Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance

Tiana Williams is an ambitious artist and senior in the B.F.A. Musical Theatre Program also pursuing her minor in Criminal Justice. She has been a solo vocalist in various local settings around Indianapolis, and her past IU productions include: The Threepenny Opera (Lucy Brown), Little Women (Beth), Bonnets: How Ladies of Good Breeding Are Induced to Murder (Georgette), More Perfect Places (Ensemble). Outside productions include The Wiz (Dorothy), The Sound of Music (Elsa Schrader), Ragtime (Sarah), Evita (Ensemble), In the Heights (Vanessa), Matilda (Ms. Phelps), Calder the Musical (Josephine Baker), Legally Blonde (Pilar), Aida (Nehebka), University Player's American Idiot (Extraordinary Girl), and IUST's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Pharaoh/Napthali). Tiana is a 2022 IU NAACP Image Award recipient for her advocacy in the arts. She served on IU Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance's Student Advisory Board for 2 years. Tiana is from Indianapolis, Indiana.