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Emilio Williams


Emilio Williams is a bilingual (Spanish/English) award-winning writer and educator. His critically acclaimed plays have been produced in Argentina, Estonia, France, Mexico, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington DC.

His experimental prose has appeared most recently in Brevity Magazine, Writing DisorderHinterland MagazineImagined Theatres, and the anthology Beyond Queer Words 2021

In addition to teaching at The Theatre School, he has taught at several other U.S. universities, including Columbia College Chicago, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Georgia State University. He has been a guest artist at the University of Portland, Mary Washington University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

He holds a BA in Film and Video and an MFA in Writing. He is a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists where he is also a faculty member.

He divides his time between Chicago and Paris.​ www.emiliowilliams.com​