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Rhizomes: issue 29: Frank Wilderson and Jaye Austin Williams

Williams has balanced a successful career as both a performer and a director with rigorous academic output: jaye austin

She received praise for her performance in "Pickling," a one-woman play by Suzan-Lori Parks, which she performed at venues like the Public Theater's Joe's Pub and the HERE Arts Center . Rhizomes: issue 29: Frank Wilderson and Jaye Austin

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 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.

At the University of California, Irvine, she directed significant works including The Colored Museum , The Trial of Dedan Kimathi , and The Liquid Plain .