Jackie Taylor, the author of more than 100 plays and musical bios, thousands of poems, a screenplay, and two books, has been selected as the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s 2025 Fuller Award recipient in honor of her lifetime achievements. Taylor will be celebrated at a ceremony on Monday, October 20, at her Black Ensemble Theater (4450 N.… read more

Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Fuller Award Ceremony — Jackie Taylor slideshow

Jackie Taylor

Awarded October 20, 2025

Selected Works

The Other Cinderella (1976)
Doo Wop Shoo Bop (1995, co-written with Jimmy Tillman)
Great Women of Gospel (1996)
The Jackie Wilson Story (2000)
The Marvin Gaye Story (2001)
I Am Who I Am: The Story of Teddy Pendergrass (2002)
Don’t Make Me Over: The Story of Dionne Warwick (2003)
Don’t Shed a Tear: The Billie Holiday Story (2004)
At Last: A Tribute to Etta James (2005)
The Hootchie Cootchie Man: Muddy Waters (2006, co-written with Jimmy
Tillman)
All in Love is Fair (2007)
Precious Lord Take My Hand (2008)
Somebody Say Amen (2009)
Sounds So Sweet (2010)
The Curtis Mayfield Story (2012)
The One Hit Wonders (2013)
Women of Soul (2014)
Ain’t No Crying the Blues: In Memory of Howlin’ Wolf (2015)
The BlackWhite Love Play (2015)
My Brother’s Keeper (2016
Style and Grace: In Tribute to Lena Horne (2017)
Sammy: A Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr. (2018)
Legends the Musical: A Tribute to the Greats (2019)
Elvis Presley Was a Black Man Named Joe (2025)


Film Credits

Cooley High (1975)
Losing Isaiah (1995)
Hoodlum (1997)
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
Imperfect Sky (2015)
Chi-Raq (2015)


Televison Credits

The Big Spin (1985–2003)
The Father Clements Story (1987)
To Sir, with Love II (1996)
Early Edition (1996)
Off-Loop, On Stage (2004)
Unsung Hollywood (2014)
Legacy Leaders of Color Video Project (2017)