{"id":14076,"date":"2019-07-01T17:01:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T17:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T16:57:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T16:57:31","slug":"james-a-williams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/client\/actors\/james-a-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"James A. Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Headshot-608x486.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Headshot-608x486.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Headshot.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>James A. Williams\u00a0 (Us\/ We\/Ours) James most recently appeared at The Rechnitz Theater in August Wilson\u2019s, <em>Gem of the Ocean<\/em>. He originated the role of Roosevelt Hicks in the world premiere of August Wilson\u2019s\u00a0<i>Radio Golf<\/i>\u00a0 at Yale Repertory Theatre and continued on through Broadway. His Off-Broadway credits include August Wilson\u2019s\u00a0<i>Jitney,<\/i>\u00a0Marion McClinton\u2019s\u00a0<i>Walkers,\u00a0The Piano Lesson\u00a0<\/i>and<i>\u00a0My Children! My Africa!<\/i>\u00a0His regional credits include Friar Lawrence In <em>Romeo &amp; Juliet<\/em>, Gloucester\u00a0in <em>King Lear<\/em>, Camillo in <em>The Winter\u201ds Tale<\/em> at The Guthrie Theatre, <em>Othello<\/em> at Park Square Theatre as well as multiple roles in August Wilson\u2019s Twentieth-Century Cycle at The Kennedy Center. He has appeared at Centerstage, The Guthrie Theater, Mark Taper Forum, McCarter Theatre Center, Penumbra Theatre, and Seattle Repertory Theatre.\u00a0He is an Acting Coach and Instructor for 3rd year students in The University of MN\/ Guthrie Theater BFA Program.\u00a0 James was nominated for an NAACP Image Award and named Artist of the Year by The Minneapolis StarTribune in 2008. He is also a McKnight Theater Fellow, a Fox Foundation Distinguished Acting Fellow and a Ten Chimneys Acting Fellow.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>If the only prayer you ever say is thank you, that will suffice.<\/p>\n<p>James A Williams<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>Listed Credits\u00a0<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Broadway:<\/strong> <em>Radio Golf<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Off-Broadway:<\/strong> <em>The Piano Lesson, My Children! My Africa!, Jitney, Walkers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regional:<\/strong> <em>Lear, Gem of the Ocean, Romeo &amp; Juliet, King Lear, Two Trains Running, Jitney, Othello, Fences, Bulrusher, Joe Turner&#8217;s Come &amp; Gone, Radio Golf (7 regional productions), The Dance on Widow&#8217;s Row, Two Trains Running, Boesman &amp; Lena, Jesus Hopped the &#8220;A&#8221; Train, King Hedley II, Fences, Les Blancs, Marat\/Sade, The Good Hope, A Winter&#8217;s Tale, The Illusion.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Television:<\/strong> <em>In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commercial\/Industrial List Upon Request<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 James A. Williams\u00a0 (Us\/ We\/Ours) James most recently appeared at The Rechnitz Theater in August Wilson\u2019s, Gem of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14076","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14076"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18452,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14076\/revisions\/18452"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bretadamsltd.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}