Lushington and Roberts worked together to make Nightwood's mandate explicitly anti-racist and to create initiatives to be more inclusive of women of colour.
Roberts, Palmer, and producer Leslie Lester served as a three-person leadership team but shared two salaries.
[6] While working with Nightwood Theatre, Roberts directed several productions including Karen Kemlo's Clean (1992), Pauline Peters' Dryland: A Story Cycle (1993), Dilara Ally's Mango Chutney (1994, 1995, and 1996), Cathy Lenihan's Death and Renovation (1994), Marium Carvell's Dinah Blues of the Queen (1995), and The Coloured Girls Project (1995).
[10] In 2000, Roberts co-founded Obsidian Theatre with Awovieyi Agie, Philip Akin, Ardon Bess, David Collins, Roy Lewis, Yanna McIntosh, Kim Roberts, Sandi Ross, Djanet Sears, Satori Shakoor, Tricia Williams, and Alison Sealy-Smith.
[1] The project aims to bring together racialized artists in collective collaboration and examination of ancestry and cultural practices.
[1][15] With Urban Ink Productions, Roberts directed many shows including Valerie Sing Turner's Confessions of the Other Woman in 2012 (co-directed with Gerry Trentham) and Omari Newton's Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy Of in 2014.