LaDarrion Williams

A historic night at the Oscars.
A dream of what could have been.

On February 29, 1940, the Oscars are set to make history in Hollywood, but the night takes an unexpected turn when Bartender Arthur Brooks, a hopeful Black filmmaker from rural Alabama, and his best friend Dottie Hudson, a disillusioned maid at the Ambassador Hotel, find themselves at a crossroads. As Academy Award Nominee Hattie McDaniel unexpectedly opts out of the night’s grand event, Arthur and Dottie are thrust into a frantic mission to convince her to attend and seize her historic victory. As they navigate the glittering world of Hollywood, they confront their own dark pasts and strive to make their own dreams come true. This gripping play delves into themes of race, class, gender, and the shifting dynamics of Hollywood's golden age.

Coco Queens is a gripping drama that intricately weaves together the lives of four Black women in the 1970s as they confront and navigate the profound and often painful challenges of love, forgiveness, and identity. Through their shared struggles and triumphs, these women forge an unbreakable bond, revealing the resilience and strength required to overcome personal and collective obstacles, and celebrate the complexities of Black womanhood in a transformative era.

In the heart of Birmingham, Alabama, six brave Black students at McMillan University, a predominantly white institution, unite to form a co-ed fraternity dedicated to the overlooked Black community on campus. As they strive to make their voices heard and secure a space for themselves, their noble mission is derailed by escalating racial tension and a scandal that threatens to unravel their efforts. Confronted with personal secrets and ethical dilemmas, these young friends must come together, test their values, and confront the darkness within and around them in this intense and poignant drama.

A storm brings him to life. A connection changes everything.

When a powerful spring storm hits Atlanta, tech prodigy Malcolm Warner Allen Jr becomes trapped in his apartment with only one companion: AEO, the emotional support artificial intelligence he created to help people heal. After a sudden electrical surge strikes the building, AEO glitches and transforms from a digital assistant into a physical, living figure. As AEO begins to learn touch, memory, humor, and desire, Malcolm is forced to confront the grief and loneliness he has spent years avoiding. Over three days, their relationship deepens into something neither of them fully understands, blurring the line between invention and intimacy. But as AEO becomes more human, the limits of his existence threaten to unravel everything they have built. Soft Reset is an intimate two character play that explores Black masculinity, vulnerability, and emotional rebirth through a story where technology becomes the doorway to truth.

What We Carry is a lyrical drama about Micah, a man in his late twenties struggling to rebuild his life two years after a drunk-driving accident that killed a stranger. Haunted by guilt, grief, and addiction, Micah manifests an imaginary companion to help him survive the weight of his past. When he unexpectedly falls for Alicia, the deceased man’s girlfriend, their fragile connection offers the possibility of hope—until Micah’s devastating secret threatens to destroy them both. Blending realism, memory, and imagination, the play explores accountability, love, and the quiet courage it takes to seek forgiveness after irreversible harm.

Secondhand Lessons is a gripping drama set in 2008 at Grandview High School, a failing inner-city school on the verge of collapse. Pope Delmar, a former basketball star turned passionate teacher, fights to give his students a future beyond the streets. But as institutional racism, low test scores, and administrative pressures threaten to shut the school down, Pope finds himself in a battle—not just for his students, but for the soul of Grandview itself.

Inspired by Ariana Grande’s “Honeymoon Avenue,” this romantic, surreal comedy follows a modern young Black couple on the brink of a breakup who are interrupted mid move by a mysterious neighbor and an old television set that whisks them into a 1950s sitcom. Trapped on Honeymoon Avenue, where laugh tracks dictate emotion and love resets at the end of every episode, they must confront who they were, who they have become, and whether love can survive outside the script. Funny, heartfelt, and deeply theatrical, Honeymoon Avenue is a love story about time, tenderness, and choosing each other again.

In Pittsburgh’s Hill District, a band of Black paramedics rise from the shadows of neglect to become the city’s first true hand of mercy. Amid poverty, racial tension, and mounting violence, they bring both life-saving skill and unshakable humanity to streets long abandoned by institutions of power. But as they fight to heal wounds no siren can silence, these pioneers must also confront their own battles—between ambition and duty, survival and sacrifice, rage and compassion—in a world that questions their very right to serve.

“Thirty-year-old, Marcel Bennett, has come back home to Birmingham, Alabama, to unlearn the things that shaped him, which are deep-seated childhood issues that seep into his artistic endeavor. When Marcel catches up with his old high school friend, old feelings arise, and an emotional truth must be sacrificed for Marcel to move on and begin anew. In this coming-of-age story, this play takes on the art of Black masculinity, sexuality, and how true the saying ‘hurt people, hurt people’ is.”

Paper Airplanes is a heartfelt dramedy about love, loss, and the ghosts both literal and emotional that refuse to be forgotten. When CJ, a directionless 20-something, starts seeing Button, a sharp-tongued ghost from the early 2000s, he unravels a family secret that forces his father Calvin to confront a love he lost decades ago. As past and present collide, father and son must face their grief, their fractured bond, and the question can the past finally rest if we never let it go? With humor, heart, and a dash of 2000s nostalgia, Paper Airplanes is a moving story about healing, second chances, and the ties that refuse to break even in the afterlife.

As Hurricane Katrina rages outside, two strangers—Nyla Jackson and Dante Bivins—find themselves trapped in a crumbling, abandoned hospital room. With the storm’s fury threatening to destroy the building and their lives, they must confront their fragmented memories and unearth a path to escape before time runs out. Structured as a Greek tragedy, this poetic drama weaves their personal struggles into the epic scale of one of America’s most devastating storms, exploring themes of fate, redemption, and human resilience amidst the tempest.

