Henry Woronicz

Henry Woronicz (born 1954) is an American who was formerly the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 1991 to 1995. He was an actor and stage director there starting in 1984. In addition to his work at OSF, he has acted and directed in many other theaters, and has extensive film and TV credits.

Biography

Early life

Woronicz was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Bridgewater State College in 1976, with a BA in Communication Arts and Sciences. He acted and directed at Boston Shakespeare Company, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, Los Angeles Theatre Center and others before going to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 1984.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival years

Before he became artistic director he spent seven years at Oregon Shakespeare Festival acting in many roles: as Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew and the title roles in many productions, including "Peer Gynt", "Cyrano de Bergerac", and "Henry VIII". His early directing credits included "Romeo and Juliet", "Henry IV, part 2", "Other People's Money", "Master Harold...and the Boys", and "Sea Marks". In 1991 he followed Jerry Turner as OSF's third artistic director. After assuming the role of artistic director, Woronicz continued to act and direct. During those years he directed Pravda, "Hamlet", "The Rehearsal", "Cymbeline", and "All's Well That Ends Well". He was artistic director from 1991 to 1995.

Recent work

In 2005 Woronicz appeared on Broadway in "Julius Caesar" at the Belasco Theatre. In 2006 he directed "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival and "Coriolanus" in 2007 at the Utah Shakespearean Festival. He played Leontes in "The Winter's Tale" at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, MA and has appeared in plays at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and most recently with the American Players Theatre. In January of 2009 he will assume a professorship at Illinois State University, as head of the revamped MFA acting program.

Film and television credits

He has acted in films and television shows from 1991 to the present. The films in which he has acted include "Primary Colors", "Living Out Loud", and "Little Pieces". Television credits include parts in "Seinfeld", "Ally McBeal", "Ed", "Frasier", "Moesha", "3rd Rock from the Sun", "Cheers", "Picket Fences", "Third Watch", "", and "Law & Order".

References

External links

Information from the archives of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, used with the permission of Amy Richard, Media Relations, OSF: [e-mail].
* [http://www.zwoje-scrolls.com/zwoje43/text29p.htm#r2 Shakespeare in Ashland, Oregon. Liliana Osses Adams]
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* [http://www.osfashland.org Oregon Shakespeare Festival]