Artistic Associate
Since 2001
A rare life-long career in entertainment, Tony Hernandez (he/him) was born into a family of circus performers (not a euphemism) and made his debut onstage at ten months old. At age six, he was featured on Captain Kangaroo and at age 21, Tony ran away from the circus to join a home—that home was Chicago, IL to pursue acting, where he became an Artistic Associate of Lookingglass.
Tony has acted in several productions with Lookingglass and other well-known Chicago companies. Having a 38-year circus and theatre career under his belt, Tony is now focusing on film and television. He has written a feature length screenplay, has a TV pilot in the works, and a few other fun projects cooking.
Bio as of 2017
All the more reason that credit has to go to co-creator, co-director and co-star Tony Hernandez, who ensures the acrobatics comprise a worthy part of the main course…[he] manages to combine comedy with a high-wire act, which is pretty rare. It’s a great routine.
– Variety (on Cascabel)
Artist Media
Lookingglass Productions
Credits And Awards
Theatre Credits
- Last of My Species (Redmoon Theatre)
- The Skriker (Defiant Theatre)
- Up (Steppenwolf Theatre Company)
- All the Time in the World (The Actors Gymnasium)
- Ringling Bros. Circus (5 years)
- Circus Sarasota
- Garden Bros Circus
- Flying Griffin Circus
- Circus Flora, Tivoli Park (Japan)
- The Midnight Circus
- Absinthe (Caesars Palace, Las Vegas)
- Pippin (Gypsy Snider of Seven Fingers)
Film Credits
- Caulraphobia (Velton Productions)
- Hall of Superheroes (Lasalle Industrial Film)
- Shallow Waters (Northwestern Student Film)
- Kids World (Behrens Company Inc.)
Television Credits
- Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
Awards
- Jeff Award for Choreography for The Baron in the Trees (Lookingglass Theatre Company)
- Jeff Award for Choreography for Hard Times (Lookingglass Theatre Company)
- Jeff Award for Choreography for Lookingglass Alice (Lookingglass Theatre Company)
- Jeff Award for Choreography for The All Night Strut (The Marriott Theatre)
- 3Arts Award for Choreography (2014)
- Illinois Theater Associations Award of Honor for Outstanding Contributions (2015)
