Jawuan Tyler Hill
Biography
creator, musician, teacher, and director based in NYC.
He is set to graduate The Juilliard School of Drama in May of 2025. He is most known for his role as “Zeke” in the off-Broadway production “What Else is True” by David Rosenberg. Where it found “some of its funniest, most tender terrain, in Hill”, says Vulture Magazine. He has played the title role of “Socrates,” written by Tim Blake Nelson, at Juilliard, along with other roles such as Oedipus in the hip-hop Greek tragedy “The Seven” by Will Power, Chris in Tennessee Williams’s “All My Sons,” and the King of France/Duke of Cornwall in Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” among others. He accredits his early training to Duke Ellington School for the Arts and The British American Drama Academy.
Jawuan Hill is now the head instructor and coordinator for the Department of Youth and Rehabilitation Services’ summer youth employment programming drama camp in Washington, D.C., and an adjunct instructor for the Duke Ellington School for the Arts Summer Theater Intensive. He also works as a private coach for students of all ages and experience levels.
Jawuan can meditate, shop thrift, overanalyze Frank Ocean songs, or expand his (Jazz) musical horizons when he’s not performing or teaching.
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Jawuan Tyler Hill most recent Roles and Works
King Lear Jawuan Tyler Hill pictured as Duke of Albany in Julliard's production of King Lear! Directed by Luk Harlan
Hill pictured as Zeke in Egg and Spoon Theatre Collective's main season production of What Else is True?
Hill pictured as a soloist (Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk) in Julliard's Evening of Cabaret!
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The Seven by Will Power
The Seven is a 2005 hip hop Greek tragedy adaptation musical of the Greek Tragedy “The Seven Against Thebes” Written/composed by Will Power and Directed by Raz Golden. Jawuan Plays the Role of Oedipus