{"id":17817,"date":"2020-01-24T15:43:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T20:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=17817"},"modified":"2021-01-13T12:37:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T17:37:41","slug":"nwsa-theater-alum-takes-her-talents-to-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/nwsa-theater-alum-takes-her-talents-to-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"NWSA Theater Alum Takes Her Talents To Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chelsea Lee Williams spent most of her childhood acting on her elementary school\u2019s auditorium stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, the New World School of the Arts alum has another honor to add to her portfolio. Williams has been cast in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playbill.com\/article\/read-reviews-for-girl-from-the-north-country-on-broadway\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Broadway musical <\/span><\/a><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Girl from the North Country<\/span>. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s directed by Conor McPherson with music by Bob Dylan. The production will debut on Broadway on March 5 at the Belasco Theatre in New York City.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17828\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17828\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Chelsea1_web.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea Lee Williams posing for the camera.\" width=\"442\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Chelsea1_web.jpg 883w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Chelsea1_web-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Chelsea1_web-768x870.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO COURTESY OF AMBE J. WILLIAMS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy agent sent me the casting notice and said \u2018you\u2019re going into this production with Bob Dylan music,\u2019\u201d Williams said. \u201cI never really listened to him before, but I was so impressed by his lyrics and the arrangement of the music. It felt special.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The musical tells the story of a community struggling in the midst of the Great Depression. It\u2019s set in a boarding house in Duluth, Minnesota. It first premiered in the United States in 2018 as an off-broadway production at The Public Theater in New York City, where Williams was part of the ensemble cast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI didn\u2019t know she was an equally gifted singer, which was a happy surprise,\u201d said Jordan Thaler, casting director of The Public Theater. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting for people [that] produce musicals to meet actors who have equal strengths.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, Williams was part of another Broadway musical, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oklahoma!. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The century-old production revolves around two pairs of lovers in Oklahoma vying for each other&#8217;s affection. She joined the cast in February of 2019 as an understudy, covering lead roles.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Williams also played Grace Johnson in the 2019 independent film, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strive, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and The Tempestuous Tigress in the 2017 film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opera of Cruelty<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She graduated from New World School of the Arts in the high school theater program in 2008. Williams received a bachelor\u2019s in theater from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, and eventually earned a master\u2019s in fine arts in drama from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Juilliard School<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in New York City in 2016.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Williams said that Juilliard, with its rigorous workload, prepared her for the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">grueling task of being a professional actor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hard work led to her acting in numerous roles such as Ruth in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Raisin In The Sun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ildred in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loving V. Virginia <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Portia in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Julius Caesar<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She later caught the eye of Thaler and casting director Heidi Griffiths during her last semester at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juilliard <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when they saw her perform a Shakespeare monologue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That eventually led to her audition to be part of the ensemble cast of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Girl from the North Country<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at The Public Theater, which at the time was an off-broadway production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The application process for Juilliard included performing monologues and group scenes and consisted of three rounds of auditions. After the final round of auditions, which lasted three days, she was waitlisted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When she was taken off the waitlist, Williams packed her bags and moved to NYC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m very excited for all of us\u2014the production and Chelsea,\u201d Thaler said. \u201cI look forward to seeing her on the stage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea Lee Williams spent most of her childhood acting on her elementary school\u2019s auditorium stage.\u00a0 Now, the New World School of the Arts alum has another honor to add to her portfolio. Williams has been cast in the Broadway musical Girl from the North Country. It\u2019s directed by Conor McPherson with music by Bob Dylan. 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