Born in Hammond, Indiana, Kenyon graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in theatre.
He began his career working in television, and then made his off-Broadway stage debut in 1958 in The Boy Friend.
[1] He directed and choreographed both off-Broadway and Broadway shows in the 1970s.
He then began a teaching career, at Florida State University (FSU) in Sarasota, Florida from 1976 to 1981, and then at FSU in Tallahassee.
[1] Kenyon received the Drama Desk Award for directing the off-Broadway musical Dames at Sea.