James
Venhaus is a playwright, actor, director and educator.
His plays include the award winning plays The Happy Couple, Broken
Record, Weird Sisters, and The Temple of Dionysus. He has
also written as series of widely produced 10-minute plays including, The First Christmas,
Concourse 'E', Santa's Little Helper, Amy's Last Shift,
and Three Kings. His plays for young audiences, Romeo and
Juliet at Verona High, A Great Big Deal Over Nothing and
The Top Hand of Lone Tree Ranch have been performed in schools
and theatres across the country.
His work has been performed off-off Broadway at 13th Street Repertory Company, and in theatres across the country including, Ground Zero Theater Company, Audacity Productions, and Junior Players (Dallas), SUNY Brockport (New York), Killing My Lobster (San Francisco) and Loyola University (New Orleans). He holds a B.F.A. in Theatre from Southwestern University and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Austin College. He lives in San Antonio, Texas with his wife and daughters.