Anthony Wills Jr.
- Actor
Anthony Wills Jr has been performing, choreographing, and directing all
his life. He is Artistic Director of Artistic Pride Productions an
artist collective creating opportunities for artists of all genres.
Anthony played the role of Harold Hill in Music Man with Tony Nominee
Marla Schaffel, Smoke in the short film, "Save Face" Richard in the
feature film, "Cassanova was a Woman" and Denzil Best in the Swedish
film "Monica Z" directed by Per Fly. Other projects include "With One
Hand Between Us", a durational performance piece conceived by Jonathan
Van Dyke where Wills and two other performers perform for nearly forty
hours over the course of five days, and Sensorium a 12 course dining
experience with performance that he created with five other artists
including renowned Chef Bryon Brown. Theatrical endeavors include Good
Grief directed by Russel G. Jones, Parade (Gallery Players) and "Master
Harold... and the boys" (Gloucester Stage) which the Boston Phoenix
named one of the 10 Best Theatrical Events of 2012and was the winner of
the IRNE Awards for Best Production and Best Direction. Anthony is
developing several performance pieces including "11 1/2 short pieces on
Death, Dying, Life and Living (a comedy)" which excerpts have been
work-shopped at several venues including the Fridge Gallery in DC and
ReVision Theater and All the Diamonds You can Eat based on the music of
Nathan Payne. Anthony was named the recipient of the Great Performances
2013 Fellowship Award.