Henry Wishcamper

Henry Wishcamper

Adapter, Animal Crackers

As playwright/adapter: Animal Crackers (Goodman Theatre, Lyric Stage Company of Boston); The Polish Play (Katharsis Theater Company); Pippi Longstocking (Theater at Monmouth).

As director: Off-Broadway: Spirit Control (Manhattan Theatre Club); Graceland (LCT3); Port Authority (Atlantic Theater Company); Elvis People (New World Stages); The Polish Play (Katharsis Theater Company); Pullman Car Hiawatha (Keen Company). Regional: The Birds (Guthrie Theater); Animal Crackers and Talking Pictures (Goodman Theatre); Engaging Shaw and The Mystery of Irma Vep (The Old Globe Theatre); Art (Barrington Stage Company); The Seafarer and Speech & Debate (TheaterWorks); The Good Thief (Portland Stage). Assistant director: Broadway productions of August: Osage County and Shining City.

Other credits: Artistic director of Katharsis Theater Company.

Awards and honors: Drama Desk and Joseph Jefferson nominations; Drama League Directing Fellow.

Education: BA, Yale University.