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Dr. Jaye Austin Williams: The Intersection of Performance and Critical Black Studies

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Williams has balanced a successful career as both a performer and a director with rigorous academic output: She has served on selection panels for the

Williams’ expertise extends into diverse areas of social and physical practice. She has served on selection panels for the and the Young Playwrights Festival . Additionally, she is a practitioner of Aikido , having developed modified movement workshops specifically for elders and people with disabilities. Beyond the Stage Her writings include essays like

In 2022, she presented "Antiblackness and the Limits of Performance," where she analyzed dramatic texts to discuss the "structured animus" of anti-Blackness. Beyond the Stage

Her writings include essays like "Radical Black Drama-as-Theory: The Black Feminist Dramatic on the Protracted Event-Horizon" (published in Theory & Event ) and critical reviews of theatrical interventions in white supremacy.

Rhizomes: issue 29: Frank Wilderson and Jaye Austin Williams