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Welcome To richplays.com. Your connection to Richard Edwin Knipe's plays and productions

Richard is the founder of The New York Dramadies Company, the Artistic Director of The Aery Theatre Company, and a published playwright.

 AFTER A SOLD OUT RUN AT THE DEPOT THEATRE FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008, SCHOOLING GIACOMO IS RUNNING, OFF BROADWAY AT THE AMERICAN THEATRE OF ACTORS. 3/6-4/26/09 THE SHOW HAS RECEIVED RAVE REVIEWS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, CBS NEWS, AND BACKSTAGE AND, WITH A LITTLE LUCK, A BACKER IS NEAR BY TO BRING IT TO THE NEXT STEP!
THE CLOSING WEEK IS ALREADY SOLD OUT!

FOR MORE INFO CHECK OUT www.schoolinggiacomo.com

WHAT'S NEXT?

 

MY FULL LENGTH PLAY...HONOR AND GRACE, Will be performed over four weeks at the Depot Theatre. The play opens on 4/30/10 and closes on 5/23/10 Fri and Sat nights at 8pm, Sundays at 4PM.

 

Treatment: John and Grace, both in their mid seventies , have heard enough from the youth of this world telling them what they are and are not "capable" of!  Honor and Grace is a comedic drama with a smidgeon of old music and a pile full of laughter, tears, and charm.




 



                                              HISTORY

2000...WON THE ARTS COUNCIL OF ROCKLAND AWARD FOR BEST ONE-ACT PLAY ENTITLED "POOLS"
2001...RECIEVED HIS FIRST EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTION AT ANTRIM PLAYHOUSE "A RICH WEEKEND" (3 ONE-ACT PLAYS) SOLD-OUT!
2002... "WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH ANNIE" MADE IT'S DEBUT AT THE BLUEBERRY POND ARTS CENTER. (BY POPULAR DEMAND, IT LATER APPEARED AT THE ELMWOOD PLAYHOUSE)

2003...FINALIST IN THE TURNIP FESTIVAL WITH "WHAT'S THE STORY WITH FRANKIE RUSSO.
RECEIVED HIS FIRST FULL RUN (4 WEEKS AT ANTRIM PLAYHOUSE) WITH HIS SHOW,"ACTS OF AGE" ...RAVE REVIEWS IN ALL LOCAL PAPERS...SOLD OUT THE LAST WEEK OF PERFORMANCES
WON THE STRAWBERRY ONE-ACT SUMMER FESTIVAL WITH THE ONE-ACT VERSION OF "THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT"
2004...WON THE WINTER STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL WITH THE ONE-ACT VERSION OF "THE SPIRIT OF ROBERTA" THIS MARKED THE FIRST TIME A PLAYWRIGHT WON BACK TO BACK COMPETITIONS.
2004...SUMMER FINALIST IN THE STRAWBERRY AGAIN WITH "REMEMBERING DOROTHY"
2005

THE FULL LENGTH VERSION OF THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT RECEIVED SEVERAL SHOWCASE PERFORMANCES IN NYC (9 SHOWS AT DILLONS ON 54TH ST AND 6 ADDED PERFORMANCES AT THE BARUCH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON 23RD) THE LAST 3 PERFORMANCES WERE SOLD OUT!

CURRENTLY I AM THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AERY THEATRE COMPANY AND ALONG WITH THOSE DUTIES, I LAUNCH 3 OR 4 ONE ACT PLAYS EACH YEAR



Charmaine Gordon and Roy Harry in Knipe's off Broadway production of

"THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT"

richk@uspoly.com