Amina Henry

Amina Henry

Contemporary Theatre
Department of Music & Theatre
Amina Henry
About

Amina Henry is a Brooklyn-based playwright. Her productions include The Animals, Ducklings, Hunter John and Jane and The Johnsons (all at JACK in Brooklyn); P.S. produced by Ars Nova (NYC); Little Rapes at Long Island University; Troy produced by HERO Theatre (Los Angeles); The Great Novel produced by New Light Theater; Happily Ever at Brooklyn College; and Bully produced by Interrobang Theater (Baltimore). Her work has been produced, developed by and/or presented by The New Group, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, The Flea, Page 73, Project Y Theatre, National Black Theater, Little Theater at Dixon Place, The Brooklyn Generator, The Brick, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Kitchen Dog Theater, The Brick, HERE Arts Center, and The Cell. She has been a member of writers’ groups at Clubbed Thumb, Page73, and Ars Nova, and is an affiliate artist with New Georges. She is a 2020 recipient of the Sarah Verdone Writing Award, and her work has been featured on the Kilroy’s List. BA in English/Film Studies from Yale University, MA in Performance Studies from NYU, and MFA in Playwriting from Brooklyn College.