Samm-Art Williams, whose Tony-nominated 1979 play Home is being revived on Broadway this year, died peacefully today in Burgaw, North Carolina. Continue to Deadline SKIP AD.

Samm-Art Williams passed away last month at age 78, and one of the sad ironies of his death is that he didn’t live to see Tory Kittles’ powerful performance in “Home.” Williams’ 1979 ...

Samm-Art Williams, ... Williams was born on January 20, 1946, in Burgaw, North Carolina. He was raised by his mother, an English and drama teacher he credited with influencing his career path.

Samm-Art Williams, a Tony- and Emmy-nominated writer, actor and producer who grew up in the Pender County town of Burgaw before rising to the top of the entertainment industry, has died at the age ...

Samm-Art Williams' "Home," a play that should be much better known, is a small work about an ordinary, rural man's struggles in an unforgiving and often inhuman world, but also a simple, sweet ...

Samm-Art Williams is a multi award winning playwright, actor, director, and producer whose Tony-nominated play Home makes its return to Broadway this season. By: A.A. Cristi May. 13, 2024.

Samm-Art Williams, a Tony-nominated playwright, actor and director and an executive producer on NBC’s The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has died. He was 78. Williams died Monday in Burgaw, North ...

There's no place like home at least according to playwright Samm-Art Williams. First produced to great acclaim by the Negro Ensemble Company, Williams' brilliantly inventive and lyrically ...

Samm-Art Williams' Home receives a virtual reading, helmed by Tony winner Kenny Leon, April 30.Featured in the stream's cast are Rob Demery (A Soldier's Play), current Tony nominee Joaquina ...

Kenny Leon directs a vibrant revival of Samm-Art Williams’s play about a man who leaves his North Carolina home for New York and then comes back to the rural town years later.

Samm-Art Williams, a Tony-nominated playwright, actor and director and an executive producer on NBC’s The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has died. He was 78.