that remaining one-third." Retirement and death Carroll moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, during the 1980s. There, she founded the Vinnette Carroll Repertory Company, where she remained as artistic director and producer until her failing health forced her to retire in 2001. She died of heart disease and diabetes in Lauderhill, Florida, on November 5, 2002, at the age of 80. Plays Agamemnon (1948) The Little Foxes (1948) Deep Are the Roots (1949) Caesar and Cleopatra (1950) A Streetcar Named Desire (1956) The Grass Harp (1956) Small War on Murray Hill (1957) The Crucible (1958) Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (1958) Jolly's Progress (1959) The Octoroon (1961) Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (1962) Black Nativity (1963) The Prodigal Son (1965) Directing credits The Prodigal Son (1965) Black Nativity (1961) Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (1972) Desire Under the Elms (1973) Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1976) But Never Jam Today (1979) See also List of African-American firsts References External links Theodora Aidoo, "Meet Vinnette Carroll, the first African-American woman to direct on Broadway", Face2Face Africa, March 7, 2020. Vinnette Carroll biography at African American Registry "Vinnette Carroll", Encyclopædia Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Black History Portrait of Vinnette Carroll, 1979. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Laura Sydell, "Black Theater Pioneer Carroll Remembered", New Hampshire public Radio and NPR, November 9, 2002. 1922 births 2002 deaths 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century American actresses African-American actresses African-American dramatists and playwrights American musical theatre directors American theatre directors Columbia University alumni Long Island University alumni New York University alumni Women theatre directors