Through Toni Morrison’s Atelier Program, I’ll be teaching a course this Fall entitled “Dramatizing History:Playwriting, Music Theater, Performance.” Joining me as co-instructor will be musical wizard and good friend Justin Ellington, who I’ve collaborated with on the last three plays(Fetch Clay, Make Man, Five Fingers of Funk, and The Seven). Over the course of developing [...]
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Video: The Plot of Fetch Clay, Make Man
Will Power: The Plot of Fetch Clay, Make Man
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Fetch Clay, Make Man Review: The Star-Ledger
Fetch Clay, Make Man Review: The Star-Ledger
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Will Power given Yellow Roses
This past week I was in Texas having a grand ole’ time. DJ Reborn and I performed a swift 25 minute set in celebration of the AT & T Performing Arts Center down there in Dallas. It was the big gala opening. Our set was part of a larger set, and I found myself sharing [...]
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South Africa
The trip to South Africa was one of the most incredible experiences of my professional and personal life to be sure. I was on a U.S. State Department sponsored, barnstorming 12 day/4 city tour-first to Johannesburg, then Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban. Got the opportunity to speak to so many different kinds of people, all [...]
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Des McAnuff set to direct Will Power’s Fetch Clay, Make Man
As many of you may know, the choice of director is key to having a successful production-especially when you’re working on a new play, as this is. The story behind this is-Emily Mann, the artistic director of the McCarter Theatre was going to direct the piece. About six months ago she phoned me to say [...]
OLD SCHOOL RAPPER: You Can’t FOOL!
This is the third episode of the series being released by 24/7townhall.org. We filmed the first two episodes in L.A., and this one was shot in my place of origin-The Fillmore District in San Francisco. The producer of the series, my ace boon Mohammad Bilal, wanted to film these in the old neighborhood, to give it [...]
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Will Power in Tanzania
This summer was an amazing one for me. Two weeks ago I was in South Africa on a 12 day tour sponsored by the State Department (more on that later), but the early part of the season found me in Tanzania. I traveled there with the International Theatre & Literacy project-and for almost three weeks [...]
McCarter Theatre Center Announces New Will Power Play
The McCarter Theatre Center, one of the most exciting and influential regional theatres in the country, is set to premiere my most recent play, entitled FETCH CLAY, MAKE MAN. I’ve been working on this one for about two years now. We’ve had several readings, plus one more coming up in June. We then go into rehearsals for [...]
Will Power Teaching Photo 2
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