ABOUT Hilda has been a performing artist since the age of 11 when she landed her first role with the Childrens Theatre Company, a pre-professional company in Roanoke, Virginia. Hilda studied drama and sang in choirs all throughout junior high and high school. Some of her most noted performances in her early years as an artist include the lead role in Trial By Jury (an operetta) A Day To Remember and a featured soloist in the New Virginians. Voted most talented of her high school class, she participated in many other types of programs and projects that helped to increase not only her artistic skills and abilities but also her leadership skills.
Hilda has performed and directed on some of the most well known stages in New York and other Regional Theatres. They include: The Apollo, The Cotton Club, The Baby Grand, Sweet Waters, National Black Theatre, The Mint, The Trilogy, Theatre Row, Billie Holiday Theatre, Lime Kiln, Mill Mountain Theatre, 7 Stages, Jomandi Theatre, 14th Street Playhouse and The Great Bay Plaza (Antilles), Highways Performing Arts Center, 4th Street Promenade Playhouse, The Beacon Theatre and Madison Square Garden. Some of her favorite professional roles include: Lady Capulet Romeo and Juliet, Dr. Charlotte Falsettos, Amy Stone Wall Country, Ancestor The Legacy, Mother Breath Boom, Clorine Glory Bound and Woman (#1) in Mad At Miles: A Black Womans Guide to Truth.
MISSION...To use the cathartic force of art to define living, accept change and empower
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LIVING YOUR ART INFO Experience Hilda Willis
Hilda Willis believes all artists hunger to live their art but are faced with the question, "How ? Through Living Your Art, Hilda goes beyond the fundamental "How To" and explores, "What is in the Way?" She uses a holistic approach in developing and maintaining the work of an artist. It is recommended for emerging artists in all artistic disciplines but who are serious about taking their creative expression out into the world. She will challenge artists to take ownership of their artistic destiny.
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