[1] The plays in this trilogy are The Oldest Living Graduate, The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia, and Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander.
Literary agent Audrey Wood and director Alan Schneider saw the plays and immediately became interested in bringing them to Broadway.
[2] After these initial successes, the trilogy opened on September 23, 1976, at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City, where it ran until October 29, 1976, for a total of 20 performances.
The cast included Henderson Forsythe, Fred Gwynne, Kristin Griffith, William LeMassena, John Marriott, Josh Mostel, Diane Ladd, Graham Beckel, and Everett McGill.
Although the show received mixed reviews in New York, A Texas Trilogy won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play.