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27 PRIZES IN 3 YEARS!
Talk about artistic excellence, Nolan and projects he has produced, directed, written, composed, and hosted have won a staggering 27 prizes in the past three years. Here is an exhaustive listing:
Best Social Video - Dance & Performance (Telly Awards Silver Prize, 2023)
"Hold On"
Negro Spiritual / Freedom Song
Setting by Nolan Williams, Jr.
Nolan Williams, Jr., artistic director
Kevin Parisi, video director
Xavier Mack, associate director
Music produced by Nolan Williams, Jr. and Robert Ellis
Choreographed and performed by: Xavier Mack, Bianca Melidor, Terrell Rogers Jr., and Isabel Wallace-Green
Filmed on location at Griggs Park and Klyde Warren Park, Dallax, TX
Monique Steele Griffiths, soprano
Nova Y. Payton, soprano
Vocals recorded at Bias Studios, Springfield, VA
Engineered by Brian Jacobs
Photographic images by Sam Teague
Additional images by Jack Delano, Bernard Gotfryd, Warren K. Leffler, Jim Peppler, Peter Pettus, Rowland Scherman, and Marian Trikosko, courtesy of The Library of Congress and the Alabama Department of Archives and History
Footage courtesy of The Library of Congress
Communicator Award of Excellence for Best Documentary (Gold Prize, 2023)
"Becoming Douglass Commonwealth" is a one-hour documentary that chronicles the long and complicated journey towards Washington, District of Columbia becoming our 51st state, Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. The documentary has aired in five CBS east coast markets and on DCTV.
Presented by The Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
Produced by NEWorks Productions
Nolan Williams, Jr., Producer/Director/Writer
Mike D. DuBose, Associate Producer
Rod McDonald, Consulting Producer
Kadesh Dubose, Director of Photography/Lead Editor
Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove, Co-writers
Hosted by Andrea Roane and Bruce Johnson
Narrated by Ralph UriYah Wesley
Best Human & Civil Rights Film (Anthem Awards Silver Prize, 2023)
"Becoming Douglass Commonwealth"
Best Documentary for Television (Telly Awards Gold Prize, 2022)
"Becoming Douglass Commonwealth"
Best Direction for Television (Telly Awards Silver Prize, 2022)
Nolan Williams, Jr., Director, "Becoming Douglass Commonwealth"
Best News Feature for Television (Telly Awards Silver Prize, 2022)
"Becoming Douglass Commonwealth"
Best Editing for Television (Telly Awards Silver Prize, 2022)
"Becoming Douglass Commonwealth"
Nolan Williams, Jr., Producer/Director
Mike D. DuBose, Associate Producer/Editor
Rod McDonald, Consulting Producer
Kadesh Dubose, Lead Editor
Mike Lyon & Adrienne Boykin, Editors
Best Political/Commentary for Television (Telly Awards Silver Prize, 2022)
"Becoming Douglass Commonwealth"
Best Government Relations for Television (Telly Awards Silver Prize, 2022)
"Becoming Douglass Commonwealth"
Best Social Impact Video (Telly Awards Bronze Prize, 2021)
"I Have A Right To Vote," the star-studded voting rights music video composed and directed by Nolan. Featuring Billie Jean King, Billy Porter, Carla Hall, Christopher Jackson, Ebony JoAnn, Hill Harper, Sheila C. Johnson, and Ryan Jamaal Swain, this voting rights anthem garnered over 1.2 million views during the 2020 national election cycle.
Produced by Nolan/NEWorks Productions and Dale A. Mott/Edgewood | Executive produced by David Frederick, Sophia Lynn and Bohemian Foundation
Best Online Non-Scripted Series (Telly Awards Bronze Prizes, 2021)
Williams co-hosted the #ByGrace Live Chat Series with celebrity chef Carla Hall from April 21 to May 26, 2020, inspired by the history and themes of Williams' new musical, GRACE. The series, with featured guests like Broadway legend Brian Stokes Mitchell, James Beard Award winner Dr. Jessica B. Harris, culinary historian Michael Twitty, broadcast journalists Michelle Miller and Angie Goff, drew a global audience of 500,000+.
Co-produced by Nolan/NEWorks Productions and Dale A. Mott/Edgewood
Best Food & Beverage Online Series (Telly Awards Bronze Prizes, 2021)
#ByGrace Live Chat Series
Best Documentary - General (Davey Awards Gold Prize, 2022)
"Becoming Douglass Commonwealth"
Best Music Video (Davey Awards Gold Prize, 2022)
"I Have A Right To Vote," the star-studded voting rights music video composed and directed by Nolan. Featuring Billie Jean King, Billy Porter, Carla Hall, Christopher Jackson, Ebony JoAnn, Hill Harper, Sheila C. Johnson, and Ryan Jamaal Swain, this voting rights anthem garnered over 1.2 million views during the 2020 national election cycle.
Produced by Nolan/NEWorks Productions and Dale A. Mott/Edgewood | Executive produced by David Frederick, Sophia Lynn and Bohemian Foundation
Legacy Award (Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts, 2022)
Nolan WIlliams, Jr.
Best Musical (Broadway World Washington, D.C. Awards, 2022)
GRACE, the Musical
Best New Musical (Broadway World Washington, D.C. Awards, 2022)
GRACE, the Musical
Best Direction (Broadway World Washington, D.C. Awards, 2022)
Robert Barry Fleming, GRACE, the Musical
Best Music Direction & Orchestra Performance (Broadway World Washington, D.C. Awards, 2022)
Nolan Williams, Jr., GRACE, the Musical
Best Choreography (Broadway World Washington, D.C. Awards, 2022)
Robert Barry Fleming, GRACE, the Musical
Best Ensemble Performance (Broadway World Washington, D.C. Awards, 2022)
GRACE, the Musical
Best Lead Performance in a Musical (Broadway World Washington, D.C. Awards, 2022)
Nova Payton, GRACE, the Musical
Best Lighting Design (Broadway World Washington, D.C. Awards, 2022
Xavier Pierce, GRACE, the Musical
Best Costume Design (Broadway World Washington, D.C. Awards, 2022)
Dominique Fawn Hill, GRACE, the Musical
Best Scenic Design (Broadway World Washington, D.C. Awards, 2022)
Jason Ardizonne-West, GRACE, the Musical
Best Sound Design (Broadway World Washington, D.C. Awards, 2022)
David Budries, GRACE, the Musical
SOCIAL PRACTICE RESIDENCY @ THE KENNEDY CENTER REACH
In 2019, Nolan was named the inaugural Social Practice Resident at The Kennedy Center REACH. His focal projects have been the development of STIRRING THE WATERS ACROSS AMERICA, a theatrical concert production that highlights seminal moments of the modern Civil Rights Movement, and GRACE: Beyond the Stage, The Kennedy Center's first-ever colloquium celebrating African-American foodways.
The first gallery below features scenes from the STIRRING THE WATERS ACROSS AMERICA (STWAA) auditions at The Kennedy Center in July 2019; The Kennedy Center REACH Opening in September 2019; STWAA rehearsals at The REACH; and the Studio-J STWAA workshop performance and talkback at The REACH in October 2019.
The second gallery features event photos from GRACE: Beyond the Stage.
