{"id":1289,"date":"2026-05-27T12:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/?p=1289"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:14:13","slug":"stomping-back-to-worcester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/stomping-back-to-worcester\/","title":{"rendered":"STOMPing Back to Worcester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/STOMP-performance-shot.jpg\" alt=\"Performance of STOMP, an inventive touring company in which the performers bang everyday items\" class=\"wp-image-1290\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Daysha Williams \u201917 keeps the beat onstage on national tour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daysha Williams \u201917 arrived in Worcester in February with a Nor\u2019easter in the forecast and a table at Da-Lat awaiting her. It was like coming home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams was back in the city with the touring company of STOMP, an inventive and explosive stage show in which the performers bang everyday items\u2014from trash can covers to broomsticks to grocery carts\u2014to create a percussive theatrical experience of music and movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI drum on everything but a drum,\u201d she says. \u201cBy the end of the show, you\u2019re dripping with sweat. You leave everything on the stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brooklyn native enjoyed the stop at the Hanover Theater and Conservatory for the Performing Arts, where STOMP performed to packed houses. The show\u2019s enduring popularity means Williams and the STOMP cast have played to full rooms across the U.S., as well as on an international tour that included Canada and Dubai.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/Daysha-Williams.jpg\" alt=\"Daysha Williams \u201917\" class=\"wp-image-1291\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s electric to look at the faces in the audience when they seem to be asking, \u2018How did they do that?\u2019 When kids come to the show, they go crazy. I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams appeared in director Spike Lee\u2019s 10-episode Netflix series based on his groundbreaking 1986 film, <em>She\u2019s Gotta Have It<\/em>,&nbsp; and has done extensive theater work. During her Clark days, she helped run a theater program for students at Claremont Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was working in residence on <em>Step Show: The Musical<\/em>, a theater piece grounded in traditions of Black culture and requiring intensive singing and dancing, when the STOMP opportunity arose. Williams auditioned successfully, earning a spot in a five-week training regimen to learn the drumming and dancing techniques that bring the show to raucous life. Over the last year, she\u2019s toured in cities large and small, coast to coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTraveling takes a lot of getting used to, and it\u2019s tough being away from my husband,\u201d she acknowledges. \u201cBut I\u2019m working with people I enjoy, and if you\u2019re going to go on tour, do it now. 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