Keith Tyrone Williams

Keith has performed, directed, and choreographed throughout the United States and extensively in Europe. Most recently, Keith appeared as the Praise Singer in Death and the King’s Horseman written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wole Soyinka.  He also appeared in The Full Monty at Stages in St. Louis, for which he won the prestigious Kevin Kline Award. 

His most recent choreographic work, “Sarafina”, a musical about South African apartheid, received rave reviews and garnered him another Kevin Kline Award for best choreography.  He has also appeared in Damn Yankees” (Applegate), for which he won the Woodie King Jr. Award for best actor. 

Keith is very proud to be among the few people certified by Katherine Dunham to teach the world renowned Dunham Technique.  He served as co-writer and appeared in the historic documentary on Dunham Technique with the Library of Congress.  He also and performed in the Dunham Gala performance at Carnegie Hall in 1979. He has also been the recipient of the Katherine Dunham Award, and the NAACP Cultural Arts Award.

Keith has an MFA (Directing) with an emphasis in Arts Management.