Mila Henry

Biography

Mila Henry is a music director and pianist who maintains an active and versatile career leading works that defy genre, from rock musicals to folk operas to reimagined classics. She has worked with Heather Christian, Bill T. Jones, George Lewis, Dave Malloy, Missy Mazzoli, Wayne Shorter, and esperanza spalding.

Mila’s musical theater work includes Associate Music Director and Keys/Conductor for Black Swan (American Repertory Theater); Vocal Director for The World is Round (Ripe Time, Obie Award); Music Director for Early Decision (McCarter Theatre, Princeton University); and Assistant Music Director for The Night Falls (BalletCollective, PEAK Performances). She has also led projects with Circle in the Square, HERE, Pittsburgh CLO, The Theater Center, and Manhattan Musical Theatre Lab; and performed on cabarets at Joe’s Pub and 54 Below.

Hailed “a stalwart contributor to the contemporary opera scene” (Opera Ithaca), Mila frequently collaborates with Beth Morrison Projects and PROTOTYPE, including Music Director/Pianist for Eat the Document and Precipice; Conductor for Magdalene; Pianist for Thumbprint; and Répétiteur for Pulitzer Prize-winners Angel’s Bone and p r i s m. Other collaborations include Conductor for The Old Man and the Sea (BMP, VisionIntoArt); Music Director for The Hunt (Miller Theatre); Associate Music Director for The Comet / Poppea (AMOC*, Lincoln Center); Pianist for We Shall Not Be Moved (Opera Philadelphia, The Apollo, Dutch National Opera); and Répétiteur for Iphigenia (Octopus Theatricals).

Mila is an active Maestra member, serving as Co-Program Head (with Rebecca Steinberg) for First Takes and previously participating as both a mentor and mentee. She was one of nine honorees for OPERA America’s 2025 Marineau Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors. She is based in New York and plays with the alt-country band The Opera Cowgirls. Manhattan School of Music (M.M.); Elizabethtown College (B.A.).