Born: 05/29/1938   Detroit , MI
Died: 07/09/2004
Children: Raymarc; Gabrey; Maher; Rhonda; Iman
Address(es):
Last known address:
Detroit , MI

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Don't Get God Started - a gospel musical that Milner wrote and directed, with music by gospel star Marvin Winans, was staged in Los Angeles in 1986 and 1989 and played 85 performances on Broadway in 1987-88.	Drama	Adult	Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press	1987
	Checkmates - about older and younger couples who live in the same building, featured Denzel Washington and Paul Winfield in its first two L.A. runs in 1987, at the now-defunct Inner City Cultural Center and the Westwood Playhouse (now the Geffen). In a 1988 run at the Westwood, the cast included Vanessa Williams and Marla Gibbs.	Drama	Adult		1987
	Crack Steppin' - first produced Music Hall, Detroit, Michigan	Drama	Adult		1981
	Jazz Set - played in an experimental series at the Taper, in 1979.	Drama	Adult		1979
	Season's Reasons : just a natural change - first produced, Langston Hughes Theatre, Detroit, Michigan	Drama	Adult	Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press	1976
	What the Wine-Sellers Buy. A three act play - is about a poor child and a pimp who lives next door, played in an experimental series at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 1973, a year before it became the first play by an African American to be produced by Joseph Papp at the New York Shakespeare Festival at Lincoln Center.	Drama	Adult	New York, Samuel French	1974
	Black Drama Anthology - edited by Woodie King and Ron Milner. (Publication Years: 1972, 1986)	Drama	Adult	Columbia University Press, New American Library	1972 -1986
	Black Short Story Anthology - Contributor	Short Stories	Adult	New York: Columbia University Press	1972
	M(Ego) and the Green Ball of Freedom - first produced, Shango Theatre, Detroit, Michigan	Drama	Adult	Black World	1971
	Who's Got His Own - first produced, American Place Theatre, Off-Broadway; inspired by Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child"	Drama	Adult		1966
	The Greatest Gift - first produced in Detroit (Michigan) Public Schools.	Drama	Adult , Children , Teen
	Other writings: - In Negro Digest, Black World, Drama Review and others		Adult

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Name	Date
Honored with a toast-and-roast dinner at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History	2004
Honorary Doctorate from Wayne State University	2001
a National Endowment for the Arts playwright grant	1985
Rockefeller Grant.for Who's Got His Own	1965
John Hay Whitney Fellowship	1962

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/17/arts/ron-milner-66-wrote-plays-of-the-ghetto.html

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