Amina Henry

Amina Henry (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based playwright. Productions include: The Animals, Ducklings, Hunter John and Jane and The Johnsons (JACK), P.S. (Ars Nova), Little Rapes (The New Group/Long Island University), Troy (HERO Theatre), The Great Novel (New Light Theater), and Bully produced by Interrobang Theater, Clubbed Thumbs 2019 Winterworks, and SUNY Purchase, among other venues. Her work has been produced by/ developed by/presented at: 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 in the 2013 Black Swan Lab Series, Kitchen Dog Theater, The Brick, Brooklyn Public Library, the cell, and HERO Theatre. She has been a member of Clubbed Thumb’s Early Career Writers Group, Page73’s writers group, and the 2017-2018 Ars Nova writers group. She was a 2017-2018 recipient of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Space Residency and is a 2018 recipient of a space residency at Dixon Place. She is a 2020 recipient of the Sarah Verdone Writing Award. She is an affiliate artist of New Georges.