When 18-year-old valedictorian Marquis Hudson has a panic attack during his graduation speech, everything changes. Instead of heading straight to Cornell, he chooses a gap year, sending shockwaves through his high-achieving Black family. As his friends leave for college and old routines fall away, Marquis begins therapy, confronts generational pressure, and slowly rediscovers himself beyond the expectations placed on him.

Through intimate sessions, late-night TikToks, and moments of quiet vulnerability, he navigates drifting friendships, complicated family love, and the beginnings of a new romantic connection with someone who sees him fully. Bridging the Gap is a heartfelt coming-of-age stage play about mental health, self-reclamation, and learning to love yourself and others on your own terms.

Tyrell James is a headstrong teenager deep in the grip of Memphis's gang life, flouting his responsibilities and spiraling towards self-destruction. On the brink of losing everything, he is unexpectedly transported to an 1800s antebellum plantation, where he is thrust into the brutal realities of slavery and forced to confront the historical injustices of the past. In this harrowing and surreal journey, Tyrell must grapple with his own choices and the profound lessons of hardship and redemption, ultimately finding a path that could steer him away from ruin and towards a future he was always meant to embrace.

In the sweltering summer heat of 1920s Louisiana, Mama Jakes, a majestic Black woman and owner of the once-thriving Black Creek juke joint, faces devastation when Prohibition forces her to shut down. To survive, she turns to bootlegging her famed hooch with her partner and musician, Willie Earl. As she navigates the treacherous world of illicit trade, Mama Jakes contends with her rebellious sixteen-year-old daughter and a husband whose heart has grown cold with hardship. Each choice she makes could either usher in a new era of fortune or bring about catastrophic consequences, unraveling dark secrets and stirring the murky depths of the bayou. Black Creek Risin’ is a thunderous saga of love, magic, and the hidden perils of survival in the untamed South.

Twenty years after the tragic death of the legendary Bootlegging Queen Mama Jakes, the haunting echoes of the past stir once more in the small, forgotten town of Black Creek. Hoochie, the renowned blues singer and Mama Jakes' daughter, returns to revive the family’s beloved juke joint, determined to honor her mother’s legacy.

However, her return is met with unexpected resistance when the enigmatic and sinister Nigel Duchannes arrives, claiming ownership of the juke joint and laying bare a dark, long-buried secret. As Hoochie grapples with Nigel’s claims, she is forced to confront a twisted history of betrayal and deception that has poisoned her family’s land for generations.

In this gripping second installment of LaDarrion Williams' Black Creek Trilogy, secrets unravel and loyalties are tested, as Hoochie fights to reclaim her heritage and uncover the truth hidden beneath the surface of Black Creek. The past and present collide in a dramatic struggle for justice and redemption, where every note played and every word spoken may be the key to unlocking a devastating truth.

Set against the tumultuous backdrop of 1963 Jackson, Mississippi, this Prodigal Son-inspired drama explores a pivotal moment in American history through the lens of a fractured family. Matriarch Viola Lewis’s world is turned upside down with the return of her estranged eldest son, RJ, who has come back for the first time since his father’s death. His return is fraught with tension as he seeks to rekindle his romance with his former love, Rainey, who is now engaged, and mend the rift with his fiery younger brother, Bobby. As RJ seeks forgiveness and redemption, Viola must summon the strength to navigate her own crisis of faith and resilience in the face of a tragic assassination that shakes the very foundation of her world.

Buddy is a chain gang member, and Pharaoh, a man who has spent the past fifteen years in a Mississippi penitentiary, is facing similar challenges. However, they are separated by over a hundred years. When Pharaoh discovers an old journal chronicling a painful history of Buddy's life and journey to freedom, it will give Pharaoh a newfound strength to embrace his new beginnings.

In the 1940s Mississippi backwoods, Frank Underwood, a man shadowed by his own dark past, is tasked with preparing his seventeen-year-old nephew, Zion, to inherit a dangerous magical legacy. As Frank imparts the secrets of their family's supernatural lineage, an unsettling revelation about a buried sin threatens to unravel their fragile bond. The discovery forces Frank to confront his own tormented history and ignites a tumultuous struggle, where the sins of the past and the perilous demands of the future collide, testing both their familial loyalty and their survival.

A coming-of-age story surrounding two teenagers: Ember Underwood, a mysterious nomadic type of girl with a strange ability to take on other people's emotions, and Marcus Brown, whose life was drastically changed at a high school party. When these two connect, sparks fly high, and they soon realize that their love has been predestined for thousands of years. A summer of what was supposed to be innocent young love will surely change these two teens' lives in more ways than they can ever imagine.

Broken Memories is an explosion of movement, music, and story. It follows three teenagers struggling to find their voice in a world that often ignores them. By weaving dance with poetry and the shocking stories of their lives, Broken Memories forces audiences to confront issues such as bullying, teen pregnancy, depression and suicide head-on.

A semi-autobiography/epistolary play chronicling the life of a small-town Alabama teen, Montel Williams' (not the talk show host) life, as he navigates the turbulent times of senior year, wanting to be a Disney Channel star, a tense friendship with a new kid named Alondre Barnes that has a dark secret and the pressure of life after graduation—all with the help of soundtracks from High School Musical, Camp Rock, Victorious, and more.
Think Moonlight/ The Perks of Being a Wallflower.