RICHARD
HENZEL: RESUME
Member
EQUITY•AFTRA•SAG since 1974
THEATRE ACTING CREDITS
WP = World Premiere
Selected Theatre Credits
Metropolis Arts Center, Arlington Heights, IL, A
CONVERSATION WITH GRANT AND TWAIN WP as Mark Twain
Lyric Opera of Chicago d/David Kersnar THE MAGIC
VICTROLA WP
as Grandpa
Actors Theatre of Louisville d/Les Waters THE
CHRISTIANS WP
as Elder Jay
Cardinal Stage Company, Bloomington, IN, d/Randy White
WILLY WONKA AND THE FACTORY as Grandpa Joe
Shaw Chicago d/Bob Scogin JAMES BARRIE'S
QUARTETS as Harry/Father/Narrator
Purple Rose Theatre, Chelsea, MI, d/Michelle Mountain,
ON GOLDEN POND as Norman Thayer, Jr.
Shaking The Tree Productions, d/David Kersnar, THE OUTSIDER, WP
as Carter
Shaw Chicago Theatre, d/Robert Scogin, DEAR LIAR, as G.
Bernard Shaw
16th Street Theatre, d/Ann Filmer, OUR HOLIDAY STORIES WP,
as Ensemble
Shaw Chicago Theatre, d/Robert Scogin, NOEL COWARD IN TWO
KEYS, as Verner/Hugo
Stormfield Theatre, Lansing, MI, d/Kristine Thatcher,
HEROES as Henri
The Gift Theatre, d/Michael Patrick Thornton, NIGHT AND HER
STARS as Mark Van Doren
The Artistic Home, d/Dale Calandra, SWEET BIRD OF
YOUTH as Boss Finley
Chicago Shakespeare Project, d/ Peter Garino, MEASURE FOR MEASURE
as Gentleman, Froth, and Friar Peter
Oak Park Festival Theatre, d/Jack Hickey, LOVES' LABOURS'
LOST as Holofernes
Steppenwolf Theatre, d/Michael P. Thornton, OF MICE AND
MEN as Candy
Drury Lane Water Tower Place, d/Jim Corti, MEET ME IN ST.
LOUIS as Grandpa Prophater
Florida Stage, d/Louis Tyrrell, BEVERLEY (revised script) as
Arch, with Frances Sternhagen as Beverley
Florida Stage, d/Louis Tyrrell, A MURDER, A MYSTERY, AND A
MARRIAGE, as Mark Twain, Sherriff Thwacker, and Uncle Dave
Florida Stage, d/Louis Tyrrell, THE COUNT WP as Lester
Ravinia Music Festival, d/Lonny Price, GYPSY (with Patti LuPone) as
Pop/Kringelein/Gigolo the Monkey
Chicago Childrens Theatre@Steppenwolf, d/Eric Rosen, DANDELION
WINE WP as
Grandpa
Madison Repertory, d/Richard Corley, THE PRICE, as Walter
FranzAberystwyth College, Wales, UK
MARK TWAIN IN PERSON as
Mark Twain Apple Tree Theatre
Beef n Boards, d/G. W. Bailey, FUNNY THING HAPPENED--FORUM (with
G.W. Baily) as Marcus Lycus
Beef n Boards, d/Jim Fargo, ARSENIC & OLD LACE as
Rev. Harper/Witherspoon
Beef n Boards, d/Jim Fargo, PLAZA SUITE (with Imogene Coca) as
Bellhop/Waiter
Body Politic Theatre Studio, d/James Thornton, MARK TWAIN IN
PERSON as Mark Twain
Body Politic/Gallery Theatre, d/William Derl Davis, GLASS
MENAGERIE as Gentleman Caller
Body Politic/Gallery, Theatre, d/Willilam Derl Davis, SPOON RIVER
ANTHOLOGY as Ensemble
The Bog Theatre, d/Dan Scott, THE
CRUCIBLE as
Governor Danforth
The Bog Theatre, d/J. Thornton, MARK TWAIN IN
PERSON as Mark Twain
Byfield's Cabaret/Ambassador East, d/Jonathan Menchin, THE KLEIN FAMILY (improv review) WP
as ensemble
Canal Fulton Summer Arena, d/Dan Hogan, TIME OUT FOR GINGER
(w/Pat O'Brien), Tommy Green
Canal Fulton Summer Arena, d/Bob Bridges, PINNOCCHIO,
Cherrynose, ensemble
Canal Fulton Summer Arena, d/Bob Bridges, THE GOLDEN GOOSE,
The King
Canal Fulton Summer Arena, d/Bob Bridges, TOM SAWYER, Judge
Thatcher/Ben Rogers
