Henry Meyerson

Henry Meyerson’s publications with Samuel French include the full-lengths Beware the Man Eating Chicken, Shtick and The Secret Life of Seagulls and the short-play collections Fresh Brewed: Tales from The Coffee Bar and Proceed to Check-Out. Other publications include the one-act Tech Support, published by Smith & Kraus, who also re-print portions of The Secret Life of Seagulls and Me and Shirley. Mr. Meyerson has had a dozen short stories published, some of which have been finalists in national writing contests.

The most recent full-length productions of his plays include Shtick, which premiered at the Ungelt Theatre in Prague in December 2010 and toured continuously in the Czech Republic for the next two years, and Beware the Man Eating Chicken, which premiered at the Ignite Theatre in Spokane, WA. Recent readings include Jump Jim Crow at La MaMa ETC in New York City in February 2012. Upcoming productions include Beware the Man Eating Chicken (Little Theatre, Bangalore, India) and The Activist (Your Theatre, New Bedford, MA, world premiere). His work has also been performed at North Coast Repertory Theatre, Don’t Tell Mama (NYC), Midtown International Theatre Festival (NYC), Victory Hall (Jersey City), New York International Fringe Festival, Avery Point Playhouse (Groton, CT), Midtown International Play Festival (NYC), and The Producer’s Club (NYC).

Mr. Meyerson has a Ph.D in Psychology from the University of Houston and an MFA in Playwriting from Brooklyn College. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild, the African-American Playwrights Exchange and Times Square Playwrights. He has taught creative writing at New Jersey City University. www.henrymeyerson.com