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Dawn Monique Williams is the 2013 Phil Killian Directing Fellow at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She is drawn to heightened language, magic realism, mythology, rhetoric, and poetic diction and has directed a wide range of plays including the recent English/U.S. premiere of Gracia Morales' NN12. Her international directing credits include Edinburgh Festival Fringe productions with Aces Wild Theatre. Dawn has worked with Impact Theatre, Woman's Will, the SF Young Playwrights Festival, CCT, Chester Theatre, and has assisted at leading regional theatres: Hartford Stage (Hartford, CT), TheatreWorks (Palo Alto, CA), California Shakespeare (Berkeley, CA), and Shakespeare & Co (Lenox, MA). She is a Drama League Directing Alum, and as a Drama League Fellow, was assistant director to Davis McCallum on the premiere of Quiara Alegría Hudes' 2012 Pulitzer Prize winning Water By the Spoonful. She holds a MA in Drama from SFSU, and an MFA in Directing from UMass Amherst.

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The Drama League Announces The Irene Gandy Directing Assistantships


THE DRAMA LEAGUE announces The Irene Gandy Directing Assistantships, honoring the legendary Tony Award-winning publicist.

Photos: World Premiere Of WELCOME TO MATTESON! Opens At New Jersey Repertory Company


New Jersey Repertory Company will end its successful season with the World Premiere of Welcome To Matteson! written by Inda Craig-Galván and directed by Dawn Monique Williams. See photos from opening night below!

Review: WELCOME TO MATTESON! at NJ Rep-Excellent, Relevant and Humorous


The much anticipated world premiere of the contemporary play, Welcome to Matteson! is now on stage at New Jersey Repertory Company.

Interview: Playwright Inda Craig-Galván and WELCOME TO MATTESON! at NJ Rep 9/28 to 10/29


Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing Inda Craig-Galván about her career and the upcoming show at NJ Rep, Welcome To Matteson!

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For the Premiere of WELCOME TO MATTESON! at NJ Rep


New Jersey Repertory Company ends its successful season with the World Premiere of Welcome To Matteson! written by Inda Craig-Galván and directed by Dawn Monique Williams. Check out rehearsal photos here!

NJ Rep Will Present the World Premiere of WELCOME TO MATTESON!


New Jersey Repertory Company will end its successful season with the World Premiere of Welcome To Matteson! Learn more about this new play and how to get tickets here!

Golden Thread Hosts New Threads Staged Reading Series


Golden Thread Productions, the first American theatre company devoted to the Middle East, returns with New Threads 2023, its popular and free staged reading series. This year features two new play commissions.

Full Cast & Creative Team Unveiled for The Acting Company's World Premiere of Lisa Peterson's ODYSSEY 


The Acting Company has revealed the full cast and creative team for Lisa Peterson's world premiere of ODYSSEY. Get all the details and book your tickets now.

Free Shakespeare to Return To Edgerton Park with MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR


Elm Shakespeare will return for its 28th season of free Shakespeare in the park with professional artists from all around the country. This year's production of Merry Wives of Windsor, running August 17 - September 3rd, will be a wild romp guaranteed to make people of all ages laugh.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Appoints Tim Bond as New Artistic Director


The Oregon Shakespeare Festival Board of Directors has announced its appointment of Tim Bond as its new Artistic Director, effective September 1. The position will be a homecoming for Bond, who served as an Associate Artistic Director at OSF for 11 seasons from 1996 to 2007.

JaMeeka Holloway and UGBA Receive Founders' and Pfaelzer Awards and Indigenous Voices Residency Announced


New York Stage and Film announced UGBA as the 2023 recipient of the Founders’ Award and JaMeeka Holloway as the recipient of this year’s Pfaelzer Award. The NYSAF summer season at Marist College, which begins July 14 and runs to August 6, will also include the creation of the Indigenous Voices of the Northeast Residency.

Elm Shakespeare Company Receives Gift From Kansas City Based Theatre League Through Shakespeare Theatre Association


Elm Shakespeare, a New Haven based professional theater company with the mission of igniting a spark in our shared humanity through Shakespeare, has received this generous gift from The Theatre League.

Playwrights Foundation Reveals New Purpose and Programs to Deepen Support for Playwrights


For 45 years, Playwrights Foundation has invested in the next generation of playwrights writing today’s stories that transform the world of tomorrow. Today, Playwrights Foundation announces their new purpose and reimagined core programs to deepen their support for playwrights.  

The Drama League Names 2023 Directors Project Recipients


The Drama League has announced the fourteen exceptional stage directors receiving the fellowships, assistantships, and residencies of the 2023 Drama League Directors Project.

Golden Thread Launches 2023 Season: Building Forward


Golden Thread Productions, the first American theatre company devoted to the Middle East, presents a season of new work highlighting our commitment to uplift one another as we explore ways to connect, cope, and be moved to make a change. Join us as we look for comfort in comic relief, seek unity in collaboration, and find inspiration in the stories of those fighting for justice and equality. 

New Conservatory Theatre Center Announces World Premiere Of Dipika Guha's Coming-Of-Age Travelogue GETTING THERE


In January, New Conservatory Theatre Center will kick off 2023 with Dipika Guha's stirring story of self-discovery in the world premiere of Getting There.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Awards $10,000 Denham Fellowship to Colette Robert


Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation has selected Colette Robert as this season’s SDCF Denham Fellow for her upcoming production of The Harriet Holland Social Club Presents the 84th Annual Star-Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel, which she also authored. 

Applications Now Open for The Drama League's 2023 Next Stage Residency


The Drama League will offer a second Next Stage Residency in 2023, through a Regrowth and Capacity Grant from the New York State Council on the Arts. This grant will support the organization’s celebrated umbrella of service programs, collectively called The Directors Project.

TWO TRAINS RUNNING, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST & More Lead San Francisco's November Top Picks


San Francisco is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Coming up in November are Two Trains Running, Beauty and the Beast, and more!

Cast and Creative Team Announced for TWO TRAINS RUNNING at Marin Theatre Company


Marin Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for August Wilson’s Two Trains Running. Directed by Dawn Monique Williams, August Wilson’s Two Trains Running is the seventh play in The American Century Cycle chronicling the African American experience in the 20th century.

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