Will Wilhelm

Based in Chicago

They / Them • Member Since 2018

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My Story

Will Wilhelm is a genderqueer actor based in Chicago, IL. They were a member of the resident acting company at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland for two years where they created several genderqueer characters in classic works, including Bill Rauch's reimagination of Oklahoma! Other professional highlights include Straight White Men (Steppenwolf Theatre), written and directed by Young Jean Lee, and RENT (Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, for which Will received a BroadwayWorld Chicago Award for Best Actor in a Musical for their performance as Angel. They have also had the pleasure of working with Victory Gardens, Northlight Theatre, Teatro Vista, About Face Theatre, American Theater Company, Chicago Children's Theatre, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. They received their training at Northwestern University. In their free time, Will. enjoys board game nights, dancing in their collection of platform heels, and eating the gender binary for breakfast.

Sexual Orientation
iSexual orientation describes a person's enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to another person.

Queer

Gender Identity
iOne’s internal, deeply held sense of gender. Some people identify completely with the gender they were assigned at birth (usually male or female), while others may identify with only a part of that gender, or not at all. Some people identify with another gender entirely. Unlike gender expression, gender identity is not visible to others.

Trans / Genderqueer

Discipline

Actor

Unions & Affiliations

AEA

Website

http://www.willwilhelm.com/

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