broadway. NOTE: She was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for Best Actress--Featured, Musical.
- (1992) Stage: Appeared in / wrote one-woman show, "Pretty Fire", Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. NOTES: (1) Won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award and NAACP Awards for Best Play and Best Playwright. (2) Also performed at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City. (3) Also performed at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA. (4) Also performed at the LaJolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA.
- (1998) Stage: Appeared in / wrote one-woman show, "Neat". NOTE: Won the Irving and Blanche Laurie Theater Vision Award.
- (2/02) Stage: Appeared (as "Marta") in "Sorrows and Rejoicings", a play by Athol Fugard. Second Stage Theatre, New York City.
- (10/02) Stage: Appeared in / wrote "In Real Life". Manhattan Theater Club, New York City. NOTES: (1) She was nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for best solo performance. (2) It also played in Seattle, WA, at the Seattle Repertory Theatre and at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, CA, where it received an Audelco award, Backstage West Garland award, and NAACP awards for best playwright and actor.
- (10/88) Stage: Appeared in "Ain't Misbehavin'" on Broadway. Ambassador Theater. Also in cast: Nell Carter, André De Shields, Armelia McQueen and Ken Page in the cast. Richard Maltby Jr. was the director.
- Stage: Appeared in an Off-Broadway production of "Hang On to the Good Times". NOTE: She received a Drama Desk Award nomination.
- Stage: Appeared (as "Maria") in William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", New York Shakespeare Festival, New York City.
- Stage: Starred in a production of "In the Blood" by Suzan-Lori Parks. NOTE: She won an Obie Award for her role and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Actress.
- Stage: Appeared in "The Caucasian Chalk Circle", New York City.
- Stage: Appeared in a production of "King Henry IV, Part Ii", New York City.
- Stage: Appeared in "The Good Person of Setzuan", La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA. Adapted by Tony Kushner. Also in cast: 'Lou Diamond PHillips'.
- (1989) Appeared on "Roseanne": Sweet Dreams, (November 21, 1989), during the number 'We Love Roseanne', singing, {in part}, "Ain't Misbehavin'", as she did in the Broadway play "Ain't Misbehavin'" (1978) for which she won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical.
- (1/4/98-2/1/98) Stage: Wrote / appeared in "Neat," at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Daniel Sullivan was director. NOTES: (1) Also played at the Manhattan Theatre Club; it received the Irving and Blanche Laurie Theatre Vision Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination. (2) Also played at the Seattle (WA) Repertory Theatre. (3) She was awarded the 2002 Back Stage Garland Award for Performance
- (7/21/01-9/16/01) Stage: Appeared in / wrote "In Real Life," in a world premiere production at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Daniel Sullivan was director. NOTE: She was awarded the 2002 Back Stage Garland Award for Performance.
- (1/16/05-2/13/05) Stage: Wrote / appeared in "Flight," performed in a A.P.L.A.Y. production in a world premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Robert Egan was director.
- (11/17/11-12/18/11) Stage: Wrote / appeared in "The Night Watcher," at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Daniel Sullivan was director. NOTES: (1) Awarded the 2012 Back Stage Garland Award for Best One Person Show. (2) Awarded the 2011 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Solo Performance.
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