Frances Foster
Theatre

Frances Foster

Section Title: Theatre
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Year	Production	Role	Theatre(s)	Notes

1995	Having Our Say	Miss Sadie Delany (standby)	Booth Theatre

The Young Man from Atlanta	Clara	Signature Theatre

1992	Malcolm X	Woman Outside Audubon Ballroom

1990	Ground People	Viola	America Place Theatre

1986	House of Shadows	Cassie	America Place Theatre

1982	Do Lord Remember Me	American Place Theatre

1980	Zooman and the Sign	Ash Boswell	Theatre Four

1978	Nevis Mountain Dew	Everelda Philibert Griffin	St. Mark's Playhouse	1979 Drama Desk Award nomination, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

1975	The First Breeze of Summer	Gremmer	Palace Theatre

1972	The River Niger	Grandma Wilhelmina Brown	St. Mark's Playhouse Brooks Atkinson Theatre	Originally an Off-Broadway production that was transferred to Broadway.

1971	Rosalee Pritchett	Rosalee (Rose) Pritchett	St. Mark's Playhouse

1970	The Good Woman of Setzuan	Mrs. Mi Tzu	Vivian Beaumont Theater

1968	Kongi's Harvest	Ogbo Aweri Segi	St. Mark's Playhouse

1965	Day of Absence	Supervisor Aide	St. Mark's Playhouse	Program of two one-act plays by Douglas Turner Ward.

Happy Ending	Vi	St. Mark's Playhouse	Program of two one-act plays by Douglas Turner Ward.

1963	The Last Minstrel	Mrs. Ash	Pocket Theatre

1959	A Raisin in the Sun	Ruth Younger (understudy) Beneatha Younger (understudy)	Ethel Barrymore Theatre Belasco Theatre

1956	Take a Giant Step	Violet	Jan Hus Playhouse

1955	The Wisteria Trees	Dolly May	City Center Theater

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In 1955, Frances Foster made her debut as Dolly May in The Wisteria Trees at the City Center Theater.

final_sentence: In 1955, Frances Foster made her debut as Dolly May in The Wisteria Trees at the City Center Theater.