Hailed by the Chicago Reader as a “theatrical trans trailblazer,” Will Wilhelm is a trans/non-binary actor, writer, and educator based in Chicago, IL. They are a second-generation Argentine-American, born and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Upon graduating high school, Will moved to Evanston, IL to attend Northwestern University.

Will began their professional career in Chicago while studying at NU and has since had the pleasure of working with regional theatres such as Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. They were first openly non-binary actor to join the resident acting company at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, where they created several genderqueer characters in classic works.

Some professional highlights include:

• Gender Play, or what you Will, a solo show co-created with Erin Murray and originally produced by About Face Theatre, for which they received Jeff Award nominations for Best Solo Performance and Best New Work. To date, Will has toured Gender Play to six states and Washington, D.C.

• creating the role of Leslie, a genderfluid character in Bill Rauch’s queer reimagination of the musical Oklahoma!

• creating the role of Person in Charge in a new production of Straight White Men, written and directed by Young Jean Lee, at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

• playing Angel in RENT, first at Meteropolis Performing Arts Center for which they were the recipient of the 2016 BroadwayWorld Chicago Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and again at Portland Center Stage in 2022

• performing full texts bilingually in Spanish and English

Will is represented by Gray Talent Group.