Henry Godinez

Henry Godinez

(Bio as of March 2015)

Henry Godinez is an Artistic Associate at Goodman Theatre. His Goodman directing credits include The Sins of Sor Juana and Mariela in the Desert by Karen Zacarías; José Rivera’s Boleros for the Disenchanted (and world premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre); Regina Taylor’s Millennium Mambo; Luis Alfaro’s Straight as a Line; The Cook by Eduardo Machado; Electricidad by Luis Alfaro; Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez; Red Cross by Sam Shepard (in Regina Taylor’s Transformations); the Goodman/Teatro Vista co-production of José Rivera’s Cloud Tectonics and the 1996 – 2001 productions of A Christmas Carol. He also served as the director of the Goodman’s Latino Theatre Festival. Mr. Godinez’s other Chicago credits include A Year with Frog and Toad and Esperanza Rising at Chicago Children’s Theatre; Two Sisters and a Piano (Apple Tree Theatre/Teatro Vista co-production) and Anna in the Tropics at Victory Gardens Theater. Mr. Godinez is the co-founder and former Artistic Director of Teatro Vista, where he directed Broken Eggs, El Paso Blue, Journey of the Sparrows, Santos & Santos and The Crossing. His other directing credits include work at Portland Center Stage, Signature Theatre Company in New York City, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Oak Park Festival Theatre and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. As an actor, Mr. Godinez appeared most recently in the Goodman/Teatro Buendía world premiere of Pedro Páramo and the Goodman/Teatro Vista world premiere of José Rivera’s Massacre (Sing to Your Children). He has also appeared on television in Empire, The Beast, The Chicago Code, Boss and Chicago Fire. Born in Havana, Cuba, Mr. Godinez is an associate professor at Northwestern University and serves on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Arts Council, Albany Park Theater Project and the editorial board of Northwestern University Press. He is the recipient of the 1999 Theatre Communications Group Alan Schneider Director Award, the Distinguished Service Award from the Lawyers for the Creative Arts and was honored as the 2008 Latino Professional of the Year by the Chicago Latino Network.

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