Troubled island: an opera in three acts (1937,1949)
The organizer: a blues opera in one act (1940)
The barrier: an opera (1950)
Esther: opera in three acts (1956)
Port Town: an opera in one act (1960).
Tropics after dark (1940)
Simply heavenly: a comedy (1957)
Mister Jazz: a panorama in music and motion of history of Negro dancing (1960)
Jericho-Jim Crow: a song play (1963)
Tambourines to glory; a comedy (1963).
Black nativity: a gospel song-play for a varible cast (1961,1992)
The gospel glow: a passion play (1962)
Master of miracles ; a gospel song-play based on the Bible and Negro spirituals (1962)
The prodigal son: a song-play with traditional spirituals, gospel hymms, and songs illuminating the Bible story retold (1965).
The ballot and me: the Negro's part in suffrage, an historical sequence (1956).
Booker T. Washington in Atlanta (1940)
Pvt. Jim Crow: a radio script (1943)
In the service of my country (1944).
The Amazon queen: a ballet libretto (1941)
The Saint Louis blues: a ballet libretto based on the famous American classic by W.C. Handy (1941)
Blues to be-bop ballet (1951)
Two brothers/Dos hermanos: a ballet (1953)
Ask your mama: a dance sequence for a man, a woman, and two narrators (1961)
Bessie Smith descends (1961)
Carmelita and the cockatoo: a ballet libretto (date unknown)
The conga ends: a ballet libretto (date unknown).
Just around the corner; a musical comedy (1950).
The five foolish virgins (1953)
Godly is the house of God: a song for the dedication and daily redication of a church (1955)
The glory around his head: a cantata of the resurrection (1957)
Ballad of the brown king: a Christmas carol (1960)
