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Sheri Williams Pannell

  • Assistant Professor, Theatre
  • Area Head, Musical Theatre

Education

MFA, Theatre (Directing), UW-Madison
BS, Natural Science, Spelman College

Biography

Sheri Williams Pannell is a native Milwaukeean who has performed, directed or written for a number of Milwaukee’s theater and arts organizations including Bronzeville Arts Ensemble, First Stage, Florentine Opera, Milwaukee Chamber Theater, Milwaukee Fringe Festival, Milwaukee Rep, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Arts Museum, and Skylight Music Theatre. Beyond Milwaukee, Pannell has worked at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Utah’s Old Lyric Theatre, Children’s Theater of Madison, University Opera and University Theater at UW Madison. Pannell was honored to direct a production as part of the United Nations Conference on Genocide, hosted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2017, Pannell was honored as an Artist of the Year by the City of Milwaukee. A founding member and artistic director at Bronzeville Arts Ensemble, artistic associate at Black Arts MKE and First Stage, and co-director of the drama ministry at Calvary Baptist Church.  Summer of 2020, Pannell served as one of the founders of the Milwaukee Black Theatre Festival.  A graduate of Spelman College, Pannell also holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Recent Work

Sheri Williams Pannell RECENT WORK
Sheri Williams Pannell RECENT WORK
Sheri Williams Pannell RECENT WORK
Sheri Williams Pannell RECENT WORK
Sheri Williams Pannell RECENT WORK
Sheri Williams Pannell RECENT WORK