was one of the first to write "black characters into non-racial plots." Hatch and Shine also called Spence one of the best craftswomen of the Harlem Renaissance, and probably the only playwright of the period to formally attend classes in dramatic structure." Modern performances of her plays Spence has been overshadowed by the counterparts of her day such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and James Weldon Johnson, although in recent years scholars have reconsidered her work along with other lesser known African-American female writers such as May Miller and Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins. Eulalie Spence's play Hot Stuff, a story about Harlem street hustlers, was presented on stage in February and March 2007 by The American Century Theater of Arlington, Virginia (TACT) as part of Drama Under the Influence, a collection of one-act plays written by women during the 1920s. The production was conceived and directed by Steve Mazzola. Included along with Spence's work were plays by Sophie Treadwell, Gertrude Stein, Dorothy Parker, Susan Glaspell and Rita Wellman. The Xoregos Performing Company opened its Harlem Remembered program on February 14, 2015 with a performance of Spence's play The Hunch. The production was directed by Shela Xoregos, and had nine shows February 14–28, 2015 in New York City, Yonkers and Newburgh, in New York state. Her play The Starter premiered in Xoregos Performing Company's program Songs of the Harlem River in New York City's Dream Up Festival, August 30-September 6, 2015. Songs of the Harlem River also opened the Langston Hughes Festival in Queens, New York on February 13, 2016. Death Eulalie Spence died in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on March 7, 1981, at the age of 86. She had been living at the home of her niece, Patricia Hart, and died at the Warner Hospital. Hart occasionally corresponded with writers inquiring about her aunt, providing photos and additional biographical information. Spence's obituary did not mention her career as a playwright, saying only that she was a retired schoolteacher. Written works Plays The Starter (1923) On Being Forty (This play was never published, but was first presented on October 15, 1924 at the Lafayette Theater in Harlem. No extant copies of the script have been found.) Foreign Mail (1926) Fool’s Errand (1927) Her (1927) Hot Stuff (1927) The Hunch (1927) Undertow (1927) Episode (1928) La Divina Pastora (1929) The Whipping (1934) Essays "A Criticism of the Negro Drama as it Relates to the