Monday, April 28th |12PM-1PM | Watts Lobby
2350 N Racine Ave. Chicago, IL, 60614
Join Theatre School alumna, Jacqueline Williams, for a Chicago Live! discussion in the Watts Lobby on Monday, April 28th, at noon.
JACQUELINE WILLIAMS (BFA Acting '87) is a multi-award winner whose Broadway credits include Horton Foote's Pulitzer winner and Tony-nominated The Young Man from Atlanta (Clara) starring Rip Torn and Shirley Knight. Off-Broadway credits include the internationally acclaimed production of From the Mississippi Delta (Phelia/Woman Two) co-produced by Oprah Winfrey, The Talented Tenth (Tanya), and Mill Fire (Widow Three). Ms. Williams has a long association with Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, and Court Theatre, and is a frequent collaborator of Oscar recipient Tarell McCraney and Tina Landau. Extensive regional credits include Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, ACT Seattle, Portland Stage Co, Asolo Rep, and Mark Taper where she reprised her role in Head of Passes (Mae) opposite Phylicia Rashad. Tours included Market Theatre of Johannesburg's Born in the R.S.A (Thenjiwe) and Crowns (Mabel).
Film and recurring TV credits include season two of The Chi (realtor Mrs. Harriet Brown), Chicago Fire/Chicago Med/Chicago PD (Sergeant Beccera), Empire (Warden Meyers), Heartlock (Captain Rosalyn), The Breakup (Shondra), The Lake House (Madvi Patel). AMC's 61st Street (Nurse Florence) and Amazon's Paper Girls (Dr. Donna Metcalf ).