“She is played with remarkable insight by Jennifer Williams, a relatively new performer who is developing into one of the city’s best. Williams’ character change shows talent as she goes from being a bright-eyed cheerleader to being a weary woman..." Chuck Graham, Tucson Citizen
“...the efforts of a mostly first-rate cast and the direction of Philip Rose go a long way toward making these characters seem to be a fully realized family…Particularly winning are Laine's understated, thoughtful Mary...” – Ben Winters, Theatermania
"For a show so complex, the performers make it look effortless. The show opens with Laura played with charm and wit by Jennifer Laine Williams returning to town with her son Daniel...The entire cast is to be commended, for taking the issues this show addresses and tearing into them with fearlessness." Michael Roderick, broadwayworld.com
Jennifer was born and raised in Oklahoma City, OK, where she became attracted to the performing arts at the age of 3. Inspired by the craft and instrument of one of Disney’s most popular princesses, Jennifer went trilling about, answering only to the name “Snow White”. General acceptance of this alter ego (and several others) led to starring roles in living room productions of Grease, Grease 2 and some original works featuring the plight of roller-skating Martians. Despite performing in a number of Bishop McGuinness High School productions, she followed a different path after graduation, obtaining a degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where she graduated cum laude, was a member of the GU Dance Company and once won an inflatable pumpkin big enough to sit in. Though she seriously considered law (too boring) and espionage (too scary!), pursuing a career in acting allowed her all the fun of public performance and assuming another persona, without pervasive threat to spirit and body.After moving to Arizona for some soul-searching, she found a home in the Tucson theater community until she relocated to New York to attend the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.
Upon completing the Playhouse’s two-year Meisner program, Jennifer began working in theater and film and joined the board of the formerly active Outsider Collective. She has appeared off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway and participated in a number of New York theater festivals: Fringe, Ice Factory, Samuel French, HERE Arts and Ha! Comedy.Jennifer loves exploring original plays and has worked with Circle East, NJ Dramatists, the NYU Dramatic Writing Department, Young Playwrights, established writers, David Rimmer and Joseph Gallo and a number of emerging playwrights.She is a proud founding member of the critically-acclaimed Bridge Theatre Company, an ensemble of American and Canadian theatre artists dedicated to the cross-border development, workshop and production of new plays (www.thebridgetheatrecompany.org). Jennifer has also performed on stages of New Jersey, North Carolina and Vermont and in numerous independent films in New York, Arizona and Oklahoma.
In her free time, Jennifer enjoys reading, writing, avoiding arithmetic, yoga, inscrutable French films and planning to learn how to salsa. Not an accomplished whistler, she mumbles "while she works”.
“Jennifer Laine Williams played Elizabeth as a quiet and thoughtful woman. In fact, the audience likely wondered why a woman of intelligence and depth would ever stay in shabby little Maynard, married to a cheating drunk. Until, that is, she talked about Roy and how he was in the beginning. Williams exuded such devotion and almost unbearable longing...” – Byrne Harrison, oobr.com
"With a solid cast, Blue Martini is a well-written, entertaining show…They all had their moments of truth and hilarity. Williams did an especially good job of displaying the toughness and vulnerability [of] her character...” Seth Bisen-Hersh, oobr.com “Jennifer Laine Williams gave a great performance. She conveyed the loneliness and the pain of the character efficiently and believably… and was impressive during the heavy and emotional scenes.” - Liz Beliovskaya, Times Square
