Henry Wishcamper biography

Henry Wishcamper

At Writers Theatre:The Dance of Death

Wishcamper is a Resident Artistic Associate at Goodman Theatre, where directing credits include Animal Crackers, Talking Pictures, Other Desert Cities and A Christmas Carol and the upcoming Ask Aunt Susan. New York credits include Spirit Control (Manhattan Theatre Club), Graceland (LCT3), Port Authority (Atlantic Theater Company), The Polish Play (Katharsis Theater Company) and Pullman Car Hiawatha (Keen Company). Regional credits include Animal Crackers (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Birds (Guthrie Theatre), Engaging Shaw, The Mystery of Irma Vep (The Old Globe), Art (Barrington Stage Company) and The Seafarer and Speech & Debate (TheaterWorks, Hartford). His adaptation of Animal Crackers has been produced at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, The Denver Center Theatre and Lyric Stage Company. Wishcamper is the artistic director of Katharsis Theater Company and was previously the artistic director of the Maine Summer Dramatic Institute. Heis a Drama League directing fellow and a graduate of Yale University. 

[Bio as of January 2014]