Firen Williams (She/Her/Hers)

Advanced Actor Combatant

Firen Williams

(she/they)


Fight Director - Teacher - Co-owner of The Pen & Sword, LLC - thepenandsword.combat@gmail.com 


Firen is an Advanced Actor Combatant in the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) who has extensive experience choreographing, teaching, training, and performing Stage Combat. She is based out of the Pacific Northwest in Washington State and co-owns her own Stage Combat company, The Pen & Sword, LLC, which helps her work all across the region. You can expect her to bring passion, enthusiasm, and dedication to the rehearsal setting or classroom. She is also the Co-Coordinator for Raid on the River, a stage combat workshop in Eastern Washington designed to give participants 10 SAFD Training hours and masterclasses in three separate martial arts styles. For her, the future of stage combat is in the cross-training of Stage Combat and Martial Arts!


Outside of the theatre, she loves to write plays, short stories, novels, and poetry. She also enjoys sewing, book binding, and painting. You can often find her on the mats practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or working out at Legacy Jiu Jitsu Academy, but when summer is in full swing, she’s wake surfing on the Columbia River or hiking throughout the Cascade Mountains. Ask her about DnD or History if you want to see the true nerd emerge!



Skill Proficiency History

Date Weapon Location Grade

Private SPR

Mar 6, 2024 Knife Chicago, Illinois Recommended Pass
Feb 13, 2024 Small Sword Chicago, Illinois Recommended Pass

Pen and Sword LLC SPR

Feb 12, 2024 Quarterstaff Minneapolis, Minnesota Recommended Pass

NSCW 2023- Advanced Actor Combatant SPT Day

Aug 24, 2023 Single Sword Ruston, Louisiana Recommended Pass
Aug 24, 2023 Broadsword and Shield Ruston, Louisiana Recommended Pass

2023 National Stage Combat Workshop

Aug 5, 2023 Firearm Ruston, Louisiana Recommended Pass

NSCW 2023- AACW SPRs

Aug 4, 2023 Rapier and Dagger Ruston, Louisiana Recommended Pass
Aug 4, 2023 Unarmed Ruston, Louisiana Recommended Pass
Aug 4, 2023 Quarterstaff Ruston, Louisiana Basic Pass

Washington State Remote SPR

Jul 1, 2023 Broadsword Pasco, Washington Recommended Pass

2019 NSCW - AACW & Interns

Aug 16, 2019 Broadsword and Shield Ruston, Louisiana Recommended Pass
Aug 16, 2019 Quarterstaff Ruston, Louisiana Recommended Pass
Aug 16, 2019 Knife Ruston, Louisiana Recommended Pass
Aug 16, 2019 Rapier and Dagger Ruston, Louisiana Basic Pass
Aug 16, 2019 Unarmed Ruston, Louisiana Basic Pass
Aug 16, 2019 Broadsword Ruston, Louisiana Basic Pass
Aug 16, 2019 Small Sword Ruston, Louisiana Basic Pass

The Fredericksen

Jun 1, 2019 Firearm Ann Arbor, Michigan Recommended Pass

2017 NSCW - ACW

Jul 7, 2017 Unarmed Winston-Salem, North Carolina Basic Pass
Jul 7, 2017 Rapier and Dagger Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass
Jul 7, 2017 Broadsword Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recommended Pass