The play was produced by The Ethiopian Art Theatre[1] and is historically important as the first serious work by an African American playwright to be presented on Broadway.
[4] With the family already being extremely poor, and men coming to gather the debt any minute, Liza suspects that Silas will need to put Aunt Nancy out of the house, because she does not pay rent.
Aunt Nancy re-enters and confesses that she is keeping money in the backyard to save for her son, who got out of jail that day and will be appearing at the house any minute.
Bernard Peterson quotes from the New York Times review, "The Chip Woman’s Fortune…is an unaffected and wholly convincing transcript of everyday character.
W.E.B DuBois wrote in The Crisis, "The Negro Drama in America took another step forward when The Ethiopian Art Players under Raymond O'Neil, came to Broadway, New York.