PUBLICATIONS: BEWARE THE MAN EATING CHICKEN (full-length), SHTICK (full-length), FRESH BREWED: TALES FROM THE COFFEE BAR (collection of short plays), and PROCEED TO CHECK-OUT (collection of short plays) have been published by Samuel French, Inc. THE SECRET LIFE OF SEAGULLS (full-length) will be published Fall, 2009 by Samuel French, Inc. TECH SUPPORT (one-act) will be published 2009 by Smith & Kraus who will also re-print portions of THE SECRET LIFE OF SEAGULLS in 2010. I have had a dozen short stories published, some of which have been finalists in national writing contests.

MOST RECENT PRODUCTION: BEWARE THE MAN EATING CHICKEN ran at North Coast Repertory Theatre, Jan. 22-Feb. 14, 2009 paired with Edward Albee’s THE GOAT.

PREVIOUS FULL LENGTH PRODUCTIONS include: FRESH BREWED: TALES FROM THE COFFEE BAR, as a cabaret, Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, 2008 and again 2009; JUMP JIM CROW, Midtown International Festival, NYC, 2008, THE LAST FALCON, Victory Hall, Jersey City, 2006; BEWARE THE MAN EATING CHICKEN, at the New York International Fringe Festival, 2004 and JAVA JIVE, staged at the Avery Point Playhouse, Groton, CT., in 2000 and then again in 2002, the 2000 Midtown International Play Festival and The Producer's Club, 2000, both in New York. PRODUCED ONE-ACT PLAYS include: SILENCE, by City Theatre, Miami for their Summer Shorts Festival, Turtle Shell Theater, NY, Chatham Playhouse, Chatham, NJ,; TECH SUPPORT, Chatham Playhouse; A CLEAR, SUNNY DAY, by Theatre of Note, L.A; I FEEL SWELL, NO PRUNE, THE SUITCASE and DOG YEARS, all in Samuel French One-Act Festivals; THE SUITCASE by Manhattan Playwrights, Inc.; ME AND SHIRLEY and THE ELEPHANT were produced by Epiphany Theater Company at the Blue Heron Theater in NY and by Synapse Company for their Ignite Festival; NO PRUNE was produced by Firststage, L.A. as part of their annual One-Act Festival, THIS HAS BEEN SOME DAY by the Chatham Playhouse, Chatham, NJ, Theatrix Theater Company as part of their annual Drop Your Shorts Play Festival and The Riant Theater, at their Strawberry Festival; KILLER SCHWARTZ was staged by D-Stages, at their annual New York Short Play Festival and Theatrix Theater Company as part of their annual play festival; POP GOES THE WEASEL was produced as part of Harbor Currents One-Act Festival.

STAGED READINGS: THE SECRET LIFE OF SEAGULLS, Hackensack Cultural Arts Center, October, 2008; JOEY’S LAST MEAL, February, 2007, at the Village Theatre, Somerset, New Jersey, JUMP JIM CROW was part of the 2006 Juneteenth Legacy Festival in Louisville, AND NOW, DIRECT FROM THE CONDO ACROSS THE STREET, by FirstStage, LA and The Country Players of Brookfield, CT. The latter group awarded the play second place in their script contest. LOWENSTEIN was given a two night staged reading by Nicu's Spoon and Sweet William Collective at the Westbeth Theatre, NY; LOWENSTEIN received an honorable mention by New Works of Merit, 2004 and placed second in the 2001 'Playwrights First' National Playwrighting Contest sponsored by the National Arts Club of New York; SHTICK, by Firststage, L.A. My film script, FAMILY VALUES, had a staged reading by FirstStage, LA. MURRAY'S NEW PLOT, was a finalist in the CineStory national film script competition.

EDUCATION: Ph.D in Psychology from the University of Houston and a Masters of Fine Art in Playwrighting from Brooklyn College where I studied with Jack Gelber, Mac Wellman and Cary Harrison.

AFFILIATIONS: I served on the board of directors of 'D' Stages Writers Workshop. I am a member of The New Jersey Dramatists, where I serve as Literary Manager, The Dramatists Guild, and Times Square Playwrights. I have taught creative writing at New Jersey City University.

WEB SITE: For synopses of all my full-length plays and screenplays, visit my website at: www.henrymeyerson.com