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Gloria Foster began her career on Broadway as she moved to New York in 1963.

Her first role was Ruth in the show of A Raisin in the Sun.

She started an acting career as her agent, Ernestine McClendon, sent her on an audition for In White America.

The play was about the history of blacks in the United States and the oppression they had to face.

Gloria Foster, “ play a 13-year-old Arkansas girl who tries to enter her Little Rock school ”.

This was her first distinction and had to play 27 different characters.

This led to her winning an Obie Award or Off-Broadway Theater Award, which is an, “ annual award bested by The Village Voice newspaper to theater artists and groups in New York City ".

She also received a two-page article in Life Magazine, explaining about the wonderful performance and critics said she was up and coming and people should look out for the next pieces she performs in.

She performed many other plays in New York and on Broadway and the public started to notice her, as she became a bigger star.

Not only did the public start to notice her, but also critics began analyzing her performances.

They wrote that she performed her roles as a, “ majestic, full-voiced, statuesque and stunning actress ”.

The passion she had for acting was reflected in her performances and an unusual thing happened for her, “ an African-American actress around whom producers and directors built production ”.

Instead of Gloria Foster having to audition for roles, people started to make parts for her to be in.

It was her spirit, excitement, and stamina for acting that gave her success in such a hard business.

She was a breakthrough artist who, “ played roles previously inaccessible to Blacks ”.