Cardiff University Theatre (Wales), dir/James Thornton, MARK TWAIN
IN PERSON as Mark Twain
Center Theatre, LJPG Productions, d/Peter Garino, THE KHE SANH
BAGMAN WP
as LBJ
Chicago Childrens Theatre@Steppenwolf, d/Eric Rosen, DANDELION
WINE WP
as
Grandpa
Chicago Dramatists, d/Ann
Filmer, BOOK OF MERCY
WP as Victor
Cincinnati Playhouse, dir/James Thornton, THE FANTASTICKS as
Boy's Father
Cincinnati Playhouse, dir/James Thornton, THE APPLE TREE as
The Snake, ensemble
Cincinnati, Playhouse, dir/James Thornton, EL GRANDE DE COCA COLA,
Ensemble
Cleveland Music Hall, d/J. Thornton, MARK TWAIN IN PERSON, Mark
Twain
Chicago Stories On Stage, dir/S.Scott, CASEY STENGEL BEFORE
CONGRESS WP
as Casey Stengel
Chicago Stories On Stage, dir/Michael Miner, CHAMPION WP
as Reader Delta Queen Steamboat,dir/James Thornton, MARK TWAIN IN
PERSON, Mark Twain
Delta Queen Steamboat, dir/T Kneebone, THE APPLE TREE (with Dinah
Christie), Snake
Delta Queen (U of Neb), RETURN TO THE RIVER (with John Hartford,
Sheila McRae, and Howard Platt) WP, Mark Twain
ELT/As You Hike It, Central
Park NY, d/Frank Farrell, AS YOU LIKE IT, Corin/Jaques
ELT/As You Hike It,Palos Hills Forest, d/Frank Farrell, AS YOU
LIKE IT, Corin/Jaques
ELT/As You Hike It, Palos Hills Forest, d/F. Farrell, MIDSUMMER
NIGHT'S DREAM, Theseus/Oberon
ELT, d/Frank Farrell, STRANGE INTERLUDE, Professor Leeds
ELT/Free Shakespeare, dir/Mara Pollster, THE HENRY PLAYS, Bardolph
ELT/Free Shakespeare, d/Frank Farrell, THE SEAGULL, Dr. Dorn
ELT/Free Shakespeare, d/Frank Farrell, Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Theseus
ELT/Shakespeare Project, dir/Frank Farrell, AS YOU LIKE IT,
Corin/Jaques
ELT/Shakespeare Project, dir/Mara Pollster, MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S
DREAM, Snug/Moth
ELT/Shakespeare Project, dir/Mara Pollster, HENRY IV, PT 2
Falstaff
ELT/Shakespeare Project, dir/Michael Halbersham, RICHARD II John
of Gaunt
ELT/Shakespeare Project, dir/Mara Pollster, LOVES' LABOURS LOST,
Sir Nathaniel
Florida Stage, d/Louis Tyrell, HANGING FIRE, Donnie Fletcher
Goodman Theatre, d/Stuart Gordon,
HUCKLEBERRY FINN, Duke/Ensemble
Goodman Theatre, d/Mary Zimmerman, THE TROJAN WOMEN,
Agamemnon/Servant US
Goodman Theatre, d/ Marion McClinton, GEM OF THE OCEAN WP,
Selig US
Goodman Theatre, d/Robert Falls, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, Willy Loman
US
Goodman Theatre, d/ Daniel Sullivan, MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN,
Hogan US
Human Race Theater, Dayton, Ohio, d/Tony Dallas, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, as Willy Loman
Illinois Theatre Center, d/Etelle Billig, THE VALUE OF NAMES, Leo
Greshen
Illinois Theatre Centre, dir/Gary Houston, CAMPING WITH HENRY & TOM,
Thomas Edison
Kent Acting and Touring Co.,dir/James Thornton,† MARK TWAIN IN
PERSON, Mark Twain
Kent Acting and Touring Co., dir/James Thornton, THE FANTASTICKS,
Boy's Father
Kent Acting and Touring, dir/James Thornton, STREET GUIDE TO GARY INDIANA,
Ensemble
Kent Acting and Touring, dir/James Thornton, A CHRISTMAS CAROL
(Radio), Marley, Ensemble
Kent Acting and Touring Co., dir/James Thornton, DRACULA, Dr.
