William Whitefield was the Executive Director at Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan, NJ for six years, overseeing the Production, Education, Development, Marketing & Box Office staff, while making all programming and artistic decisions. There, he produced over 30 main stage Broadway style shows such as the New Jersey premiere of Spamalot, Joseph….,  Tuesdays with Morrie, The 1940s Radio Hour, The Music Man, Always, Patsy Cline starring Sally Struthers, My Fair Lady, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Shrek, The King & I, Annie Get Your Gun and South Pacific. As the Co-Founder & Producing Artistic Director of Asbury Park Theater Company, he currently works with their Board of Directors and has produced great shows such as Million Dollar Quartet, Green Day’s American Idiot, The Bikinis and American Son.

A proud member of SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity Association and Dramatist Guild, Bill was featured on stage in The Presidents starring Rich Little at the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center and at TheatreFest in Montclair playing, among others, such roles as Billy Carter, Dan Quayle and John Dean. The show was later taped for TV and aired on PBS. For 20 years, he also toured as the Construction Worker in the world famous disco group Village People. 

In New York, he’s been seen in leading roles from productions of The Gondoliers, Princess Ida, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance all at City Center. He was seen as Detlef in Paper Mill Playhouse's production of The Student Prince and as the American in Rags. At Goodspeed Opera House, he played the role of John in Shenandoah and at Algonquin Arts Theatre he played Mitch in Tuesdays with Morrie and Sir Robin in Spamalot.