is a New York based actor, director, and educator. She is an Artistic Associate at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, and a member of The Honor Roll, The Bechdel Group and the Rattlestick Theatre Community.  She holds an MFA in Acting from Binghamton University and studied Vocal Performance at Converse College. Her directing credits include DREAM OF THE BURNING BOY, THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, ELECTRA, BUS STOP, TROUBLE IN MIND, NORA, WHAT NOW?, UNCLE VANYA, ANGELS’S MIXTAPE,PIPELINE, CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY, A LIMBO LARGE AND BROAD,LUCK OF THE IRISH, JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE, ANTIGONE, INTIMATE APPAREL, IPHIGENIA AT AULIS, ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN, THE COLORED MUSEUM, BEFORE IT HITS HOME, JUST PASSIN’ THROUGH, and (opera) THE TALES OF HOFFMAN. Adrienne most recently directed SHE KILLS MONSTERS by Qui Nguyen at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.  As an educator Adrienne is a Visiting Professor and Creative Director for the Brooklyn College MFA Theatre Program. She has taught and directed on the faculties of Juilliard Drama Division, NYUGraduate Acting Program, NYU Gallatin School, Hunter College, City College of New York, and Syracuse University.  Her acting credits include Clytemnestra in IPHIGENEIA AT AULIS, Alma in YELLOWMAN (Best Actress nominee IRNE awards Boston), Andrea in AL FRESCO with Craig Lucas, and Rose in FENCES. She will appear as Khadjah in THE GODFATHER OF HARLEM this fall on EPIX.  As a playwright, her short play TENNESSEE WALTZ which was produced at HERE Performing Arts Center was published by Applause Books in SHE PRESISTED, Nov 2021. Television and film credits included Bull, Blindspot, Blue Bloods, Law and Order, The Sopranos, Tags, The Architect, and Corn.  She is a member ofSAG-AFTRA, AEA, SDC and the League of Professional Theatre Women. http://www.adriennedwilliams.com Next Up: THE GOSPEL WOMAN by Tylie Shider for NBT.