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Samantha Williams

An arts activist by day and a crazy cat mom by night, Samantha is thrilled to serve as the Research Fellow for Excel and write for the EXCEL Log. A trained classical singer, Samantha is currently earning her Specialists in Music at UM with a Graduate Certificates in Arts Entrepreneurship and Leadership and World Performance Studies!

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How to Have More Than 10 People at Your Performance*

Hello, my pretties!!! It’s January 17, 2022, aka MLK day, aka day 2 of Mary Sue Coleman’s presidency, aka day 362 of waiting for my student loans to be forgiven, […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on January 17, 2022

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Disability in Casting

Friends, for today’s blog post, I need you to think back to a year ago today. We were 8 months into the pandemic and couldn’t tell Monday from Friday. I, […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on November 22, 2021

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9 Ways to Deal with the Existential Dread of Returning “Back to Normal”

Hello friends! I’ve missed you, well I haven’t met many of you, but that still counts. Welcome back! In the midst of the utter despair, loss, and fear of the […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on August 30, 2021

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Birth of a Nation: Marginalized Representation in Casting (Pt 4)

Today we’re going to talk about the Birth of a Nation, not the 2016 version about Nat Turner, the 1915 OG in all of its black and white. For those who […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on August 16, 2021

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Fires in The Mirror: Marginalized Representation in Casting (Pt 3)

When I was 8, I spent two months trying to convince my mother I was allergic to water. That has nothing to do with anything, but for the life of […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on July 19, 2021

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Hamilton: Marginalized Representation in Casting (Part Two)

We’re BACK!  How are we? Hanging on by a thread? I’m just going to assume that everyone reading this is in the same boat: counting the seconds until the end […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on April 12, 2021

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Session 3: Disrupting Performance Practice Traditions

This month the EXCEL Lab is THRILLED to be partnering with the Eastman School of Music’s Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research on a three-part online symposium entitled […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on March 22, 2021

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Session 2: Spreading Art That Advocates for Change

This month the EXCEL Lab is THRILLED to be partnering with the Eastman School of Music’s Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research on a three-part online symposium entitled […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on March 15, 2021

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Session 1: Disrupting Traditional Organizational Practice

This month the EXCEL Lab is THRILLED to be partnering with the Eastman School of Music’s Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research on a three-part online symposium entitled […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on March 8, 2021

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Marginalized Representation in Casting (Part One)

Last weekend my friends and I held a presentation party. For any of you who aren’t familiar with them, presentation parties are arguably the worst thing to come out of […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on February 17, 2021

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Coloring Outside the Lines: A Look Into Color-Conscious, Colorblind, and For Us By Us Casting Practices

“A not so fair My Fair Lady.” That was the title of the review that I most remember from my first experience in professional theater. As a sophomore in college, […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on January 25, 2021

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Intersectionality in the Arts

The week of November 16th was a crazy time. The last week of classes before Thanksgiving break is a struggle in a normal semester, but with fall break being canceled […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on December 14, 2020

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Excel Interview with Dr. Cuyler

Today the EXCEL Log is featuring an EXCEL Highlight interview with the amazing Dr. Antonio C Cuyler! This interview took place on 9/30/2020 the day before the release of his […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on November 30, 2020

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Nine Non-Profits for Non-Profit November

Good Morning all you cool cats and kittens! Did you think Tiger King references were overused and outdated? Did you think my humor got more sophisticated with my week off? […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on November 9, 2020

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How To Make $4 In 4 Months

Meet Myah Paden, a Masters in Music student at U of M studying voice performance. Read her fabulous op-ed on her experience starting the Thorne & Thistle podcast. This summer […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on October 26, 2020

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It’s Over, It’s Done, It’s Canceled Pt. 2

Welcome to It’s Over, It’s Done, It’s Canceled part 2! If you read part 1 skip this section, if you missed it I talked about the history of canceling and […]

By Samantha Williams Posted on October 12, 2020

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