Nolan Williams, Jr. is best described as a creative force. An award-winning producer, artistic director, composer/lyricist, playwright and cultural curator, the multi-hyphenate Williams uses his art to commemorate, educate and uplift. His body of work includes choral/orchestral works premiered by major American orchestras; music for television; songwriting credits on two Grammy-nominated projects; arts and educational festivals produced in partnership with The Kennedy Center and Philadelphia’s Mann Center; cultural programming developed with the Smithsonian and U.S. State Department; video/documentary projects; and a slate of theatrical productions, including his critically-acclaimed new musical, GRACE, winner of eleven 2022 BroadwayWorld D.C. Awards.
A resident of Washington, D.C., Williams is the Kennedy Center’s Inaugural Social Practice Resident and CEO of NEWorks Productions.
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