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Resume

Richard is an experienced writer and teacher of creative writing and composition. He has taught all subjects in the City University of New York's GED program.  He has led playwriting workshops and directed theatre productions, including 5th graders presenting Shakespeare. He has writen, directed, acted in and produced a satirical American history show for cable television.

Teaching

2010

2009 to Present

2000 to Present

1991 to Present

1990 to 2004

1992 to 1993

1989 to 1993


1989

1976 to 1987

1967 to 1968

Instructor, Pre-GED, Borough of Manhattan Community College

Teacher, Composition,New York Institute of Technology (HEOP)

Adjunct Professor, Composition,New York University

Instructor, GED,Lehman College, NYC

Director, Shakespeare workshop, PS 123, Brooklyn, NY 

Adjunct Professor, Composition, Upsala College, East Orange, NJ

Adjunct Professor, Composition & Creative Writing, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ

Adjunct Professor, Composition, Queens College, NYC

Teacher, “Artist in the Schools” programs, CT and NYC

High School Teacher, all subjects, Unalaska Public School, Alaska 

Education

1989

1970 to 1971

1965

1959 to 1962

MFA, Fiction, Columbia University

Playwriting, Yale Drama School 

BA, English, SUNY Albany

Geology, Penn State University

Fellowships
 

Awards
 

Memberships

1987 to 1989

1976

1970 to 1971
1974

1972
2007 to Present

2007 to Present

Clair Woolrich Graduate Writing Fellowship,
Columbia University 

Playwriting Fellow,National Endowment for the Arts  

John Golden Fellow in Playwriting,
Yale University 

Playwriting Grant,
Connecticut Foundation for the Arts 

Playwriting Grant, 
Vermont Council on the Arts  

Member: The Dramatists Guild

Member: Emerging Artists Theatre 

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

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