Jacqueline Williams
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Jacqueline Williams returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where she has recently been seen in Head Of Passes, Hot L Baltimore,The Brother/Sister Plays and No Place Like Home. Most recently she was seen in Gospel Of Lovingkindness (Victory Gardens Theater). Her long association with Goodman includes ...
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Jacqueline Williams returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company where she has recently been seen in Head Of Passes, Hot L Baltimore,The Brother/Sister Plays and No Place Like Home. Most recently she was seen in Gospel Of Lovingkindness (Victory Gardens Theater). Her long association with Goodman includes Pullman Porter Blues (limited performances), Camino Real, Trinity River Plays, Blues For An Alabama Sky, Amen Corner and many others. Chicago credits include Caroline,Or Change, Fences, Electra (Court Theatre); Gee’s Bend, The Miser (Northlight Theatre); Yellowman, Fabulation (Next Theatre Company); as well as work with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre and others. Regional credits include performances with La Jolla Playhouse, Huntington Playhouse, ACT Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Portland Stage Company, Arena Stage and others. Tours include Crowns and Born In The Rsa with Market Theatre of Johannesburg. Broadway credits include Young Man from Atlanta. Off-Broadway credits include From the Mississippi Delta (co-produced by Oprah Winfrey), Mill Fire and Talented Tenth. Television and film credits include Turks, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Chicago Code, Prison Break, Heartlock, The Break Up, The Lake House and Hardball. Awards and nominations include Joseph Jefferson, Helen Hayes, BTAA, Lunt-Fontanne (Shakespeare) Fellow, 3Arts, American Arts Council, Drama Desk, Sarah Siddons, Excellence in the Arts, After Dark and others. Jacqueline holds a BFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University (formerly Goodman Theatre School). “Greatest blessing: daughter Kara.â€Jacqueline Williams Awards and Nominations
Helen Hayes Awards - 1991 - Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Production | ||
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by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 25, 2022
The Kennedy Center engagement of To Kill a Mockingbird, Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin’s new play, directed by Tony® winner Bartlett Sher and based on Harper Lee’s classic novel, will play the Kennedy Center’s Opera House, June 21–July 10, 2022. Find out how to get tickets, who is in the cast and more.

by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2022
Chicago's Congo Square Theatre Company, one of the nation's premier African American theatres, celebrates the Juneteenth holiday with two festive “Homecoming”-themed programs, Sunday, June 19 at the Zhou B Art Center, 1029 W. 35th Street in the Bridgeport neighborhood.

by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 23, 2022
The Kimmel Cultural Campus, in partnership with The Shubert Organization, will present the history-making production of To Kill a Mockingbird in a Philadelphia premiere engagement, July 12 – 24, 2022 at the Campus’ Academy of Music.

by Kathleen Anwar - May 22, 2022
This touring production brought to life by Aaron Sorkin brings home a story that is so central to our culture and history; truly a must-see for anyone who cares to understand more about the best- and worst- of America. Read our critic's review.

by Rachel Weinberg - May 13, 2022
It's not an overstatement to say that Jacqueline Williams is a staple of the Chicago theater community. She returns to her hometown in the role of Calpurnia in the current national tour of Aaron Sorkin's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, coming to Broadway In Chicago from May 17,209, 2022. Williams reflected on her return to live theater, what makes this stage adaptation so impactful and timely, and some of her favorite Chicago theater memories.

by Roy Berko - Apr 29, 2022
The mockingbird is noted for its ability to duplicate the sounds they hear. The bird's reference in the title of Harper Lee's epic novel, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD supposedly refers to the statements of prejudice that are repeated over and over in the book's famous trial. Statements about Blacks, Jews, the more and less educated, the economic class of a person. The only way to stop the sounds is to destroy the source.

by Review Roundups - Apr 20, 2022
The First National Tour has officially begun for the history-making production of To Kill a Mockingbird, Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher and based on Harper Lee's classic novel. Read the reviews here!

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 1, 2022
Production photos have just been released from the First National Tour of the history-making production of To Kill a Mockingbird, Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin’s new play, directed by Tony® winner Bartlett Sher and based on Harper Lee’s classic novel, starring Emmy Award®-winning actor Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch.

by Backstage With Richard Ridge - Mar 26, 2022
Watch as Richard Ridge catches up with two of the stars of the To Kill a Mockingbird national tour, Richard Thomas and Jacqueline Williams.

by Stephi Wild - Mar 7, 2022
The complete cast is announced today for the First National Tour of the history-making production of To Kill a Mockingbird, Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher and based on Harper Lee's classic novel. Find out who's in the cast and how to get tickets.
Jacqueline Williams Videos

by Backstage With Richard Ridge - Mar 26, 2022
Watch as Richard Ridge catches up with two of the stars of the To Kill a Mockingbird national tour, Richard Thomas and Jacqueline Williams.

by BroadwayWorld TV - Jun 16, 2021
Tomorrow, Goodman Theatre’s streaming-in-real-time Live series continues with Ohio State Murders by Obie Award-winning playwright Adrienne Kennedy.