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 Richard has been a Los Angeles actor and director for the last 23 years. He has directed productions in Los Angeles, Greensboro, N.C., Salinas, California, Seattle and San Francisco, the most recent being Tartuffe, The Importance of Being Earnest and Of Mice and Men. Among the many one person shows Richard has directed is the Ovation Award nominated, Non Vital Organs and the long running shows Cherrios in My Underwear and Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead. Richard has extensive experience with both new playwrights and with classical texts.
As an actor in Chicago, Richard performed at Second City while working steadily in commercials. Since moving to Los Angeles he has appeared in many films, such as John Cassavettes last film, Big Trouble, and Ron Howardâs Parenthood, and the upcoming Michael Keaton film, The Last Time. TV shows include Seinfeld, Caroline in the City, and Chicago Hope. He was a series regular as Tony for CBS in Bonnie Huntâs, The Building, and as the Cheshire Cat on the Disney Channelâs Adventures in Wonderland, and as the Father of the fake Fiance in My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance.
As a playwright, his play The Seven Colored Flower, based on Far Eastern folk tales, won the Pacific Rim Prize for the Kumu Kahua Theatre in Honolulu, Hawaii and has been produced in Salinas, California, and under it's new title, Fractured Fairy Tales in Los Angeles to rave reviews. A sequel is planned, based on Middle Eastern folk tales. Richard has adapted two of Steinbeck's novels to the stage, Cannery Row and Tortilla Flat. He co-wrote and directed a short mocumentary film with Deb Hiett on the life of President James Buchcanan, Our Bachelor President, Setting the Record Straight, and an independent TV pilot, The Book on Love. He is currently writing a play based on the Willa Cather novel, O Pioneers!, and is developing the poetical works of James Whitcomb Riley into a play.
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