Artist Bio

(Bio as of March 2025)

Aerie Williams (Shug Avery) is grateful to make her debut as Shug Avery in The Color Purple. Goodman Theatre: Slippin’ Through. Chicago credits: Memphis (Porchlight); Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Drury Lane); Million Dollar Quartet (Center Theatre); Dreamgirls (Paramount); Antigone, Gospel at Colonus, Oedipus Rex (Court Theatre); The Josephine Baker Story (Black Ensemble); Genesis (Definition). Off-Broadway: Trevor: The Musical, National Tour: The Color Purple (Squeak). Regional: Nina Simone: Four Women (Indiana Rep); Jersey Boys (ACTofCT). @monaerie