Seward
Kent Acting and Touring Co., dir/James Thornton, SPOON RIVER
ANTHOLOGY, Ensemble
Latino Chicago Theatre, dir/Ron Dean, STREET GUIDE TO GARY INDIANA
WP,
One man show
Left Bank Dinner Theatre (Peoria), dir/Jack Batman, STAR SPANGLED
GIRL, Marty
Left Bank Dinner Theatre, dir/Jack Batman, DIAL M FOR MURDER,
Capt. Lesgate
Lookingglass
Theatre, d/Andrew White. LOOKINGGLASS
1984 WP
as News Anchor
Lookingglass:Shaking the Tree, d/David Kersnar, THE BIG PAYDAY,
Waights
Lookingglass:Shaking the Tree, d/David Kersnar, A PERFECT WEDDING
WP,
Charlie
Madison Repertory, d/Richard Corley, THE PRICE, as Walter Franz
Madison Repertory, d/C. Michael Smith, A WALK IN THE WOODS, as
Andrey Botvinnik
Madison Repertory, d/Richard Corley, COPENHAGEN as Niels Bohr
Marriott's Lincolnshire, d/Dominic Missimi, A FUNNY THING...FORUM
as Senex
Marriott's Lincolnshire, d/Stafford Arima, THE PAJAMA GAME as Pop
Marriott's Lincolnshire, d/Marc Robin, WEST SIDE STORY as Doc
Marriott's Lincolnshire, dir/Dominic Missimi, GROVER'S CORNERS WP,
Editor Webb
Marriott's Lincolnshire, dir/Dominic Missimi, 1776, Benjamin
FranklinMaximillion Prods, NYC, d/Peggy Simon, STONE AGE
CINDERELLA, Mica
Maximillion Prods, NYC, d/Peggy Simon, SlSLEEPING BEAUTY, King
Mr. Trix Enterprises, dir/Ron Bauer, ELMO D. CLOWN SHOW WP,
Elmo D. Clown
Mr. Trix Enterprises, dir/Ron Bauer, MR. TRIX MAGICFUN SHOW WP,
Elmo D. Clown
Mr. Trix Enterprises, dir/Ron Bauer, THE INSTANT PUPPET SHOW WP,
Herr Conductor, etc.
