Henry Woronicz has enjoyed a remarkable career spanning over four decades, with a multifaceted journey as an actor, director, producer, and teacher. His extensive experience has taken him to many of the nation's leading theatre companies, including the American Player's Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Arden Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Delaware Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse, The Shakespeare Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Meadow Brook Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, and Syracuse Stage.
Woronicz has also had the opportunity to work with various Shakespeare festivals across the United States, including the Utah, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Alabama Shakespeare Festivals. In addition, he directed a Chinese language production of School for Scandal at the Hong Kong Repertory Company in 1996.
His impressive acting credits include Broadway performances, such as Julius Caesar starring Denzel Washington, as well as notable film roles in Primary Colors, Living Out Loud, The Good Catholic, and Ms. White Light. Woronicz has also appeared in several television shows, including Seinfeld, Ally McBeal, Cheers, Pickett Fences, Third Rock from the Sun, Star Trek TNG and Voyager, Law & Order, and Law and Order: SVU.
Throughout his career, Woronicz has held various leadership positions. He spent eleven seasons as a resident actor and director at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and served as the company's Artistic Director from 1991 to 1995. In 2009, he served as Executive Producer of the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. He also held the position of Associate Professor and head of the MFA Acting Program at Illinois State University from 2009-2012.
In 2013, Woronicz received a Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Solo Performance from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for his performance as the Poet in An Iliad, by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson, directed by Lisa Peterson. He has also served as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance at Indiana University, Bloomington, from 2014-2017.
