Sheryl WIlliams (she/her)

Stunt Choreography and Coordination, Staging Intimate Violence

Chicago and Arizona

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Sheryl Williams - (pronouns: She/ Her )

Since 2017, Sheryl Williams has been providing Intimacy Choreography and Coordination support to the Chicagoland area, with her work being seen on the stages of Regional Tony Awarding Court Theatre, The Goodman, Steppenwolf and The Lyric Opera of Chicago, as well as several festival submissions from Indie films she has worked on.

She has been Court Theatre’s Resident Intimacy and Fight Choreographer from 2023 to 2026, and as well as their Culture and Consent Coordinator. She was consulted on quality of life improvements to the institution and implementing workshop practices to support their “Culture of Care” process. She is also on IPEC’s Certification Board and an Assistant Faculty member with T.I.E. She also finds joy in supporting young artists, holding resident choreography and consulting connections with Roosevelt University CCPA, Depaul’s Theatre School, and North Central College.

Her B.A in Musical Theatre and Minor in Stage combat provided her a foundation for choreography and an enhanced awareness of audience visuals and spatial awareness. Through her workshops and consent based practices, she actively tries to create space for the performer's impulses to still be honored, while being boundary-informed and collaborative with the use of deloaded language. She is thorough in her search for clarity when speaking to productions about what they wish to achieve and what may be needed to achieve it. She has participated in building casting calls, policy considerations, community agreements, and has been invited to institutions as a guest artist and speaker for Theater and Film.

She has been published as a contributor for stage violence and intimacy in Intimacy Directing for Theatre; interviewed for her work at Court Theatre and The Lyric Opera of Chicago In the Chicago Sun-Times.

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website:iamsherylwilliams.com