Lowell Williams was born in Louisville, KY in 1944. He graduated as the first and only African American in his class from Atherton High School. His mother was a member of Jack and Jill of America Inc. and he was exposed to its socio-cultural programs. He attended Kent State University where he received a B.A. degree as a biology/psychology major and M.A. degree in rehabilitation psychology. He went on to become the first African-American to receive his MFA in acting from Temple University. After pursuing a career in the NY theater scene and winning an OBIE award along with his fellow cast members from South Africa for the play POPPIE NOGENA, he went on to work as a business representative for both Actor’ Equity and Screen Actors Guild. In 2001, he left NYC to take a teaching position in the theater department at University of Miami and most recently Miami-Dade College. He is retired from teaching at the collegiate level. He works with theater students at Kropp Senior High school and at the African American Arts and cultural center. He is one of four fellows in the Miami Dade’s Arts and Cultural Department’s playwright development program. He is focused on a new career in playwriting.