Mount Union College Summer Rep, d/James Vincent, THE DRUNKARD,
Stevens
Mount Union College Summer Rep,GUYS AND DOLLS, d/James Vincent,
Joey Biltmore, Chorus
Mount Union College Summer Rep,THE GREAT GOD BROWN, Policeman
Mount Union College Summer Rep,d/James Vincent, CAMELOT,
Merlin/Chorus Soloist
Mount Union College Summer Rep,d/D. Falk, ALL THE WAY HOME, Ralph
Follet
New American Theatre, dir/J. R. Sullivan, AMADEUS, Salieri
New American Theatre,dir/James Thornton, MARK TWAIN IN PERSON,
Mark Twain
New American Theatre,MidWinter Night’s Dream, Director and Adapter
North Light Theatre, dir/Russell VandenBrouke, FEIFFER'S AMERICA*,
Ens./Presidents
Organic Theatre, dir/Stuart Gordon, THREE CARD MONTE WP,
Reagan/Ensemble
Organic Theatre, dir/Stuart Gordon, ASSEMBLY LINE (with Jack
Wallace), Max Posner
Organic Theatre, dir/Stuart Gordon, ER/EMERGENCY ROOM, Ensemble
Organic Touchstone Theatre, dir/Steve Scott, AFTER-PLAY, Marty Guteman
Prop Thtr @ Organic,
dir/Scott Vehill, REAGAN: Dementia In Absentia
WP,
Ronald Reagan
Prop Thtr/Second City Skybox, d/ A Freeman, RETURN OF THE HIP MESSIAH
WP,
Lord Buckley
Radio Ensemble Players, d/Henzel, THE FLOATPLANE NOTEBOOKS,
Albert/Ensemble
Ravinia Music Festival, d/Lonny Price, GYPSY (with Patti LuPone)
as Pop/Kringelein/Gigolo
RayMar/Theatre Building, dir/Bill Castellino, RAP MASTER RONNIE,
Ronald Reagan
Royal George Theatre, dir/Kevin Conway, OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY,
Coles
Royal Viking Cruise Lines,dir/James Thornton, MARK TWAIN IN
PERSON, Mark Twain
Second City at Chateau Louise, dir/Jonathan Menchin, THE KLEIN
FAMILY, Ensemble
Steppenwolf Theatre, dir/Rondi Reed, A VISIT WITH MARK TWAIN WP,
Mark Twain
Victory Gardens Theater, d/Dennis
Zacek, AFFLUENZA! WP
as William
Victory Gardens, d/D. Zacek, THE ACTION AGAINST SCHUMANN WP,
Holgate/Freider/Lipsky/Reiner/Felix
Wellington Theatre, dir/Sheldon Patinkin, PRELUDE TO A KISS (with
Barbara Harris), Dr. Boyle
Wisdom Bridge Theatre, HUNTING COCKROACHES, Czesio/Thompson
Woodstock Opera House,dir/James Thornton, MARK TWAIN IN PERSON,
Mark Twain
Woodstock Opera House,dir/James Thornton, SLEUTH, Andrew Wyke
Woodstock Opera House,dir/James Thornton, MARK TWAIN IN PERSON,
Mark Twain
THEATRE
DIRECTING CREDITS
Storer College, etc
(touring) SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, starring Terry Leonino and Greg
Artzner
The New American Theatre, A CHILD OF THE CENTURY, starring J. R.
Sullivan
The New American Theatre, A MIDWINTER NIGHT'S DREAM
Victory Gardens Greenhouse, SONGS OF THE POGO
The Woodstock Opera House, A MIDWINTER NIGHT'S DREAM
TELEVISION
- EARLY EDITION, CBS,
d/Gary Nelson, featured as Mr. Barcroft
- EARLY EDITION, CBS, d/Dan
Attias, featured as The Smartly Dressed Man
THE UNTOUCHABLES, 2 episodes, Paramount Pictures, d/Colin
Bucksey, Guest starring as FDR
