Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975: a Guide to Information Sources
Detroit: Gale, 1979.
This book has two sections, the first on poetry and the second on drama. The drama section lists playwrights and their published and unpublished plays, in addition to reference sources in African American theater, anthologies of plays, and critical works.
Main Library, Call Number: Z 1229 .N39 P
Subject: African American Theater

Arata, Esther. More Black American Playwrights : a Bibliography.
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1978.
Includes a list of plays for each playwright, with citations for reviews and critical reviews. According to Shaland in American Theater and Drama Research
(see "Literary Resources"), there are some errors in some of the names and dates, but these two books are still useful.
Main Library, Call Number: Z 1229. N39 A73
Subject: African American Theater

Arata, Esther and Nicholas Rotoli. Black American Playwrights, 1880 to the Present: a Bibliography.
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1976.
Main Library, Call Number: Z 1229. N39 A66
Subject: African American Theater

Baatz, Wilmer, comp. Afro-American Drama : a Bibliography of Selected Plays in the IU-B Libraries.
Bloomington: Afro American Arts Institute, Indiana University, 1984.
An index to plays found in anthologies and periodicals.
Main Library, Call Number: Z 5784 .B56 I5 1982
Subject: African American Theater

Hatch, James V. Black Image on the American Stage: a Bibliography of Plays and Musicals, 1770-1970
New York: DBS Publications, 1970.
This is an attempt to list all American plays dealing with African American characters.
Main Library, Call Number: Z 5784 .N4 H36
Subject: African American Theater

Hatch, James V. and Omanii Abdullah, comp. Black Playwrights, 1823-1977: an Annotated Bibliography of Plays
New York: Bowker, 1977.
This work contains a list of plays by each playwright, with a brief description of the plot and production history in some cases. It also contains a list of anthologies of plays by African American dramatists, and a bibliography of dissertations on the Black theater.
Main Library, Call Number: Z 1231 .O7 H37
Subject: African American Theater

New York (City). Public Library. Schomburg Collection. Dictionary Catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1962
"The Collection includes books by authors of African descent, regardless of subject matter or language ... [and contains] all significant materials about peoples of African descent." (from the introduction)
Main Library, Call Number: Z 1361 N39 N5
Subject: African American Theater

Peterson, Bernard L. Early Black American Playwrights and Dramatic Writers : a Biographical Directory and Catalog of Plays, Films, and Broadcasting Scripts.
New York: Greenwood, 1990.
This book includes playwrights and their plays that were written before 1950. It includes biographical information and brief plot descriptions, and has a good list of theater organizations, chronology of plays, bibliography of play anthologies and works about black drama and theater.
Main Library, Call Number: PS 153 .N5 P44 1990
Subject: African American Theater

Sanders, Leslie Catherine. The Development of Black Theater in America: from Shadows to Selves.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1988.
Uses the contributions of five prominent black playwrights to show the development of black theatre in both drama and audience. Includes an extensive bibliography and index.
East Tower/African American Cultural Library, Call Number: PS 338 .N4 S26 1988
Subject: African American Theater

Woll, Allen. Dictionary of the Black Theater: Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Selected Harlem Theater
Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1983.
This book lists plays that are "by, about, with, for, and related to blacks." It contains a guide to plays and biographical dictionary of authors, actors and theater organizations, and a chronology of plays.
Main Library, Call Number: PN 2270 .A35 W64 1983
Subject: African American Theater