RICHARD GUSTIN AEA, DRAMATISTS GUILD
Richard is an award winning playwright, professional actor, director, deviser, teacher and producer. Richard has appeared in major roles at various regional theaters including: THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS and BLANCO! at Great Lakes Theatre Festival; THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, TRANSLATIONS, WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS, THE THREE SISTERS, ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA, THE ROYAL FAMILY, LOOSE ENDS, PICNIC and MACBETH at Kansas City Repertory Theater; A PERFECT GENTLEMAN at Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia) and Virginia Museum; WIDOWER’S HOUSES and MAJOR BARBARA at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre; FEAR OF FILING at the Ivanhoe (Chicago); SHEAR MADNESS at the Blackstone Hotel, (Chicago); PROOF at John Michael Kohler Arts Center and A CHRISTMAS CAROL (including Scrooge standby) at Milwaukee Repertory Theater.
His plays include BEING SEEN, LEVIATHAN, MICHAEL B. BRAVE (New Musical), SOMEONE LIKE ME, MERCY, FLAT WORLD, SWITCH, FOUND OBJECTS, WHEN LIFE HAPPENS, WINK, CIRCLE SEVEN, SURVIVING THE CYCLE, A SPARROW FALLS, EVERYMAN (Original Adaptation), THE STARE-DOWN KING, CONCENTRIC CIRCLES, and CRUCIFICTION.
Directing credits include, THE DREAM OF THE BURNING BOY, HOW THE WORLD BEGAN, CROOKED, WAITING FOR GODOT, ANTIGONE, SWEET STORM, RABBIT HOLE, EVERYMAN (Original Adaptation), OF MICE AND MEN, SILENT SKY, RASH ACTS,
THE GOD COMMITTEE, MY SOLDIERS, OUR TOWN, ABSENT FRIENDS, WORKING, MY FAIR LADY, ALMOST, MAINE, PICNIC, GODSPELL, LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC, PROOF, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, THE ROOMMATE, OVER THE TAVERN, MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS, DOUBT, WINGS, BUS STOP, LOVERS, THE DINING ROOM, LOBBY HERO, A SPARROW FALLS and
THE GLASS MENAGERIE.
Richard Gustin's play, Surviving The Cycle, was produced at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in conjunction with the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare. Richard directed with the assistance of UWM faculty member Prof. Roberta Hanus. The acting company included UWM students from the school of social welfare, criminal justice, theatre and film joined by Marquette University theatre students as well as actors from the Milwaukee area.
Surviving The Cycle is a gritty and up close look at a dysfunctional family experiencing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). Brett and Becky are high school sweethearts. When they marry and have a family everything changes. Becky turns to her best friend Julie for advice. Son Dylan is pressed to the breaking point and events spin out of control.
4 Females / 4 Males +
Ensemble
Casting: 5 - 25 actors. Surviving the Cycle is most effective with a diverse acting company.
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Surviving The Cycle is a gritty and up close look at a dysfunctional family experiencing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). Brett and Becky are high school sweethearts. When they marry and have a family everything changes. Becky turns to her best friend Julie for advice. Son Dylan is pressed to the breaking point and events spin out of control.
4 Females / 4 Males +
Ensemble
Casting: 5 - 25 actors. Surviving the Cycle is most effective with a diverse acting company.
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~ BEING SEEN by Richard Gustin ~
The New York International Fringe Festival
~ World Premiere ~
Voted FringeNYC Favorite!
Sell-Out
August 17 - 22, 2015
Starring Broadway Actor
William Youmans
and Allison Minick
Directed by Mindy Cooper
Venue #12: 64 East 4th Street
(2nd Avenue & Bowery)
~ World Premiere ~
Voted FringeNYC Favorite!
Sell-Out
August 17 - 22, 2015
Starring Broadway Actor
William Youmans
and Allison Minick
Directed by Mindy Cooper
Venue #12: 64 East 4th Street
(2nd Avenue & Bowery)
