Lo Williams

(Bio as of September 2025)

Lo Williams, she/her is a storyteller based in Chicago who centers work that reimagines, reshapes and reclaims representation in theater for the global majority. With a background in hip-hop theater and new works, she has been involved in the development of world premieres of new Black theatrical productions in the capacities of producer, director, playwright and actor. Selected Chicago directing credits: Rich B*tch (Babes with Blades Theatre Co.); Shakespeare and the Language that Altered a World (Oak Park Festival Theatre). Selected assistant directing credits: Bad Kreyòl (Signature Theatre & Manhattan Theatre Club); Frozen (Children’s Theatre Co.); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Dallas Theater Center). Lo holds a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts from the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University. She is an alumna of the National Theater Institute, as well as the Lin-Manuel Miranda Family Fellowship. Read more at lowilliams.live