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  • Davon Williams

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    Davon Williams

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    DAVON WILLIAMS is the 2025 Next Wave Black Excellence awardee, a two-time Anthem Award winner, Philly Urban Theatre Festival winner for Best Play, a WRTI Artist to Watch, Uptown Collective's Renaissance Residency Playwriting Recipient, a decorated international Dragonboat champion, and an international performer. He is a current NYCLU Artist Ambassador, President of the School of Drama Student Government at Yale, Adjunct Professor at The New School, Professional Development Consultant at Solar Youth, Producing Director for the 2025 Dwight/Edgewood Project, Impact Strategist for Kaiser’s Room, and Teaching Artist for the Lin Manuel Miranda Family Fellowship. He is a March on Broadway co-organizer, published writer (When The Lights Are Bright Again), former Producer for Ars Nova Entertainment, former Eastern Principal Delegate for the Actors' Equity Association, former Communications Director for the Black Theatre Coalition, former Stand-Up Host (Comedy Store, Laugh Factory), former Theater Director for the Philadelphia School District's Regional Talent Centers, UArts alum (RIP), and a TED Talk alum. He is the author of the Black Theatre Matters Bill, the landmark legislation that passed at the Actors' Equity Association's First National Convention. His work has been covered in Deadline, Forbes, CBS, Playbill, The Daily Beast, BroadwayWorld, 60 Minutes, and numerous other platforms and publications.

    International-Touring: Dreamgirls (McCoy/Rigby - Ovation Nominee).
    Off-Broadway: Antiquated Fckery (59e59).
    Select Regional Highlights: Falsettos (Rep Stage); Grey Gardens (Center Theatre Group); The Play That Goes Wrong (Fulton Theatre); 5 Guys Named Moe (Fulton Theatre); For Colored Boyz (Fulton Theatre - World Premiere); Oklahoma! (Weston Theater Company); Porgy and Bess (Ensemble Theatre Company); Titus Andronicus (Philly Shakes); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare in Clark Park); 9 to 5 (Maine State Music Theatre).
    International: Festival of the Lion King (HKDL).

    Film, TV, & Digital Highlights: FBI, Tango Macbeth, Naked Dragon, Funny Or Die, Go Bolivia Go, Outrageous 911, Tattoo Nightmares, La Meduse Rogue, and The Receipts w/ Davon Williams.

    Davon is currently working as a Producing Fellow for Baltimore Center Stage.

    Future Courses

    Portfolio D2: Artist Entrpshp.
    TDRU 4802, Fall 2026

    Past Courses

    Portfolio D2: Artist Entrpshp.
    TDRU 4802, Fall 2025

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