Henry Wheaton

Executive Director/Owner/Instructor
Specialization: Solo and Duo Trapeze, Partner Acrobatics, Cube

Henry first became involved with the theater in high school in 1987 as a tech, doing set construction and lighting. Starting in 1988, Henry was hired as a lighting tech by his college theatre. After getting his undergraduate degree, he went briefly to graduate school and taught for several years in elementary and middle school for a variety of public schools in the Boston area. He also ran a rock climbing program and high ropes course for summer camp, which introduced him to the principles behind anchors and proper use and maintenance of equipment used for lifting humans. Henry kept active by participating in ultra distance bike racing, specializing in 24 hour races. In 2006 Henry started taking circus classes and then applied to the Professional Track program at the New England Center for Circus Arts. Henry majored in duo trapeze and minored in partner acro. He went on to perform professionally after graduation in 2008. Henry opened SHOW Circus Studio in 2009 with a small group and became the sole owner and executive director in 2018, a role in which he served until the end of 2024, when he sold SHOW to Tara Jacob and Victoria Quine. As a part of the ownership transfer, he also handed the role of executive director to Tara. Henry is now the head rigger at SHOW, teaches classes and helps rig and run SHOW's performances.