TOUGH TARGET, ABC, "Bank Scam With A Twist" d/Matthias Merki,
featured as Richard Enright
UNSOLVED MYSTERIES, NBC, "Police Capt's Death" d/Bob Wise,
featured as Capt. Mike O'Mara
MISSING PERSONS, ABC, d/Gary Sherman, Guest starring as Tom
Heilman
MARK TWAIN'S CRIME CARNIVAL, WTTW Chicago, d/ Tim Ward,
Starring as Mark Twain***
HUCKLEBERRY FINN , WTTW/Organic,d/Stuart Gordon&Tim Ward,
as The Duke/Ensemble
THE MISSISSIPPI: A Matter of Trust, CBS, d/Leo Penn, as Fred
Tucker
THE PHIL DONAHUE SHOW, CBS, as Reagan (guest)
THE DUKE: Nothin' 'Cept Noise, NBC, d/Robert Conrad, Guest
starring as Ras Gitlin
UNSOLVED MYSTERIES, NBC, "The Jean Nicarico Case" d/Steve
Muscarella, as Judge Kowal
THE STORY OF JOSEPH, Mr. Trix Productions, d/Ron Bauer,
Ensemble/puppeteer
FILM
THIEVES' QUARTET, MoonCoin, d/Joe Chappelle, co-starring
as Morgan Luce
GROUNDHOG DAY, Columbia, d/Harold Ramis, featured as DJ
Voice
SUNDOWN, Northwestern University, d/Erik Gernand, as
David
THE PROMOTION, Third Rail, d/Steve Conrad, as
Motivational Speaker (Voice)
EXPIRED!, Nancy Hayes Entertainment,
d/Edward Heffernan, as Snazzy Grandpa
THE AMAZING CARTWRIGHT, Columbia College
Chicago, d/Noah Kloor, as Cartwright
THE LETTER, Nancy Hayes Entertainment, d/Edward
Heffernan, as Dr. Fitzgerald
NUMINMATA, Viscosity Productions, d/Hanna
Maximova and Michael Hartigan, as Narrator/Uncle John
BUTCH CAMP, Billingsgate Productions, d/Alesandro DiGenovese, as
Mr. Pickwick
HENRY 2--THE WANDERER, H2 Productions, d/Chuck Parello, as Man
Tied To Bed
CHILDHOOD FRIENDS, Duea Films, d/Pupi Avati, featured as Darrow
NAKED FACE, Cannon Films, d/Bryan Forbes, featured as Wheelchair
Stalker
HOW I GOT INTO THE LITERARY PROFESSION, Coronet Films, d/Chuck
Olan, starring as Mark Twain
THE BLUES BROTHERS, Universal Studios, d/John Landis, featured
as SWAT Officer
AUDIOBOOKS
Mark Twain Titles:
The Mysterious
Stranger
The Innocents Abroad
Chapters From My Autobiography
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Those Extraordinary Twins: Mark Twain's First Draft of
Pudd'nhead Wilson
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court
A Private History of a Campaign that Failed
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The American Claimant
The Death of Jean
Is Shakespeare Dead?
The Best of Mark Twain in Person
Roughing It
The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut
Life on the Mississippi
A True Story
To the Person Sitting in Darkness
Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism
The War Prayer
Was the World Made for Man?
The Turning Point in my Life
Livy
Eve's Diary
Extract From Captain Stormfield's Diary
Mark Twain's Views Of Religion, by Caroline Thomas
Harnsberger
A Cub Pilot's Lesson
My Platonic Sweetheart
What Is Man?
Tom and Huck's
Howling Adventure, by Tim Champlin
Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance,
Preface and Notes by Richard Henzel.
