African American Performance and Theater History: A Critical Reader, coeditor, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Recipient of the 2002 Errol Hill Award from the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR)

African American Performance and Theater History is an anthology of critical writings that explores the intersections of race, theater, and performance in America. Assembled by two esteemed scholars in black theater, Harry J. Elam, Jr. and David Krasner, and composed of essays from acknowledged authorities in the field, this anthology is organized into four sections representative of the ways black theater, drama, and performance interact and enact continual social, cultural, and political dialogues.