This is Whitney’s RSC debut

Whitney White is an Obie and Lily Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated director, actor and musician, who showcases her bold and innovative approach of storytelling through her many productions, both on and off-Broadway. Whitney received a special honor at the 2025 Drama League Awards with the ‘Founders Award for Excellence in Directing.

Whitney is set to direct New York Theatre Workshop’s Saturday Church, a new musical featuring songs by Sia and Honey Dijon

Directing (Broadway) includes: The Last Five Years, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding

Directing (off-Broadway) includes: Liberation, Walden, Jordan’s, Soft, On Sugarland, What to Send Up When It Goes Down, Our Dear Druglord, For All The Women Who Thought They Were Mad

Theatre includes: Macbeth In Stride (Brooklyn Academy of Music – BAM) for which she also wrote book, music and lyrics

Theatre credits (as director) include: The Secret Life of Bees, By The Queen, The Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, A Human Being of a Sort, An Iliad, The Amen Corner, Othello, Canyon, Jump

Film and television includes: Ocean’s Eight, Single Drunk Female, Louie, The Playboy Club. Whitney also wrote for Boots Riley’s I’m A Virgo.