Open Door Community Theatre

“Community theater brings creative forces and community forces together like nothing else. All of those forces came together triumphantly for ‘Shrek’ in 2019 to inaugurate Open Door Community Theatre, and for ‘The Little Mermaid’ in 2022 because we were able to emerge from the pandemic hiatus, which was just plain electrifying.” Jerry Williams has been a divorce attorney for 29 years, with a solo practice in Woodbury since 2008. His longtime involvement in community theater, often with his family, started with backstage roles – set painting, ad sales, programs – and moved on to playing in the pit orchestra, performing onstage in a few holiday shows, and then music directing (vocal and orchestra). A dedicated New York Times puzzler and wordler, Jerry is an avid tennis fan, having attended the U.S. Open, French Open and most recently, Indian Wells in California.