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Cezar Williams

Lecturer of Theatre and Performance

Director of New Plays Now

Cezar Williams is an award-winning actor, director, and producer. 

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Acting credits include Surely Goodness and Mercy by Chisa Hutchinson (Keen Co.) James and Annie by Warren Leight (Actor’s Studio, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, and Williamstown Theatre Festival) Section 310... by Warren Leight (Summer Shorts NYC Festival) Thunder by Cynthia Grace Robinson (Fringe NYC) Ascension by Cynthia Grace Robinson (National Black Theatre Festival). Television appearances include Bull, Shades of Blue, Law and Order, Search Party, NYC 22, Blue Bloods and What Would You Do? He can also be seen on demand in the movies Bad Hurt and Hudson Tribes. Directing credits include the Off-Broadway premiere of Dancing on Eggshells by Cynthia Grace Robinson (Billie Holiday Theatre), Till: A Musical by Leo Schwartz and DC Cathro (American Theater Group), Serving Elizabeth by Marcia Johnson (US Premiere- Peterborough Players), Mitchelville (Lean Ensemble Theatre), SWEAT by Lynn Nottage (SUNY Purchase), The October Storm by Joshua Allen (Hudson Stage), Serving Elizabeth by Marcia Johnson (US Premiere- Peterborough Players), Crowndation by Angelica Cheri (National Black Theatre, Center Theatre Group), The Hunting Season by Magaly Colimon (Planet Connections Award for Best Direction), You Wouldn’t Expect by Marilynn Anselmi (American Bard Theater), How To Be Safe by Ashley Jacobson (The Dirty Blondes).

He is proud to be a New York University Graduate, the Artistic Director of the Obie Award winning Fire This Time Festival and an adjunct theater professor at SUNY Purchase.