March 2013 · ...is a founding member of Palm Beach Dramaworks. Originally from Syracuse, Mr. Hayes has an extensive list of directing credits including such recent productions as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (5 Carbonell Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Play), At Home at the Zoo (Florida Premiere), American Buffalo (3 Carbonell Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Play), and last season's acclaimed productions of Freud's Last Session, and this season's The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, "Master Harold"...and the boys, and Proof.

He is a thirty year veteran stage actor; most recent roles include Cradeau in No Exit, and Norman in The Dresser (Curtain Up Award, Carbonell Award nomination, Best Actor). Also a playwright, he is the recipient of the Charles M. Getchell Award, a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, and has served as a play writing adjudicator for the Southeastern Theatre Conference and the Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival.

In Palm Beach County, he adjudicates the drama portion of the annual Pathfinders Awards, serves on the City of West Palm Beach Cultural Affairs Council, and is a member of the board of directors of the Economic Forum of Palm Beach County. Mr. Hayes is President of the Florida Professional Theatres Association.

William Hayes has been involved in 35 productions at Palm Beach Dramaworks since 2000.

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