Richard Gustin

Richard Gustin (he, him) is a playwright actor director deviser with a varied professional acting, playwriting and directing career. He has performed under the direction of Erik Voss, Vincent Dowling, Leon Rubin, Sharon Ott, James Assad, Edward Stern, Robert Lanchester, Nick Faust, John Reich, Cedric Messina and Patricia McIlrath. Richard is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and has been seen in major roles at various regional theaters including Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, First Stage Milwaukee, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Cleveland’s Great Lakes Theater, Acacia Theatre, Virginia Museum Theatre, Chicago’s Ivanhoe and Blackstone Hotel, John Michael Kohler Arts Center and the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. His plays include A Sparrow Falls...

Richard Gustin (he, him) is a playwright actor director deviser with a varied professional acting, playwriting and directing career. He has performed under the direction of Erik Voss, Vincent Dowling, Leon Rubin, Sharon Ott, James Assad, Edward Stern, Robert Lanchester, Nick Faust, John Reich, Cedric Messina and Patricia McIlrath. Richard is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and has been seen in major roles at various regional theaters including Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, First Stage Milwaukee, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Cleveland’s Great Lakes Theater, Acacia Theatre, Virginia Museum Theatre, Chicago’s Ivanhoe and Blackstone Hotel, John Michael Kohler Arts Center and the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. His plays include A Sparrow Falls (premiere fundraiser for the Lydia R. Diamond New Play Award Chicago Dramatists), Chicago Equity Joseph Jefferson Award winning (Best Actor) and FringeNYC Fan Favorite Being Seen, When Life Happens, Surviving the Cycle, Leviathan, WINK, Circle 7, Mercy, Flat World, Someone Like Me, Concentric Circles, Found Objects, Switch, CruciFiction and an original adaptation of Everyman. Being Seen enjoyed a critically acclaimed sold-out run at FringeNYC starring Broadway veteran William Youmans (seen in Broadway’s To Kill a Mockingbird with Jeff Daniels and WICKED) and Allison Minick. For more information about Richard’s work: www.richardgustin.com

Scripts

Being Seen

by Richard Gustin

3

Cast Size

2

Genre

comedy,

dark comedy,

farce

An actor answers an audition notice and encounters a highly acclaimed director who is perhaps more than they can handle. The actor is at the end of their rope when they find a sympathetic ear in a director who senses a deep connection between them. Wits and instincts collide as the actor maneuvers through the web of the director's process. A fast-paced tour de force comedy with a dark underbelly.

Someone Like Me

by Richard Gustin

Cast Size

2

Genre

comedy,

farce,

radio drama,

romantic comedy,

zoom

Jordan is on the edge with their fiancé when a stranger enters their world and turns it upside down. Insistent on honing their social skills with someone who seems as kind as Jordan, Blake leads them into an increasingly pointed debate about the tides of culture, love, and Jordan's own looming commitment. Richard Gustin's SOMEONE LIKE ME is a socially awkward comedy about the intimate places a total stranger can...

Jordan is on the edge with their fiancé when a stranger enters their world and turns it upside down. Insistent on honing their social skills with someone who seems as kind as Jordan, Blake leads them into an increasingly pointed debate about the tides of culture, love, and Jordan's own looming commitment. Richard Gustin's SOMEONE LIKE ME is a socially awkward comedy about the intimate places a total stranger can unexpectedly take us.

Mercy

by Richard Gustin

Cast Size

5

Genre

comedy,

dark comedy,

drama,

experimental,

political

Dr. Kimberly Landry is suing Mercy General hospital for sex discrimination placing a target on her back. Patient Care Assistant Chante begs to keep her job when administrator Dr. Ken Madsen plans to sweep the decks. Kim’s ex, Daniel Berg extends a hand to join the fight. Nurse Randy wants everyone to get along and go bowling together. With keen insight and finely tuned comic sensibilities, Mercy raises questions...

Dr. Kimberly Landry is suing Mercy General hospital for sex discrimination placing a target on her back. Patient Care Assistant Chante begs to keep her job when administrator Dr. Ken Madsen plans to sweep the decks. Kim’s ex, Daniel Berg extends a hand to join the fight. Nurse Randy wants everyone to get along and go bowling together. With keen insight and finely tuned comic sensibilities, Mercy raises questions of gender equality and economic justice through the complexity of winners and losers pitted against the “other.”

Surviving the Cycle

by Richard Gustin

Cast Size

4—20

Genre

drama,

movement/physical,

political

Brett and Becky are high school sweethearts. When they get married and have children their relationship takes a dangerous turn. Surviving the Cycle has been used by universities and community health organizations to raise awareness and political action toward the cessation of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). A perfect vehicle for your undergraduate/graduate students. Crafted and challenging characters. (Mature...

Brett and Becky are high school sweethearts. When they get married and have children their relationship takes a dangerous turn. Surviving the Cycle has been used by universities and community health organizations to raise awareness and political action toward the cessation of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). A perfect vehicle for your undergraduate/graduate students. Crafted and challenging characters. (Mature language and situations)

George Floyd and Derek Chauvin

by Richard Gustin

1

Cast Size

1

Genre

drama,

political

Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin discovers that his job has gotten harder with the death of George Floyd. Derek's become famous by BLM and doesn't like the attention. Being handcuffed doesn't help matters.