A Resident Playwright Alumnus at Chicago Dramatists and proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Richard was recently honored to be selected for this year's Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive.
Richard has written over forty plays (11 produced, 2 published, 10+ awards), including: 7 MINUTES TO LIVE (Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist), ONE TIME (record-breaking production at Next Act Theatre; Gold Prize: 2015 Beverly Hills Stage Play Competition), THE VOLITIVE EFFECT OF ORAL LITERARY INUNDATION ON THE LSTM RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORK (First Prize Winner: 2017 Stonybrook University Science Playwriting Award; and Current Finalist: Playwrights' Round Table Shorts Festival), DESCANSO (Winner: WordWave One-Act Play Competition and Emerging Illinois Playwright Award), and...
A Resident Playwright Alumnus at Chicago Dramatists and proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Richard was recently honored to be selected for this year's Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive.
Richard has written over forty plays (11 produced, 2 published, 10+ awards), including: 7 MINUTES TO LIVE (Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist), ONE TIME (record-breaking production at Next Act Theatre; Gold Prize: 2015 Beverly Hills Stage Play Competition), THE VOLITIVE EFFECT OF ORAL LITERARY INUNDATION ON THE LSTM RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORK (First Prize Winner: 2017 Stonybrook University Science Playwriting Award; and Current Finalist: Playwrights' Round Table Shorts Festival), DESCANSO (Winner: WordWave One-Act Play Competition and Emerging Illinois Playwright Award), and COVID COHAB (Selection: American Blues Theatre Ripped Festival; and production at Taphouse Theatre).
Some theatres Richard has worked with . . .
In Chicago: Chicago Dramatists · Victory Gardens · American Blues Theater · The Second City · Ubiquitous Players · Otherworld · Raven · Naked Angels · Theatre Evolve.
Beyond Chicago: Next Act · Santa Fe Playhouse · Theatre Southwest · Taphouse Theatre · Actors' Theatre · Ruckus Rockwell.
In New York City: Urban Stages, Vulcan Theatre, and Rhino Theatre.
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