Colonel L. Henry Dowell is an author and playwright from Kentucky. He received his BA in Theatre from Morehead State University and attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York.
In 2013, the Governor of Kentucky commissioned him a Kentucky Colonel, the highest honor awarded by the Commonwealth.
He is the director of The Gusto Theatre Company, where he has directed original productions and adaptations of the classics for over 25 years.
Colonel Dowell's plays have been produced all over the world. His titles include The Pirate Who Saved Christmas, Rapunzel: Escape from Zombie Tower, The Odd Princesses, The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow, Batguy, Sleeping Beauty in the 25th Century, Masked Men, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves of the Old Republic, The Sleigh Team, Jurassic Pork, The Long John Cafe, Cinderella and the Quest for the Crystal Pump, Plan 9 From Outerspace, So, Who Was That Masked Guy Anyway?, Wanted: Santa Claus, Jacklyn Sparrow and the Lady Pirates of the Caribbean, Humbug!, Frankenstein Rocks!, Doris: The Woman in Mismatched Boots, The Dracula Spectacula, Dear John, Elvis Meets Nixon, The Boyz and Me, My Father and Son, Even Adam, The Many Hats of Theodore Roosevelt, Otherwise Known as Anthony Roberts, The Four Presidents, The Wacky (Yet Serious) Misadventures of (The Man, The Myth, The Outlaw) Robin Hood and His Band of Merry (Yet Capable) Maidens in the Battle for (Gender Equality in) Sherwood Forest Against the Evil (But Potentially Misunderstood) Sheriff of Nottingham, The Bride of Frankenstein Rocks!, Dracula vs Santa Claus: The Dawn of Martha, Sleeping Fugly and Other Stupid Fairy Tales, Ernest Hemingway in the Bathtub, Miss Hickey's Hickey and The Interview. All of the Colonel's plays are available for amateur and professional productions worldwide.
