[1][2] He created the role of Belize in the first production of Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes in 1991.

[3] He was a member of the Frank Silvera Writers Workshop in Harlem, which has developed the work of new, African American playwrights, directors, designers, and actors since 1973.

[4] He has worked in collaboration with novelist/playwright Jewelle Gomez on a play about James Baldwin, titled Waiting for Giovanni which was produced for the 2011-12 (San Francisco) New Conservatory Theater season.

[5] As he approaches retirement, he was appointed as the Associate Dean of the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship.

[6] Waters is an Honorary Member of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's most Prestigious Academic Honor Society.