Marcus M. Williams aka Marcus Emel [email protected] Website: www.marcusemel.com ​ Instagram: @iammarcusemel Professional Experience 2020: Scandusical (Actor) 2020: Equinox (Personal Trainer) 2019-2020: Step Show: The Musical (Actor) 2019: Alita: Passport to Iron City Immersive Experience (Actor) 2018 - 2019: Corsica Entertainment (Dancer) 2017-2019: The Leadership Program NYC (Contractor/Facilitator) 2017: The Boys and Girls Club of New Jersey (Facilitator) 2016: The Lucky Horseshoe Lounge (Dancer) 2014-2015: Working Title Playwrights (Actor) 2014: LA Fitness (Fitness Counselor) 2013-2014: The Murder Mystery Company (Actor) 2012-2013: Gwinnett County Public Schools (Special Education Teacher) 2009-2012: Birmingham City Schools (Special Education Teacher) 2008-2009: Shelby County Public Schools (Special Education Teacher) 2007-2009: Hoover Parks and Recreation (Facilitator) 2006-2007: The University of Alabama (Resident Advisor) 2005-2006: Gap, Inc (Sales Associate) 2005-2006: Brookwood Medical Center (Physical Therapy Technician) 2004-2006: The University of Alabama (Customer Service) 2004: SITEL Corporation (Customer Service) 2002-2003: Underground Station (Customer Service) 2000-2002: Kids Foot Locker (Retail Associate) Education 2008 Bachelor of Science University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Commercial Work Commercial List Available Upon Request Artistic Residency October - November 2018: Mass Transit Street Theatre - Bronx, NY Featured Speaker November 2019: Prepin’ 4 Winter October 2018: The Dear You Project (Podcast) Featured Performances November 2019: Haus of Cumming (Poet) Club Cumming - Manhattan, NY September 2019: Genre Urban Arts Presents Genre Live @ Bowery Poetry Club (Host) Genre Urban Arts Magazine - NYC September 2019: Brooklyn Roasting Fridays (Poet) Open Mic Renegades - NYC July 2019 - September 2019: Open Mic at Seven (Host) Seven Restaurant, Brooklyn NYC June 2019: Bloom: Imagining The Return (Poet) The LGBT Center, Manhattan NYC March 2019: Drunk Poetry (Host/Curator) Spoonfed NYC, Manhattan NYC March 2019: Edgewater Reading Series (Poet) Staten Island, NY November 2018: Difficult Conversations: On Race, Gender, and Power (Poet) HB Studios, NYC September 2018: Bloom Saloon (Poet) Spoonfed NYC, Manhattan, New York November 2017: No Hookups Book Release + Poetry Reading (Poet) Molasses Bookstore + Bar, Brooklyn, New York July 2017: It’s Always Five O’Clock Somewhere (Poet) New York City Poetry Festival May 2013: Life University Theatrical Collaborations 2020: In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), Fools Company Theatre (Reader) 2016: Worthless, New York Play Festival (Actor) 2015: Brother’s of Affliction, Rising Sage Theatre (Light + Sound Tech) 2015: Crazyanity, Rising Sage Theatre (Light + Sound Tech) 2015: Mama Bear, Out of Box Theatre (Voiceover) 2015: Summer Vacation with the Clarks, JB Burgess (Reader) 2015: Choir Boy, The Counter Narrative Project (Actor) 2015: The Meeting, MAPP + Staticc (Actor/Producer) 2014: World Aids Day Love and Light, Staticc (Poet) 2013: Dark Harvest Haunted House (Host) 2013: We Speak Your Name, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (Actor) 2013: To Kill A Mockingbird, LionHeart Theatre (Actor) 2013: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Out of Box Theatre (Actor) 2012: The Last Hotel for Women, Birmingham Festival Theatre (Actor) 2011: Baby Ain’t No Way! AMRAE Productions (Actor) Art Projects Community Events February 2019 - September 2019: Slyce Of Lyfe Open Mic Series Brooklyn Tea - Brooklyn, NYC February 2018 - May 2018: Slyce Of Lyfe Open Mic Poetry Series SMUSH Gallery - Jersey City, NJ (Creator/Curator/Host) Self - Published Work September 2018: The Wall December 2017: Crazypipe: Zine Edition February 2016: The Man I Wanted To See October 2015: Black | White Anthology Volume 1 February 2014: 143 February 2012, 2013: Love and Other Drugs: A Collection of Original Poetry .