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Lewis W. Heniford (April 16, 1928-____ ), drama teacher, actor, librarian, videographer, and writer, trained in the postgraduate theatre program at the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill with the Carolina Playmakers.

He holds an A.B. degree in English from U.N.C., a Master of Library and Information Science degree from San Jose State University, and a Ph.D. degree in Speech and Drama from Stanford University.

He has taught drama and directed plays in North Carolina, Montana, California (U.S.A.), Germany, and Mexico—in high schools, community colleges, universities, and community theatres.

The Carolina Playmakers' legendary high regard for the one-act play format conditioned Dr. Heniford's entire career in theatre. Since 1947, he has directed or produced more than a thousand short plays. Some of these won statewide awards in North Carolina and Montana. Some appeared on the programs of California statewide theatre and library conventions.

He received a U.S. Office of Education grant to found PACTO (Pan-American Community Theatre Organization) and has directed and produced one-act and full-length Spanish-language plays.

His students in the 1960s, '70s, '80s, and '90s presented short plays throughout the academic year, during many years producing a different short play each week and taking shows off campus to appropriate venues in their community.

He established a major collection of one-act plays, many of them rare; these scripts are archived in the Lewis W. Heniford Drama Collection, The Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California, U.S.A.

Currently, he is

• managing this Web site
• authoring volume three of 1/2/3/4 for the Show: A Guide to Small-Cast One-Act Plays
• compiling a CD-ROM database of one-act plays listed on this Website and in the three print volumes
• tutoring students via the Web
• writing résumés
• researching genealogy for an extended-family Website
• writing and publishing annually a family genealogy of seven-hundred-plus pages
• serving as occasional theatrical dramaturg and film script reviewer

1/2/3/4 for the Show: A Guide to Small-Cast One-Act Plays, vol. 1 (Lanham, Maryland, U.S.A., and London: The Scarecrow Press, 1995), ISBN 0810829851.

Developed from 1/2/3/4 for the Show: A Guide to Small-Cast One-Act Plays. M.L.S Thesis. San Jose State University, 1993.

Authored and edited the tutorial and reference card for HorizonWordprocessor.

Tutorial, word processing reference and index, formatting, mailmerge, sorting, spelling checker, installation.

Authored newsletter for faculty readership.

Authored and edited first edition.

Report of funded project to advance creativity in education.

Co-authored with Charles Clanton and Paul Miller and edited this comparison of UNIX Version 7 and UNIX System III (i.e., Seventh Edition). Published by /usr/group, P.O. Box 8570, Stanford CA 94305-0221.

Edited first edition.

Timber Management System User's Guide. Branscomb, California: Harwood Investment, Inc., 1980.

Edited first edition.

Authored documentation for print and electronic distribution.

"It Is the Night," a one-act Christmas drama

"Love's Light Wings ," a one-act drama

"An Odious Damned Lie ," a one-act play

"Play for Jimbo ," a one-act play

"Shrew You," a one-act comedy

Westwords, a novel

When You Came Along, a full-length drama
 

This Website continues under construction and welcomes new citations and comments.

Page mounted May 9, 1999 and updated July 20, September 22, 2000, March 9, 2003, August 5, 2003, by the site Webmaster.