Henry Stram

Henry Stram (born September 10, 1954) is an American actor and singer. He is the son of famous NFL coach Hank Stram.

Henry Stram
Born (1954-09-10) September 10, 1954
Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
EducationJuilliard School (BFA)
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Known forSee What I Wanna See

Early life

Stram grew up in Kansas City, while his father was the coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. He performed with The Barn Players until he moved to New York City in 1973 and studied acting at the Juilliard School.[1] While at Juilliard, he frequented Cafe La Fortuna, a cafe that opened in 1976 and was known for its garden, opera music and Italian desserts.[2]

In 2012, he participated in Shinsai, which was a benefit concert to support the victims of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster along with Patti LuPone, Richard Thomas, Mary Beth Hurt, Jay O. Sanders, Jennifer Lim and Angela Lin.[3] The same year, he was in the cast of Rebecca,[4] but the show was closed after it was discovered one of the investors never existed with a following criminal investigation. Ben Sprecher, a producer, hoped it would have a run in 2013.[5]

Personal life

Stram has been with actor Martin Moran since they met while rehearsing The Making of Americans together in 1985. They since have done many shows together. Moran said of their meeting in a 2006 interview, "I remember what a surprise, what a thrill it was, when the coolest actor in the group the one who'd worked with Richard Foreman and at the Guthrie and graduated from Juilliard! started walking me to my subway stop after rehearsals. That was February 1985, twenty-one Valentine Days ago. Since then, we've made a life together through the vagaries of this nutty, blessed business".[6]

Stage credits

Broadway

Off-Broadway

Off-off Broadway
  • Eddie Goes to Poetry City (Part 2) (1991) – La MaMa
  • The Mind King (1992) – St. Mark's Theatre/Ontological-Hysteric Theater
  • My Head Was a Sledge Hammer (1994) – St. Mark's Theatre/Ontological-Hysteric Theater

Regional

Filmography

Film

Television

Controversy

Stram came under fire in 2009 while performing in the Rebecca Gilman stage adaption of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. Stram was playing a deaf character, and since he is not in real life, it was said of him, "A hearing actor playing a deaf character is tantamount to putting a white actor in blackface" by a member of the board of the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts. The National Association of the Deaf, Deaf West Theater, and others demanded that the director, Doug Hughes, and the New York Theatre Workshop replace Stram with an actual deaf actor. Stram had played the role in 2005 in the premiere of the show in Atlanta.

References
  1. Herstein, Beth (November 17, 2005). "Henry Stram and Mary Testa: See What I Wanna See". Talkin' Broadway. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  2. Lee, Jennifer 8. (February 22, 2008). "Another Casualty of High Rents on the Upper West Side". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  3. Kennedy, Mark (March 7, 2012). "Theater artists nationwide unite for Japan benefit". The Washington Times. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  4. Rodriguez, Briana (March 14, 2012). "'Rebecca' Overcomes Money Troubles; Set for Broadway Fall 2012". Backstage. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  5. Healy, Patrick (January 2, 2013). "'Rebecca' Producer Hopes For Broadway Run in 2013". The New York Times. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  6. "Martin Moran & Henry Stram | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com". www.broadway.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04.
  7. "Fly By Night: A New Musical". Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  8. "HistoryForSale - Historical Autographs & Memorabilia".
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