May 14 - May 27, 2023
GRACE
Creative retreat, work session & concert reading
The Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center, Orlando, FL
December 2022
GRACE
Theatre developmental residency, The Kennedy Center
Washington, D.C.
March 24, 2022
GRACE
The National Restaurant Association Educational Fund and “GRACE” announce partnership to celebrate the cultural diversity and traditions of Black-owned restaurants
March 19 - May 14, 2022
GRACE
World premiere and production run,
Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.
August 11 - August 24, 2021
GRACE
Work session, The New 42nd Street Studios
Industry Presentations, Alvin Ailey Studios
July 12, 2021
GRACE
Variety.com announces that producers Dale A. Mott/Edgewood and NEWorks Productions—along with consulting producers Randy Adams and Sue Frost—will present two invitation-only industry presentations of GRACE in NYC on August 24, 2021.
May 25, 2021
GRACE
The #ByGrace Live Chat Series is awarded two Telly Awards Bronze Prizes for Best Non-Scripted Online Series and Best Food & Beverage Online Series.
April 20, 2021
GRACE
Ford’s Theatre Society Announces World-Premiere Musical to Premiere at Historic Ford’s Theatre in Spring 2022.
April 21, 2020
GRACE
Celebrity Chef Carla Hall and GRACE creator/composer Nolan Williams, Jr. launch the #ByGrace Live Chat Series on Facebook and Instagram, to share the history and themes that have inspired the show. The series has, to date, reached over 500,000 globally featuring special guests like businesswoman Sheila Johnson, author/food historian Michael Twitty, CBS This Morning Saturday Co-host Michelle Miller, and Broadway legend Brian Stokes Mitchell.
April 12, 2020
GRACE
Celebrity Chef Carla Hall is announced as culinary ambassador.
"When Gran'Me Cooked," the finale selection from the show, is released on video featuring the Cast of GRACE. The music video has garnered 100,000+ combined reaches across multiple platforms (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and this official website).
March 2020
Grace the Musical, LLC is officially established.
March 25 - April 12, 2020
GRACE
2020 Humana Festival production run
Actors Theatre, Louisville, KY
(cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)
January 2020
GRACE
Workshop residency, Actors Theatre, Louisville, KY
November 2019
GRACE
Announcement of selection for the
2020 Humana Festival of New American Plays
September 2018
THE NOLAN WILLIAMS PROJECT
Concert reading, Joe's Movement Emporium
Mount Rainier, MD
May 2018
THE NOLAN WILLIAMS PROJECT (aka MINTON’S PLACE)
Workshop residency & concert reading, Cleveland Play House
New Ground Theatre Festival, Cleveland, OH
May 2017
THE NOLAN WILLIAMS PROJECT
Workshop residency & concert reading, Cleveland Play House
New Ground Theatre Festival, Cleveland, OH
June 27, 2016
A DATE WITH A DISH
Performance, 53rd Grand Boulé Archousai Luncheon, Washington, D.C.
