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Jim Henry

JIM HENRY

  
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Jim Henry is a playwright, screenwriter and actor. His play The Seventh Monarch had a three-month run off-Broadway at the Acorn Theatre in New York City. The Seventh Monarch is the winner of three playwriting awards: Plays for the 21st Century (The Playwrights Theater, Inc., of Dallas); first place in the San Francisco Dramarama Play Festival (The Playwrights' Center of San Francisco); and the Albert Panowski Playwriting Award (Forest Roberts Theatre at Northern Michigan University). Other productions include The Road Theatre in North Hollywood, Calif., Chicago Street Theatre, LaCrosse Community Theatre in La Crosse, Wis., and Missouri Valley College. Henry's first play, The Angels of Lemnos, has been produced throughout the United States and in Australia. The play world premiered at Chicago Dramatists and won Chicago's Jeff Award for Best New Work in 1999. It ran for five months in Los Angeles, receiving a Los Angeles Times Critic's Choice, rave reviews from Variety and a Michael Devereaux "Robby" Award for Best New Play in Hollywood, Calif. Henry's play Backwards in High Heels received its world premiere in Los Angeles with rave reviews. His play Brother of All was produced at Chicago Street Theatre and received its world premiere at Detroit Repertory Theatre in March 2014. Henry's other plays include Bury Me, Jellofish, Busting the Fence, Mairzy Doats, Masterminds, Greetings From New Guinea and A Worthy Choice. His screenwriting credits include Jupiter in Vegas, Young Again, Moon Shadows, The Seventh Monarch, Eternal Patrol and The Angels of Lemnos. Moon Shadows won fourth place in the Final Draft, Inc., Big Break Screenwriting Contest. The Angels of Lemnos won third place at the Hollywood Film Festival and was a finalist in the Sundance Institute's Feature Film Project. Henry optioned two screenplays with producer Ian Bryce (Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Saving Private Ryan, Spiderman and Almost Famous). Henry is an actor and writer in the Chicagoland area, a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists and a literary manager at Chicago Street Theatre. He and his wife, Dona, have been married 35 years and are blessed with eight children and seven grandchildren.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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below is a list of Jim Henry's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         7th Monarch         Angels Of Lemnos, The         Busting the Fence         Jellofish         Seventh Monarch, The         When We Were Alive         Worthy Choice, A

7th Monarch

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In 7th Monarch, Miriam HemmErick, a mathematical genius who was on the fast track to becoming an astronaut, has been living in seclusion with her parents for the past 20 years after dropping out of college. Raina, a social worker, investigates a potential crime involving Miriams mother and father, but the parents themselves are nowhere to be found. the mysteries start there, and dark personal secrets about these two women are soon revealed.
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Acorn Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036    12 Jun 2012

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Angels Of Lemnos, The

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the left side of Nathan's brain is abnormally large and this gives him a strange outlook on life as he remembers being brought up by his mother after his abusive Father abandoned them

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Busting the Fence

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Jellofish

Jellofish
Four World War II veterans have been playing a monthly game of poker and dragging 5% from every pot since 1945, and this "side pot" has grown to a sizable fortune. As the men compete, they struggle over what to do with their shared nest egg. As the debates escalate, their conflicting views on love, friendship, politics, death and taxes are exposed. The events of their lives are revealed as each player comes upon random "history chips," created during the past 50 years by one of the players when a significant event occurred in their lives. While the significance of history chips such as Grand Slam, Raccoon and Jellofish are revealed, the deeper implications of a lifetime of friendship and competition are explored. The table is set - shuffle up and deal.

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part of American Association of Community Theatre NewPlayFest Winning Plays 2018

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Venice, Florida    20 Jun 2014

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Dramatic Publishing   1583427147

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Seventh Monarch, The

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a disappearance leads a detective into the world of thwarted genius

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When We Were Alive

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Worthy Choice, A

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