Here’s my appearance on The Colbert Report for my play The Seven. Steven Colbert was great to connect with on and off camera. First thing when I arrived at the studio, he introduced himself and said “now you know I”m going to throw a lot of ignorance at you…” I of course, like most folks [...]
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Will Power on The Colbert Report
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USA Artists Fellowship awarded to Will Power
I am very grateful to have recently received a 2008 U.S.A. Artists Fellowship. This prestigious award goes to 50 artist per year who are nationally recognized as the finest living artists in their respective field. The grant gives $50,000 in unrestricted funds to better and further enhance the artist’s creativity. I am so thankful to [...]
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Will Power Teaching Photo 2
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Will Power Teaching Photo 1
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Will Power goes to Tanzania, Africa
It’s official! I will be traveling with 8 other amazing theatre artists to the village of Tengeru in Tanzania to conduct a three-week theatre intensive with a beautiful group of Tanzanian students. This will be my second trip to Africa. Last year I was honored to go on a two-week Department of State sponsored tour [...]
Five Fingers of Funk Photo 2
Here’s part of the band jammin’ out on me and Justin Ellington’s original funk song “Leave.” On bass is Namir Smallwood in the role of DP, on the stairs is the very gifted Traci Allen as Ruby, and belting out the soulful lead vocals is Keith Hale as Big Ced’.
Five Fingers of Funk:
Book and lyrics by [...]
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Five Fingers of Funk Photo 1
Here’s a photo from the Minneapolis production. It features the fabulous Edwin Lee Gibson (who also played Oedipus in The Seven). Here he is as Boogie Jones, the funk superstar that every aspiring musician wants to groove with!
Five Fingers of Funk Star-Tribune Video Excerpt
Here’s a short promo video that the Star-Tribune produced on my new musical Five Fingers of Funk. It features a combination of stills and video, plus some audio from the show-it’s good, but it only hints at the richness in the piece. To experiience the full effect of the funk, you have to check out [...]
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Five Fingers of Funk by Will Power Promo Video
Five Fingers of funk is new musical I’m working on, book and lyrics by me, music composed by me and Justin Ellington (who is also the piece’s music director and ochestrator), and directed by Derrick Sanders. The musical, a soulful, complex look at a young, ambitious funk band in the 1970s, had its world premiere [...]
Old School Rapper: Little Sister
This is an exciting new project that I’m collaborating on with my man Mohammed Bilal at 24/7 town hall.org. It’s our take on Dear Abby I guess-maybe you have a question you’d like to ask the Mighty O.S.R.? (Which stands for Old School Rapper of course)-In any case, as the O.S.R. would say-Stay Fresh!
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