Emilio Williams is a bilingual (Spanish/English) award-winning writer and educator. His critically acclaimed plays have been shown in Argentina, Estonia, France, Mexico, Spain, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington DC.
In 2023, he premiered ¡Bernarda!, produced by Teatro Vista, and co-presented with Steppenwolf Theatre at their 1700 space.
His experimental essays have appeared most recently in The Journal of Black Mountain College Studies, Brevity Magazine, Writing Disorder, Hinterland Magazine, Imagined Theatres, Transatlantica Journal, and the anthology Beyond Queer Words 2021.
Emilio has lectured worldwide and taught at several U.S. universities, including DePaul University, 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, North Eastern Illinois University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
He also advises other playwrights on the developmental process of new plays.
Emilio holds a BA in Film and Video and an MFA in Writing. He is a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists and a proud board member of The Physical Theater Festival in Chicago.
Emilio divides his time between Chicago and Paris, where he teaches a playwriting intensive every year.