Biography
Emilio Williams is a bilingual (Spanish/English) award-winning writer and educator who teaches playwriting at Columbia College Chicago. His latest world-premiere was produced by Teatro Vista, and co-presented by Steppenwolf at their 1700 theater in Chicago (Fall 2023). His critically-acclaimed plays have also been produced in Argentina, Estonia, France, Mexico, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington DC. He has taught playwritting, creative writing and theater history at The School of the Art Institute, DePaul University, Georgia State University and Dominican University. His experimental prose has appeared most recently in Brevity Magazine, Writing Disorder, Hinterland Magazine, Imagined Theatres, and the anthology Beyond Queer Words 2021. He holds an MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Instructional Areas
Playwriting
Creative Practice and Research Interests
Playwriting, international theater history, and queer studies.
Degrees
B.A., Film and Video Georgia State University 1996
M.F.A., Writing School of The Art Institute of Chicago 2019