{"id":9790,"date":"2018-03-12T16:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T20:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=9790"},"modified":"2018-03-12T16:00:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T20:00:06","slug":"jobeth-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/jobeth-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Event | 14th Annual Wilmeth Lecture with JoBeth Williams ’70"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>An Evening with Celebrated Actress and Director JoBeth Williams ’70<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Monday, March 19, 2018<\/strong>, the Brown University Library and the Friends of the Library will present the 14th Annual Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship in American Theatre:<\/p>\n

Please join us at 7 p.m. in\u00a0Martinos Auditorium in the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts<\/strong>. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Space is limited.<\/p>\n

This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the talk.<\/p>\n

JoBeth Williams ’70<\/strong><\/p>\n

JoBeth Williams has starred in many provocative films with cult followings throughout her career, including Steven Spielberg\u2019s\u00a0Poltergiest I<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0II<\/em>, Lawrence Kasdan\u2019s\u00a0The Big Chill<\/em>, Blake Edward\u2019s comedy\u00a0Switch<\/em>,\u00a0the Farrelly brothers\u2019\u00a0Fever Pitch<\/em>,\u00a0and\u00a0American Dreamer, Wyatt Earp<\/em>,\u00a0The Big Year<\/em>, and\u00a0Kramer vs. Kramer<\/em>.\u00a0She has appeared in well over twenty feature films, including Dennis Hopper\u2019s final movie, The Last Film Festival<\/em>.<\/p>\n

She has received three Emmy nominations<\/strong>–for the television films\u00a0Adam<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Baby M<\/em>, as well for the show Frasier<\/em>, and two Golden Globe nominations<\/strong>.\u00a0Her television roles have been extensive. She played Ken Marino\u2019s mom on the NBC series Marry Me<\/em>, recurred on the CW hit series Hart of Dixie<\/em> as Candice Hart, played Bizzy Forbes Montgomery on Private<\/em> Practice<\/em>, starred in her own series John Grisham\u2019s The Client<\/em>, and played opposite John Larroquette in CBS\u2019s comedy Payne<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Behind the camera, Williams received an Oscar nomination<\/strong> for her directing debut on the short film\u00a0On Hope<\/em>\u00a0starring Mercedes Ruehl, for which she was also a producer. Following her nomination, Williams directed the Showtime original movie\u00a0Frankie and Hazel<\/em>\u00a0starring Joan Plowright, as well as the Warner Brothers Television production Night Visions<\/em>, starring Stephen Baldwin and Jane Adams.<\/p>\n

Beyond her acclaim for on camera performances, Williams also has extensive theatre credits<\/strong> both in New York and regional productions. Her theatre work in New York includes Last Dance<\/em> by Marsha Norman, Moonchildren<\/em>, Ladyhouse Blues<\/em>, A Couple of White Chicks<\/em>, John Guare’s Gardenia<\/em>, and The Vagina Monologues<\/em>.\u00a0 In regional theatre she is credited for her leads in Antony and Cleopatra<\/em> at the Old Globe, Idiot’s Delight<\/em> opposite Stacy Keach at the Kennedy Center, Threepenny Opera<\/em> in Williamstown, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof<\/em> at the McCarter Theatre, Uncle Vanya<\/em>, Tartuffe<\/em>, School for Wives<\/em>, and two seasons at Trinity Repertory Company. In Los Angeles, Williams has appeared on stage at the Geffen Playhouse\u00a0in Jane Anderson’s The Quality of Life<\/em>, for which she received a Backstage West Garland award, at the Taper in John Robin Baitz\u2019s play Other Desert Cities<\/em>, at Pasadena Playhouse in The Night is a Child<\/em>, and at the Odyssey in The Fall to Earth<\/em>.<\/p>\n

She is the president of the Screen Actors\u2019 Guild Foundation<\/strong>, a charity that provides extensive programs both for working actors and for actors in times of need, as well as national children\u2019s literacy programs. She also serves as chairman of the SAG Awards Committee<\/strong>, which produces the SAG Awards each year.<\/p>\n

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Williams is a 1970 graduate of Brown University. She and husband John Pasquin, who will conduct the onstage interview during the Wilmeth Lecture, have two sons.<\/p>\n

John Pasquin<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>John Pasquin\u00a0is an award-winning director and producer of film, television, and stage. His first play in New York was Michael Weller\u2019s Moonchildren<\/em> for which he won an Obie Award<\/strong>. He then worked for Joe Papp at the Public Theatre and the New York Shakespeare Festival directing original work by Thom Babe and John Guare as well as Comedy of Errors<\/em> and Measure for Measure<\/em> in Central Park. He has worked for most East Coast Repertory Theaters including Long Wharf, McCarter, Center Stage, and Arena Stage.<\/p>\n

His television credits (over 100 half hour and hour episodes on all networks) include the pilots for Home Improvement<\/em>, Growing Pains<\/em>, Freddie<\/em>, Cristela<\/em>, and Last Man Standing<\/em>. He has received a People\u2019s Choice Award and was nominated for<\/strong> three Emmys<\/strong> for his work on Home Improvement<\/em> and L.A. Law<\/em>. He has directed four feature films, including The Santa Clause<\/em>, Jungle 2 Jungle<\/em>, and Miss Congeniality II<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This past fall he produced and directed the first four episodes of the re-boot of the Roseanne<\/em> show<\/strong> with the entire original cast. It will air in March 2018.<\/p>\n

John Emigh<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Emigh, Professor Emeritus of Theatre, Speech and Dance and Professor Emeritus of English, will introduce JoBeth Williams and John Pasquin at the Wilmeth Lecture. He is a theatre director and performer who has written on the masked theatre and rituals of New Guinea, Bali, and India, as well as on Western theatrical practices. Works include Masked Performance: The Play of Self and Other Ritual and Theatre<\/em>, and a film on the life of a Rajasthani street performer. Current research involves linking the concerns of those who make and study performances with findings in neuroscience and studying how performances function during times of crisis.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Don Wilmeth<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don Wilmeth joined the Brown English and Theatre faculty in 1967. He retired as\u00a0Asa Messer Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Theatre, Speech and Dance, and\u00a0Professor Emeritus of English in 2004. The first endowed Wilmeth Lecture was presented in 2005.<\/p>\n

Date<\/strong>:\u00a0Monday, March 19, 2018
\nTime<\/strong>: 7 p.m.
\nLocation<\/strong>:\u00a0Martinos Auditorium, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, 154 Angell Street, Providence<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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