- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- The Dreamy Kid/The Emperor Jones (1925).
- Lulu Belle (1926).
- Porgy (1929).
- Ol' Man Satan (1932).
- Run, Little Chillun (1933). Drama.
- Stevedore (1934). Drama
- Stevedore (1934). Drama (revival).
- Macbeth (1948). Tragedy (revival).
- Androcles and the Lion (1938). Music by George Couvreur. Written by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Samuel Rosen. Lafayette Theatre: 16 Dec 1938- Mar 1939 (closing date unknown/104 performances). Cast: Add Bates (as "Lion"), Alonzo Bosan (as "Menagerie Keeper"), Julian Costello (as "Ox-driver"), Maurice Ellis, Daniel Leo Haynes, Charles Johnson, J. Louis Johnson, Paul Johnson, Joseph Pope Jones, John Milton Lacey, Al Moore (as "Metellus"), Thomas Mosely, Hilda Offley, Wardell Saunders, P. Jay Sidney (as "Captain"), Edna Thomas (as "Lavinia"), Percy Verwayne, Arthur Wilson. Produced by Federal Theatre Project of The WPA and Philip Barber.
- Harriet (1943).
- Harriet (1944). (revival).
- Strange Fruit (1945). Written by Lillian Smith. Based on the novel by Lillian Smith. Directed by José Ferrer. Royale Theatre: 29 Nov 1945- 19 Jan 1946 (60 performances). Cast: Vera Allen (as "Alma Deen"), Doris Block, Alonzo Bozan, Dorothy Carter, Stephen Chase, Robert T. Daggett, Phyllis De Bus, Hanson W. Elkins, Mel Ferrer (as "Tracy Deen"), Mary Fletcher, Peter Griffith, Murray Hamilton (as "A Mill Hand"), Juan Jose Hernandez, Juano Hernandez, Earle C. Jones, Herbert Junior, Charlotte Keane, Betty Lou Keim (as "Young Laura Deen"), Francis Letton, Ralph Meeker (as "Chuck"), Jay Norris, George B. Oliver, Eugenia Rawls, Ken Renard, Esther Smith, Robinson Stone, Ralph Theodore, Edna Thomas (as "Mamie McIntosh"), Frank Tweddell, Jane White, Richard Williams, Ellsworth Wright, Ted Yaryan. Produced by José Ferrer.
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1947). Drama. Written by Tennessee Williams. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey and Arthur H. Ross. Assistant to Mrs. Ballard: Ellen Freeman. Musical Advisor: Lehman Engel. Directed by Elia Kazan. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 3 Dec 1947- 17 Dec 1949 (855 performances). Cast: Marlon Brando(as "Stanley Kowalski"), Jessica Tandy (as "Blanche Du Bois"), Kim Hunter (as "Stella Kowalski"), Karl Malden (as "Harold Mitchell/Mitch"), Rudy Bond (as "Steve Hubbell"), Vito Christi (as "Young Collector"), Nick Dennis (as "Pablo Gonzales"), Ann Dere (as "Strange Woman"), Richard Garrick (as "Strange Man"), Peg Hillias (as "Eunice Hubbell"), Gee Gee James (as "Negro Woman"), Edna Thomas (as "Mexican Woman"). Produced by Irene Mayer Selznick.
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1950). Drama (revival). Written by Tennessee Williams.
- (August 31, 1936 to September 13, 1936) She played Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare's play, "Macbeth," at the Great Northern Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Maurice Ellis (Macbeth) in the cast. Nat Karson was costume and scenic designer. Orson Welles was director and adapter.
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