2024 Princess Grace Honoraria
Nominated by: National Black Theatre
JOSIAH DAVIS (he/him) A director, choreographer, designer, actor, his work intersects expressive movement, live music, emerging technology, and ritual to breathe new life into storytelling. Asking, how do we create space to be in alignment while being pulled apart by invisible systems? He is a Susan Stroman Directing Award Recipient, a NYTW 2050 Fellow, National Black Theatre Soul Directing Resident, Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow, and Associate Artistic Director of On The Verge Theatre Festival Santa Barbara. Selected credits: Mary Gets Hers (Playwrights Realm/MCC) Omar Offrendum’s Little Syria (BAM), Lessons in Survival (Vineyard Theatre), Amani (Rattlestick/NBT) Clyde’s (Alabama Shakespeare Festival/Arkansas Rep/St Louis Rep), Importance of Being Earnest (Portland Center Stage), Mr. Saturday Night (Broadway). Education: UCLA School of Theater, Film, Television and Brown/Trinity MFA Directing 2020.
