Dahn Hiuni
Playwright/Director
Dahn Hiuni is a Los Angeles-based playwright. His new, full-length docu-dramedy SICK recently played the Hollywood Fringe Festival to sold-out crowds and great reviews. Prior to that, SICK won the LA Pride Arts Festival Playwriting Competition and received a virtual reading in June 2020. Mr. Hiuni's previous play MURMURS & INCANTATIONS was featured at the 2016 New York International Fringe Festival, at the historic Soho Playhouse, where it won the Award for Excellence in Playwriting. Mr. Hiuni's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Playbill, and The Dramatist. He holds an MFA in Studio Art and a PhD in Performance Studies, both from Penn State. www.dahnhiuni.com
Larry Williams
Composer
Larry Williams is a Grammy-nominated producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist Larry Williams has performed, co-produced and toured with the greatest musical artists on some of the best-selling albums and films in music history. A founding member of the seminal band Seawind in 1975, Larry has gone on to record with a who’s who of the music industry including Green Day, John Mayer, Paul McCartney, Jennifer Hudson, Prince, Elton John, Barbara Streisand, Placido Domingo, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Ray Charles, Chaka Khan, Herbie Hancock, Chic Corea, Rod Stewart, Joni Mitchell, Don Henley, The Pussycat Dolls, Natalie Cole, George Benson, Dionne Warwick, David Foster, Patti LaBelle, The Pointer Sisters and Frank Sinatra, and has had a long recording and touring association with five-time Grammy winner Al Jarreau. Larry credits Quincy Jones as his mentor with whom he recorded over 30 projects including Michael Jackson’s “Off The Wall”, “Bad” and “Thriller” – the biggest selling album of all time. www.willyworldmusic.com
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