Bio
(Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer, Technical Director) designed the sets for PURE’s productions of THE LEHMAN TRILOGY, ATWATER, THE CHINESE LADY, COMPULSION: OR THE HOUSE BEHIND, SEPTIMA, HANGMEN, CLYDE’S, A HIDDEN LIFE, MLIMA’S TALE, HONORIA QUIETLY DRAWING STRENGTH FROM HER TRUTH, BEN BUTLER, LITTLE GEM, THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY, SATCHMO AT THE WALDORF, NO CHILD, THE CHILDREN, TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT, CHOIR BOY, LAST RITES, BECOMING DR. RUTH, THE AGITATORS, A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2, SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS, TRUE WEST, FOOL FOR LOVE, SWEAT, STRAIGHT WHITE MEN, THIS RANDOM WORLD, FUN HOME, IF I FORGET, FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS: PARTS 1, 2, & 3, OUR MOTHER’S BRIEF AFFAIR, THE (CURIOUS CASE OF THE) WATSON INTELLIGENCE, UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL, THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, THE CHRISTIANS, BUYER & CELLAR, CONSTELLATIONS, A SUDDEN SPONTANEOUS EVENT, RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN, BAD JEWS, OUTSIDE MULLINGAR, SLOWGIRL, and RUSSIAN TRANSPORT. He has designed sets and lights for over 200 productions in Charleston and served for 27 years as resident scenic designer, lighting designer, and technical director for The Footlight Players. A graduate of Fairmont State University, Richard has been associated with the Prop Box, Piccolo Spoleto, and numerous projects for film and television. Other talents include music, printing, graphic design, photography, and woodworking.