D. Farai Williams

D. Farai Williams is a Boston-based director, actor, and theatre educator. Broadway: The Lion King. Regional: Akeelah and the Bee (Wheelock Family Theatre); Othello (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); The Winter’s Tale (ART); Crossing the Line to Freedom: A Musical Narrative (Castle of our Skins and Boston Lyric Opera). Directing credits include Surveil Me through a Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture residency, Kizzy’s Appeal with the Design Studio for Social Intervention, and productions with Project HIP HOP. Education: MFA (Harvard Institute for Advanced Theater Training); BA in Theatre (Emerson College). Williams has been a visiting theatre educator at Emerson College and Wheelock University and is the founder of Songa Somatics.

As of October 2026.