Emmanuel Wilson (he/she/they/all) is a playwright, director, artist advocate, and executive producer. Emmanuel is the Founder and Principal of Wilson Williams Creative, a company dedicated to supporting artists and organizations through strategic storytelling, brand development, and design.

For over 20 years, Emmanuel has championed the voices of America’s theatre writers through advocacy, education, and leadership. Most recently, he served as Co-Executive Director of the Dramatists Guild, the national trade association representing playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists.

Emmanuel is the co-editor of the Anthem Award-winning Young Dramatists: A Guide to Help Aspiring Writers Become Professional Artists, the first book of its kind focused on the business of playwriting for young creatives.

He serves on the boards of Arts Workers United and PlayPenn. He is also a founding supporter of Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence and the Candela’s Summer Playwrights Fellowship, which supports emerging playwrights of Latin American and Caribbean heritage.

A founding member of Counting Together, a national coalition studying race, gender, and disability in the theatre field, Emmanuel has also been recognized as a grant fellow by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. He is currently building a new nonprofit dedicated to preparing the next generation of theatre writers for sustainable careers.

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