In addition to his theatre and television work, Richard has authored and performed four solo shows (I of Storm, Working Class (OOBR Award), Human Resources, New Jersey/New York) in New York, regionally, and abroad. His newest show, E, has been featured at the Cornelia Street Café, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, The Commons in Brooklyn and the Lounge at Hudson View Gardens.

For fourteen years Richard has led the Theatre Workshop at Otisville State Prison where he teaches weekly acting classes and has staged seven productions. He is the founder of Acting Out, a professional theatre company for formerly incarcerated actors in residence at HB Studio and he recently received the Justice Through the Arts Award by the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. His book, Acting Out––How a Prison Theatre Workshop Broke Free, will be will be released on January 21, 2025 by Applause Books.

Richard is a member of National Alliance of Acting Teachers and the Dramatists Guild. He is an adjunct professor of Theatre at John Jay and City College and an acting instructor at HB Studio and Stella Adler Studio.