Set in the American South
Porgy and Bess is Catfish Row in Charleston. Big River follows the Mississippi. The Scottsboro Boys is a 1930s Alabama courtroom. Memphis is Tennessee, not the Egyptian city its title borrows. From The Magnolia Lady's 1924 plantation comedy to Caroline, or Change's 1963 Louisiana.
13 in the catalogue.
| Big River | 1985 | Musical |
| Big River | 2003 | Revival |
| Caroline, or Change | 2004 | Musical |
| Louisiana Purchase | 1940 | Musical |
| Marie Christine | 1999 | Musical |
| Memphis | 2009 | Musical |
| Porgy and Bess | 1935 | Musical |
| Porgy and Bess | 1953 | Revival |
| Porgy and Bess (2012 Revival) | 2012 | Revival |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 2001 | Musical |
| The Magnolia Lady | 1924 | Musical |
| The Scottsboro Boys | 2010 | Musical |
| Thou Shalt Not | 2001 | Musical |