Will Power is an award-winning actor, rapper, playwright, and educator. Viewed as a pioneer in the genre of Hip Hop Theatre, Power has created his own style of theatrical communication, fusing original music, rhymed language and dynamic choreography to produce compelling evenings of work. His adaptation of the Greek tragedy Seven Against Thebes, re-titled The Seven recently completed a successful Off-Broadway run at the New York Theater Workshop. Power’s nationally and internationally acclaimed solo show FLOW has been described “theater with the refreshing aroma of originality” (New York Times).
Power’s skills have also been captured on television and film as a featured performer on Last Call with Carson Daly and Russell Simmon’s Def Poetry Jam on HBO. He was the lead male in the film, Drylongso, a hit at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival and was also featured in the documentary, All Fathers are Sons.
Most recently Power received the prestigious 2006 TCG Peter Zeisler Memorial Award, a 2005 Joyce Award, a 2005 NYFA Fellowship, a 2004 Jury Award for Best Theatre Performance at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival and the Trailblazer Award from The National Black Theater Network for his contributions to theater.