William Hightower

Background

About William Hightower

Actor, videographer, writer, teaching artist, and community advocate. Theatre Bio: Previously he has performed with Phoenix Theatre's Calendar Girls and Phoenix Theatre for Young Audiences in Charlotte’s Web (Templeton) and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Boy), Actors Theatre in Seminar (Martin) and Body Awareness (Jared), Class 6 Theatre in Santaland Diaries and Childsplay in A Wrinkle in Time (Calvin). Will is a graduate from the acting programs of both Phoenix College and ASU and the internship program at American Stage Theatre Company in St. Petersburg, Florida. Website: EasierSaid.net Currently Teaching: Acting for the Camera at Verve Studios. Please contact me if you want to learn more about the theatre community in Phoenix! I would love to help you get involved and help grow Arizona's arts and culture. Playwright Bio: Will Hightower is a graduate of the ASU's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and is a local actor, writer, and teaching artist. Will's work have been featured at festivals and colleges, such as Phoenix Theatre's Festival of New Plays and Musicals, Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre in Ontario Canada, Short Play Fest, and Short + Sweet Corporate Theatre Festival 2012 in Bengaluru India (Audience Choice Award), Bakersfield Community College, Arizona State University, James Madison University, He has also collaborated with students and faculty of ASU West on film projects and Food: A Play with Music. Will was previously featured in Canyon Voices (Spring 2012) for his plays titled "Shelter" and "Ari's Ona". He is the writer/creator of IDK Comics at EasierSaid.net where you can read more of his plays and comics.