Winner- Best Feature Length Drama - NEW YORK CITY PLAY READING FESTIVAL (2025)
Nominated- PULITZER PRIZE IN DRAMA (2024)
Winner- Best Play- Diversity Category- INK AND CINEMA FESTIVAL
Winner - Best Play- TRUE STORY SHOWCASE


BILLY AND GEORGE recounts the events of December 25, 1776, just hours before General George Washington and the Continental Army crossed the Delaware River to defeat the Hessian soldiers at Trenton, New Jersey. In the play,  Washington and his closest companion, the enslaved man William “Billy” Lee, prepare for the crossing while discussing, arguing, and challenging the concepts of freedom, war, and love.

Raquis Da'Juan Petree and John Stange as BILLY AND GEORGE at the Avant Bard Theatre .