William R. Duell’s first produced play, The Journey, was presented in 2009 at American Theatre of Actors in NYC by James Jennings, President and Artistic Director of ATA. The Journey was named a finalist for the Arts and Letters Prize in Drama. His plays have been produced and workshopped across the U.S. Most recently, his full-length drama, honor, premiered October 1-29 2023 and had a successful run at the black-box Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre in NYC, directed by Gerald vanHeerden and produced by vMHF Theatricals and ART/NY. His full-length comedy-drama, Planet First, was commissioned by Professor Susan Ossman of NYU Abu Dhabi as part of a global multimedia project entitled Gather Wood, Gather Words. Planet First had its first stage reading in April of this year at Main Street Theater in Houston, presented jointly by Wordsmyth Theater and Ossman and the Anthropocene Research Kitchen at NYU Abu Dhabi.

Duell resides in Rockbridge County, VA with his partner.