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Bill Moyers interviews Will Power on Faith and Reason, PBS
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Will Power on The Colbert Report
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 I know are big fans, so I was hip (to a certain extent) to what was coming. So I said to him “bring it on man,” to which he said, “yes, I will, I will bring on the ignorance.” Still, though I’d seen the show many times before, and though I knew that he was doing an O’Reilly impression and is not actually O’Reilly, his job is still to make you look somewhat like a fool! He did that as well, but I got in a few good ones I think. Check the episode out and tell me what you think!
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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 receive this acknowledgement. For more info on the grant, and the other incredible artists that received it last year, please visit the links below.
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Will Power Teaching Photo 2
With Students in Lesotho, Africa
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Will Power Teaching Photo 1
Will Power lectures at Princeton University
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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 throughout the country of Lesotho. And this coming fall, it looks like I’ll be traveling to three cities in South Africa (more to come on this later once it’s confirmed).
I am very excited to be going to Tanzania, and will tell you all about it when I return. We leave next month (June 23rd), so for those of you who have been to that part of the continent, I welcome any stories, reflections, or words of wisdom that you may have! For more info on the Tanzania residency, and the organization that is producing the trip, please visit the International Theatre & Literacy Project website
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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 Will Power,
Music by Will Power and Justin Ellington
Directed by Derrick Sanders
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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 the show live-look for a run of Five Fingers of funk next spring in Chicago followed by the big throw down in New York. Check back for more updates, and in the meantime, groove to the promo video here: Five Fingers of Funk Star-Tribune Video Excerpt
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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 last year in Minneapolis. Though it did exceptionally well out there, with great audience turn out and stand out reviews in the area’s two leading newspapers ( The Star Tribune and Variety ), we’re still working on the show-trying to make the script better, tighten up the music, re-stage some things, etc. Presently, there are plans in the works to go back into rehearsals for a three week Chicago run in the spring of 2010, with an immediate transfer to New York following Chicago. Keep checking the website for more updates as dates and showtimes are confirmed, and peep the promo video that was produced for the run last fall: Five Fingers of Funk Promo Video