MISTI B. WILLS

Select Productions

Promotional poster for the musical 'Little Women' on stage at Shenandoah Theatre. The poster features a scene from the production with multiple cast members in period costumes, performing under a set designed to look like a tree-filled landscape, with the title and event details displayed.

Little Women

July 2025

Poster for a theatrical production titled 'Sister Act' featuring a group of women dressed as nuns performing on stage with a colorful stained glass window backdrop.

Sister Act

April 2016

A scene from a theatrical play with a woman and a man sitting at a table, exchanging a ring, with a floral and pink background.

My Fair Lady

June 2014

A woman in a flowing, pale pink dress performing on stage with books and smoke behind her, and a person in the background at a piano.
Group of performers dressed in colorful costumes on stage, celebrating with raised fists and smiling, with a decorated stage background.
Two actors on stage, a woman and a man, sitting at a table with a floral backdrop, engaging in a theatrical scene.
Two actors on stage sharing a romantic moment under a black umbrella, with a blue backdrop and a wooden arch behind them, during a theatrical performance.
Women dressed as nuns performing on stage with arms raised and smiling, background features a large decorative stained glass window.
Three women performing on stage, one in a white wedding dress, likely acting in a play or musical, with a set resembling a rustic home background.
Five young women performing on stage in costume, posing happily with playful expressions. The stage is decorated with wooden furniture and a painted backdrop of dark, leafless trees against a purple sky.
Five women dressed in period costumes on stage, one reading a letter while the others listen, set against a wooden interior and a cutout background of a tree.
People holding hands on a stage in front of a dark backdrop with a lit circular prop behind them.
A woman in a pink historical dress with lace details is smiling and holding a black and white fan on stage.
A group of six young people performing on a stage with a blue curtain backdrop. Some are sitting, standing, or kneeling, engaging in a theatrical scene.
A group of seven actors standing in a line on stage, holding hands, with a dark background and a circular prop illuminated with blue light behind them.
A theatrical stage scene for 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' showing three actors in costumes, with one portraying Quasimodo in the center, flanked by two other characters.
Actors on stage performing in a theater, with some on a balcony and others below, surrounded by large hanging bells.

REVIEWS

  • “Misti B. Wills directs for Cabrillo with abundant panache and attention to creating believable characters amidst the comedic mayhem, and she is rewarded by one ab-fab performance after another.”

    - Steven Stanley, StageSceneLA, April 21, 2017 about Sister Act

  • “Director Misti B. Wills has assembled an appealing cast and injected some nice flourishes: There are a few brief interludes of abstract dancing that give us a sense of the characters swimming through a series of discos. There is also a funny, well-executed scene of Marnie and Frank retreating to an empty church that’s open all night where Frank tries to make out with Marnie while she tries to discuss the doubts she is having about her fiancé.”

    - Jonathan Mandell, Backstage, Dec 5, 2013 about The Drunken City

  • “We had a shortened rehearsal process, because of Hurricane Sandy, and a very tricky script. Lots of ellipses, half-thoughts, and non-sequiturs. What impressed me most about Misti’s direction is that she built the foundation for the story –the movement, the relationships, the use of the space. And although we struggled in a mad rush to get the lines memorized and build our characters, we also knew that the show could and would stand on its own. She built us a solid foundation into which we could pour the rest of ourselves.”

    - Samantha Payne Garland, actor and producer of The Drunken City

AWARD-WINNING FEMALE THEATRE DIRECTOR SHAPING POWERFUL NARRATIVES & FOSTERING NEW TALENT—ON OFF-BROADWAY, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND IN THE CLASSROOM.