Woodie King, Jr.

Woodie King Jr. is an award-winning author, director, and producer who founded New Federal Theatre in 1970, and continues to serve as its Producing Director.  Early in his career who worked for the Ford Motor Company as an arc welder, and as a draftsman for the City of Detroit.  In 1965, King joined Mobilization for Youth, where he spent the next five years working as the cultural director.

NFT Credits

Credit Type Production Season
Director Zora Neale Hurston: A Theatrical Biography 2016-17 Season
Director Most Dangerous Man in America 2014-15 Season
Director Suddenly Last Summer 1970-71 Season
Director Charlie Can’t Win No Wars on the Ground & Misjudgement 1970-71 Season
Director What the Winesellers Buy 1972-73 Season
Director Daddy 1979-80 Season
Director AmeriCain Gothic 1984-85 Season
Director Appear and Show Cause 1985-86 Season
Director I Have a Dream 1985-86 Season
Director God’s Trombones 1989-90 Season
Director Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil 1992-93 Season
Director Checkmates 1995-96 Season
Director Urban Transition: Loose Blossoms 2002-03 Season
Director Waitin’ 2 End Hell 2004-05 Season
Director The Stuttering Preacher 2005-06 Season
Director Sowa’s Red Gravy 2012-13 Season
Director The Fabulous Miss Marie 2013-14 Season
Director Dutchman 2014-15 Season