M Ensemble also consistently facilitates theater workshops for children and adults and presentations for Kwanzaa and Black Music Month.
[5] As a team, Williams and Richardson have dedicated their lives to M Ensemble's success, "choosing plays, building scenery, loaning props from their own homes & supporting their passions by taking second jobs.
According to Williams and Richardson, “as a residential company in a new permanent space MEC is expected to thrive in years to come as we continue to entertain and educate.
Before his passing, "he had preached the importance of African Americans gaining control on the business side of theater in America, because that was the only way to guarantee that plays by young black playwrights would be produced.
[4] Williams holds full-time positions in addition to leading M Ensemble, include being director of the after school program at The YWCA of Greater Miami.
[5] M Ensemble has always had an "eclectic bill of fare that has included “funky” musicals like Fats Waller’s Ain't Misbehavin' (musical), dramas with a comedic edge, such as Lonnie Elder III’s Ceremonies in Dark Old Men; and gospel songfests, like Langston Hughes’s Tambourines to Glory or Lanie Robertson’s biographical cabaret treatment of Billie Holiday’s last days in Last Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill.
[2] The company also performed Jackie Moms Mabley, Live in the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem NC in 1995 & 1997.
According to the M Ensemble website, this performance "received rave reviews from the Winston-Salem Press and national exposure in the New York Times and Jet Magazine.
[4][2] M Ensemble has received positive critical reception and awards throughout its history, including Bill Hirschman’s 2016 review for the presentation of Fences by August Wilson and was a 2016 Knight Arts Challenge grant finalist.
It’s also a wonderful positive outlet that helps many children overcome shyness and become more secure...Any student 4- 16 can participate as long as they have a keen interest in the arts, creativity, and a desire to have fun."