Work with Actors Theatre

Will Wilhelm (they/them) is a trans/non-binary actor, writer and educator based in Chicago. Will is the co-creator and performer of Gender Play, or what you Will, which premiered with About Face Theatre and garnered the artist two Jeff Award nominations: Best Solo Performance and Best New Work. Gender Play has also been presented by Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Shakespeare Theatre Company/Theater Alliance in DC, Indianapolis Shakespeare Company, and Island Shakespeare Festival in Washington.

A Michigan native, Will became the first openly non-binary company member at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2018, where they reimagined genderqueer characters in As You Like It, Macbeth, and Bill Rauch’s Oklahoma! Other regional credits include RENT (Portland Center Stage) and Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (Shakespeare Theatre Company). Select Chicago performance credits include Mr. Burns (Theater Wit), Straight White Men (Steppenwolf Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oak Park Festival Theatre), Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (Goodman Theatre), and My Wonderful Birthday Suit (Chicago Children’s Theatre). As an educator, Will has been invited to teach and share work at universities across Chicago, the US, and Europe.