BIOGRAPHY
Summer L. Williams
Summer L. Williams (she/her/hers) is an award-winning director and Co-Founder/Associate Artistic Director of Company One Theatre in Boston. Her most recent directing credits include The Arboretum Experience at American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), Daddy Issues, Salt Lake City Acting Company; New Play Sounding Series; the Digital World Premiere of Downtown Crossing, Company One Theatre. Up next: sandblasted by Charly Evon Simpson, Vineyard Theatre and WP Theater, Off-Broadway. Regional credits: Wolf Play, Company One Theatre; School Girls, or The African Mean Girls Play,SpeakEasy Stage Company; Miss You Like Hell, Company One Theatre/OBERON; the World Premiere of Leftovers, Company One Theatre; Wig Out!, Company One/OBERON.; Smart People, Kitchen TheatreCompany in Ithaca, NY and Geva Theater in Rochester, NY; Barbecue, Lyric Stage Company ofBoston (Winner of the 2018 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director); Revolt. She said. Revolt again., Company One Theatre; Bootycandy, SpeakEasy Stage Company; An Octoroon and Colossal, CompanyOne Theatre (Winner of the 2016 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director for both productions). Intimate Apparel, Lyric Stage Company of Boston; Shiv as a part of The DisplacedHindu Gods Trilogy; Shelter of Last Resort by Miranda Craigwell as a part of XX PlayLab 2014; the NewEngland Premiere of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia,Formerly Known As Southwest Africa, from the German Sudwestafrika Between the Years 1884-1915; IdrisGoodwin’s How We Got On; Lynn Nottage’s By The Way, Meet Vera Stark, Lyric Stage Company ofBoston; The Brothers Size and Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet as part of The Brother/Sister Plays (2012 ElliotNorton Award nominated for Outstanding Production and winner of the 2012 IRNE Award for Best Play);Neighbors, Grimm; The Good Negro; Voyeurs De Venus (Winner of 2009 Elliot Norton Award for OutstandingDirector); The Bluest Eye (IRNE and Elliot Norton Award nominated); The Last Days of Judas Iscariot; Spell #7(IRNE nominated); Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (2004 Elliot Norton Award for Best Fringe Production); andTwilight: Los Angeles 1992 (IRNE nominated).