Mark Twain Speaking from the Grave, by Tim Champlin
Mark Twain's Book for Bad Boys and Girls, by R. Kent Rasmussen
Other authors:
Rusty Wilson's Rocky
Mountain Bigfoot Campfire Stories, By Rusty Wilson
The Sunnyside Cafe, by Chinle Miller
Rusty Wilson's Glacier Bigfoot Campfire Stories, by Rusty Wilson
The Yellow Cat Cafe, by Chinle Miller
The Swiftcurrent Cafe, by Chinle Miller
Rusty Wilson's Montana Bigfoot Campfire Stories, by Rusty
WIlson
Explore Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, by Chinle Miller
The Klondike Cafe, by Chinle Miller
The Cessna Cafe, by Chinle Miller
The Arbuckle Cafe, by V. S. Fitzpatrick
Explore Yellowstone National Park, by Chinle Miller
Yellowstone Bigfoot Campfire Stories, by Rusty Wilson
The Creature of Lituya Bay, by Rusty Wilson
The Melon Rind Cafe, by Chinle Miller
The Coffin Corner, by Jerry Bader
Bigfoot: The Dark Side, by Rusty Wilson
The Beartooth Cafe, by Chinle Miller
The Impossibility of Loneliness, by Chinle Miller
On the Road with Joe, by Bob Davidson
Stock and Flow, by Matt Raskie
An Accidental Life, by Pete Geissler
Rusty Wilson's Alaskan Bigfoot Campfire Stories, by Rusty Wilson
Sherlock Holmes: The Dubious Hunt Collection, by Pennie Mae
Cartawick
Love or Die Jewel Spa, by Leon Kastel
Rusty Wilson's Canadian Bigfoot Campfire Stories, by Rusty
Wilson
Desert Rats, by Chinle Miller
Stalked! My Encounter with a Colorado Bigfoot, by Brad Morris
Any Road USA, by Bob Davidson
RVing with Pets, by Sunny Skye
The Truth about the RV Life, by Sunny Skye
Rusty Wilson's Eighteen Pack of Bigfoot Campfire Stories, by
Rusty Wilson
Rusty Wilson's Hairy Trio of Bigfoot Campfire Stories, by Rusty
Wilson
Rusty Wilson's Six Pack of Bigfoot Campfire Stories, by Rusty
Wilson
Any Road USA: Living a Life of Freedom on the Road
, by Brad
Morris
Stalked!: My Encounter with a Colorado Bigfoot, by Brad Morris
Rusty Wilson's Canadian Bigfoot Campfire Stories, by Rusty
Wilson
Desert Rats; Adventures in the American Outback, by Chinle
Miller
The Bigfoot Runes, by Rusty Wilson
Wild and Weird Campfire Stories
, by Rusty Wilson
Rusty Wilson's Mysterious Bigfoot Campfire Stories, Collection
#8
, by Rusty Wilson
Red Lory, by Dave Newell
Ashes to Ashes: Short Story
, by Bill Bernico
It's a Wonderful Death: Short Story
, by Bill Bernico
On the Lam
, by Bill Bernico
Anything for a Sale
, by Bill Bernico
Whoops
!, by Bill Bernico
Ten Intense Bigfoot Campfire Stories: Collection #5, by Rusty
Wilson
Six Short Bigfoot Campfire Stories, by Rusty Wilson
Laughing Man
, by T. M. Wright
The Nine Musketeers
, by Bill Bernico
C Street
, by Claudette Walker
Rusty Wilson's Favorite Bigfoot Campfire Stories
, by Rusty
Wilson
Tales of a Campground Host
, by Sunny Skye
Short Stack (Five Short Stories)
, by Bill Bernico
Rusty Wilson's Hairy Trio of Bigfoot Campfire Stories, by Rusty
Wilson
Rusty Wilson's Twelve Pack of Bigfoot Campfire Stories
(Collection 6, by Rusty Wilson
Rusty Wilson's Six Pack of Bigfoot Campfire Stories (Collection
#7)
, by Rusty Wilson
Living the Simple RV Life
, by Sunny Skye
Chasing After Bigfoot: My Search for North America's Most
Elusive Creatur, by Rusty Wilson
RVing with Pets
, by Sunny Skye
EDUCATION
Scene Study:
Gregory Mosher, James Thornton, Sheldon Patinkin
Improv: Michael Gellman, Del Close, Kieth Johnstone, Don
DePollo, Severn Darden, John Michalski, Jeff Michalski, Charna
Halpern.
Other: Theatre and Education Major at Mount Union College
(1966-67), Bowling Green University (1967-70), Kent State
University (1974).
SPECIAL
SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Licensed
Driver, Certified Scuba Diver, Rollerblade, Horseback,
Bicycle, and Motorcycle.
Baritone/Bass, Singer, Harmonica, Mandolin, Ocarina, Jaw Harp,
Hambone, moves well.
Special
Characters: Twain, Nixon, Reagan, Frank Lloyd Wright,
Franklin, Edison, FDR, Lord Buckley, etc.
Mask Maker and Performer;
Special Makeup Experience.
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