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Will Wilhelm (They/Them)
Co-creator and performer of GENDER PLAY. A Michigan native, Will is based in Chicago, IL, where they earned their BA in Theatre from Northwestern University before becoming the first non-binary company member at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. There, they reimaged genderqueer characters in AS YOU LIKE IT, MACBETH, and Bill Rauch's OKLAHOMA! Other notable projects include creating the role of Person in Charge in the Midwest Premiere of STRAIGHT WHITE MEN, written and directed by Young Jean Lee, at Steppenwolf Theatre Company; playing Angel in Metropolis Performing Arts Center's production of RENT, for which they received the 2016 BroadwayWorld Chicago Award for Best Actor in a Musical; and performing full texts bilingually in Spanish and English. Additional theatre affiliations include Victory Gardens Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and About Face Theatre Company. In 2020, Will wrote “Gender is Performance” for Howlround and was featured in the Chicago Tribune.
Will is represented by Gray Talent Group.
Erin Murray (She/Her)
Co-creator and director of GENDER PLAY whose 15 year career has spanned across the US and Western Europe. Erin directed the Irish Premiere of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH in 2005 which won Best Production at the Speigeltent and was later remounted at Project Arts Centre. From 2005 - 2008, Erin was the staff director for Opera Theatre Company in Dublin, Ireland, where she toured five fully staged operas on European tours. In 2012, she was the executive producer on the world premiere of Ariel Zetina's PINK MILK: A MAGICAL TRAGEDY LOOSELY BASED ON THE LIFE OF ALAN TURING at New York International Fringe Festival and Chicago Fringe. Additional directing credits include Anne Washburn's THE INTERNATIONALIST (Steppenwolf Garage), the world premiere of Scott Kaiser's SHAKESPEARE'S OTHER WOMEN (Island Shakespeare Festival), the Chicago premiere of Suzanne Heathcote's I SAW MY NEIGHBOR ON THE TRAIN AND I DIDN'T EVEN SMILE (Redtwist), and the Seattle premiere of Annie Baker's JOHN (ArtsWest); Erin assisted Anna D. Shapiro on the world premiere productions of Tracy Letts' THREE SISTERS and MARY PAGE MARLOWE for Steppenwolf Theatre. Erin will direct her Kilroy’s List Awarded adaptation of Edmund Rostand's CYRANO DE BERGERAC featuring a trans/non-binary actor in the titular role for the 2021 Island Shakespeare Festival. Erin earned her MFA in Theatre Directing from Northwestern University, and BA in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin. Erin is an Associate Member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society.