A C T I N G
"Saffron is a rare talent. She knows what she is doing on stage and because of that I could relax and enjoy our scenes together. She has such a bright energy and she uses her intelligence in everything she attempts. She has tackled many kinds of roles and she is very fun to watch."  
- Lucinda Hitchcock Cone, Actor

RECENT AND UPCOMING PROJECTS

You Can Unmute, University of Idaho, 2021

A livestream Zoom production with Kelly Quinnett, Jennifer Hughes and Saffron Henke. Directed by Geralldy Nájera.

A play about long-time friendship, complicity, and what is left unsaid, “You Can Unmute” confronts contemporary issues and asks the question, “what do we do?” as three former college roommates, reconnect on a wine-soaked Zoom call. Their conversation glows with gossip, memories of old flings and debauched parties. As the past is dredged, secrets are revealed and traumas exposed.
“You Can Unmute” is an adult comedy drama, intended for mature audiences and contains adult language and situations.
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  • $10 individuals
  • $20 group pass
  • Matinee is "pay what you can"

Mary Magdalene Smokes a Joint, in development

Written by Ben Jolivet
A one person show starring Saffron Henke
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Mary Magdalene Smokes a Joint by Ben Jolivet, one of history’s most famous women takes center stage. Mary Magdalene gives voice to the loves and losses, to the miracles and the exorcisms of her time on earth and reframes and re-centers her role in the greatest story ever told. With wit, warmth, and wisdom, Mary guides us through her world and the experience of being a woman with a voice in a world made for men—along the way, discovering herself what she can do with it. Who is teacher and who is student? Who gets to lead? And what truly does one see when looking into the face of G*d? Both eulogy and celebration, Mary Magdalene Smokes a Joint puts the world’s most misunderstood of women back at the heart of her own story. 

Click here to watch MMSAJ
Password: BTO21!​

Being, independent feature, released 2021

A feature film
Written and Directed by Ian Bennett
Director of Photography, Ben Handler
Producer, Rachel Yau
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A young man stuck in the daily grind enters a ten day meditation retreat only to question his reality as his past and future close in on him.

Link to the full trailer 

For more on Being, click here
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Company Memberships/Residences

2010-2015:  Artistic Associate/Company Member, Working Group Theatre
2004-2007:   Associate Artist, Resident Company Member, Director of STC-2, Sacramento Theatre Company (4 seasons) 
2002-2004:  Resident Company Member, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (2 seasons) 
Member AEA, Performed in over 70 productions, including plays, staged readings, multi–media pieces in a variety of LORT venues and internationally. Experienced in commercial, feature on camera work. 
Voted best performance/ actor of 2005 for The Syringa Tree, which helped to garner the Princess Grace Foundation Honorarium.