Harold Heno, Producer

Harold is a 30 year veteran of theatre working as a producer, director and designer. He holds an MFA in directing from the University of New Orleans and is a member of SDC. He co-founded the non-profit Found Space Theatre Group in New Orleans, which achieved critical acclaim on its inaugural production of Larry Shue’s Wenceslas Square. He took over the role of resident designer and technical director for Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, The oldest continually performing community theatre in the United States. During his tenure he was nominated for a Big Easy Award (New Orleans version of the Tony’s) for Best Lighting Design for The Woman in Black. He was lured away from New Orleans by Campbell University in North Carolina to take over as Chair of Theatre Arts and build a new full time Theatre Arts major. He eventually made his way to to New York, settling in the Hudson Valley where he worked for Center Line Studios to create sets for Broadway shows, such as Noises Off, and the New York Opera Association. He worked off-Broadway with the Irish Rep Theatre on the productions of Pigtown and The Streets of New York. Drawn back to education, he went to work as Chair of Performing Arts at the Storm King School, an international boarding school. While there he developed a community theatre in conjunction with the school and became Artistic Director of The Canterbury Players. Producing and mounting numerous musicals and plays while in residence, his most notable achievement was an un-sanitized production of Big River. It was attended by its creator and original producer, Rocco Landesman, who gave it extremely high praise and insisted on meeting with the cast and creative team. Harold directed the new site specific immersive experience, The Bloody Deed of 1857. This was his first New York City directing credit, for which he received an award of recognition for collaboration by Ken Davenport’s Producers Perspective program. Most recently, Harold produced the industry reading of MIRACOLO for Theatre Resources Unlimited (TRU) at the Actor's Temple Theatre in New York City.