Initially staged in California, it has been performed Off-Broadway and on Broadway, and adapted as a book, a television film, and a theatrical film.

This play was performed Off-Broadway and starred Denzel Washington and Anna Maria Horsford, both of whom were lessor known actors at the time.

In 2011, Dowd performed Off-Broadway in Blood from a Stone, playing the mother of Ethan Hawke.

He wrote the play, The Ulysses Complex - and Penelope Not So Simple Either, which was performed Off-Broadway during the 1980s.

In 1993, he performed Off-Broadway as legendary blues player Robert Johnson in Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil.

She has performed Off-Broadway in Kindertransport, Little Fish and Summer of '42.

She has performed Off-Broadway and regionally and sung on the concert stage and on recordings.

It was first performed Off-Broadway at the Truck and Warehouse Theater where it opened on June 30, 1970, closing on October 18, 1970 after 128 performances.

Unlock'd is scheduled to be performed Off-Broadway in the summer of 2013 with the Prospect Theatre Company.

It was performed Off-Broadway in Theatre Row, New York City, and directed by Scott Elliott.