Dimonte Henning*

Dimonte Henning (he/him) is grateful to work with Door Shakespeare and re-tell this classic tale of two lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Dimonte is an actor, director, and theater producer. He received his formal theater training at UW–Milwaukee with additional training from Milwaukee Rep’s Emerging Professional Residency. He is a Founding Member of the Milwaukee Black Theater Festival and performing arts organization, Lights! Camera! Soul! Some of his favorite directing credits include: The Mountaintop; Dream, Quickie! Dream!; Black Nativity; The Niceties; and Pretty Fire. As an actor, some of his regional theater credits include: Seven Guitars (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Toni Stone (Alliance Theatre); Stick Fly (Writers Theater); Kill Move Paradise (Next Act); The Island and Deathtrap (Milwaukee Chamber Theater); Clyde’s (Forward Theater Co.); Our Town, A Christmas Carol, Dreamgirls (Milwaukee Repertory Theater); The Wiz and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (First Stage). Dimonte has several TV and commercial credits including: Guest starring roles on NBC’s Chicago PD (Seasons 4, and 6), Disney’s Encore!, Wisconsin Lottery, Uber, Inpro Designs, and Harley-Davidson.