Rick Cunningham

A.E.A. Stage Manager

An A.E.A. Stage Manager since 1980, Rick is approaching 100 professional credits under the L.O.R.T., Casino, S.P.T., U/RTA, and L.O.A contracts.  He has premiered works by more than 30 playwrights including Jane Martin, Lee Blessing, Richard Dresser, Robert Schenkkan, Adrian Hall, Sheri Wilner, Tazewell Thompson, Romulus Linney, and John Pielmeier. He began his career with Actors Theatre of Louisville and over six seasons served as Production Stage Manager for the Victor Jory Theatre, Assistant Stage Manager in the Pamela Brown Auditorium, and a resident director for the Apprentice Acting Company.  His international touring includes the Bulgarian Theatre Festival in Sopia and the German Theater Festival of Bremen; while state-side he has toured the Mid-West and Mid-Atlantic regions.  He is currently in his third season as Stage Manager for the Contemporary American Theater Festival and travels the east coast as an event manager.  Rick founded and heads the M. F. A. Stage Management program for the Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Delaware and  holds an M.F.A. in Directing from Tulane University   Stage Management: Roy Hart Theatre of France;  Shakespeare For My Father (Lynn Redgrave);  All The King’s Men (Adrian Hall); Constant Star (Tazewell Thompson); Trump Plaza Casino Atlantic City; Rosebud Theatre Company of NYC; Delaware Theatre Company; Westerly Shakespeare in the Park; Colonial Theatre.Event Management: National Football League; Gubernatorial Inaugurations for Massachusetts and Delaware; Points of Light Foundation; People for the American Way; Project Children; First Night Wilmington (DE) 1997–2002.  Kennedy Center; Astrodome; Superdome; FedEx Field; World Trade Center-Boston.

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