Jason Odell Williams

Jason Odell Williams is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer as well as an award-winning playwright and novelist. Hailed as a “postmodern Clifford Odets” by the L.A. Times and “this country’s newest Eugene O’Neill” by the Santa Monica Daily Press, his play Church & State was nominated for Best New Play by the Off-Broadway Alliance and L.A. Ovation Awards, and won the 2019 Henry Award for Best Play. Church & State was selected to be an NNPN Rolling World Premiere, with productions in Los Angeles and Rochester before running for over 100 performances off-Broadway at New World Stages, and went on to have over 80 productions and counting nationwide. Jason’s first play Handle with Care was a New York Times Critics’ Pick, ran for over 100 performances off-Broadway starring Carol Lawrence, has been produced over 30 times since 2011 in the U.S. and Canada, and won three Theatre Bay Area Awards, including Outstanding Production.