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Richard played Old Peer Gynt in the Chicago premiere of Robert Bly's translation of Peer Gynt in the Polarity Ensemble Theatre production of Peer Gynt, directed by Jeremy Wechsler, November 15 - December 18, 2011 at the DCA Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL.

Richard directed the world premiere of Lisa Rosenthal's The Good Harvest in the Polarity Ensemble Theatre space at the Josephinum Academy, 1500 N Bell, Chicago, March 23 through May 2, 2010.

Richard played Sir Anthony Absolute in Polarity Ensemble Theatre's production of The Rivals April 10 to May 17, 2009.

Richard appeared as King Claudius in the Polarity Ensemble Theatre production of Hamlet May 23 - June 15, 2008.

Richard played Teiresias in the Polarity Ensemble Theatre production of Antigone at the Breadline Theatre, February 17th through March 19, 2006.

Richard is the Artistic Director of the Polarity Ensemble Theatre and directed its first production, Absolute Macbeth, at the Breadline Theatre, April 29th through May 22, 2005.

Richard appeared as Polonius in the Keyhole Theatre Company production of Hamlet, January 21st to February 20th, 2005.

Richard appeared in the staged reading of Antigone, April 1, 2004.

Richard appeared as Launce, one of the comic servants in Two Gentlemen of Verona at Chicago's ShakespeareInc Theatre Company, from November 7th through December 7th, 2003. The show was presented at the Chicago Actors Studio, 1567 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park.

Richard trained as an actor, director, playwright, and designer as an undergraduate at Northern Illinois University, where he played such roles as Max in Pinter's The Homecoming, Buffalo Bill in Kopit's The Indians, Mr. Mulleady in Behan's The Hostage, and many others.

He played Doc in West Side Story in 1979 at the American Institute in Barcelona, Spain.

He played Trofimov in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard at the Chicago Actors Ensemble in 1987.

Richard performed as both an actor and percussionist in two improv shows: Ritual Clowns at the Improv Olympic and Welding Accident at the Bop Shop in 1995.

Richard played various onstage roles in The Oakton Project's Crossroads in 2000, as well as leading its playwriting team and directing its percussion ensemble.

He directed productions of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (NIU) and The Real Inspector Hound as a teacher at Reavis High School, Burbank, IL. He designed and provided technical direction for eleven productions at Reavis and Gordon Technical High School, where he also taught. He designed many of the special effects for the 1987 Chicago Actors Ensemble production of Ghost Watch.

Richard has taught, lectured, and given numerous public readings of his fiction. He plays drums in a jazz quartet and for spoken word events and is a published novelist and playwright.


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