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Dawn Monique Williams
Dawn Monique Williams (born July 2, 1978) is an American theatre director. She was born in Oakland, California, United States, and is a graduate of California State University, Hayward (BA Theatre Arts, 2003), San Francisco State University (MA Drama, 2007) and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2011. Early life Born in Oakland in 1978, to a white mother and black father, Williams attended Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California), Berkeley High School and appears in the PBS Frontline (PBS), Frontline special, ''School Colors'', about racial politics at Berkeley High School 40 years after Brown v. Board of Education. Williams participated in school productions of ''Day of Absence'', ''A Chorus Line'', ''The Colored Museum'', and ''The Wiz''. She directed her first play, Eugène Ionesco's ''The Lesson'', at 15 while a student at BHS. Career In 2016, Williams was awarded a Princess Grace Foundation, (USA) Fellowship award in theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay Area and the List of largest California cities by population, eighth most populated city in California. With a population of 440,646 in 2020, it serves as the Bay Area's trade center and economic engine: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California, and the fifth busiest in the United States of America. An act to municipal corporation, incorporate the city was passed on May 4, 1852, and incorporation was later approved on March 25, 1854. Oakland is a charter city. Oakland's territory covers what was once a mosaic of California coastal prairie, California coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. In the late 18th century, it became part of a large ''rancho'' grant in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
