Richard Caliban

Brave New World Member

Richard has worked as a playwright, director and composer across the country and internationally, including productions in Budapest and Uzbekistan.  He was Artistic Director of critically acclaimed, award-winning Cucaracha Theatre (“The most exciting experimental theater company in New York.” — NY Times) where he wrote and directed many of his plays, including productions at the Public Theatre and The Vineyard Theatre. His play Rodents & Radios was on Mel Gussow’s (NY Times) Top 10 Plays of the year list. Caliban’s MoM - A Rock Concert Musical won “Outstanding Musical” at the NY Fringe Festival and continued with runs at the Actor’s Playhouse, Geva Theatre and many other venues. MoM was selected as one of the “15 Most Beloved Shows from the Fringe’s history”.  He is also known for directing the celebrated Obie and Outer Critics Circle award-winning production of Mac Wellman’s Crowbar at the Victory Theater; and for his collaborations with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Jules Feiffer; Michael Weller and with Will Sheffer (Big Love, HBO) on the Naked Angels stage production and subsequent film version of Easter. Caliban directed Lost Shanghai, which he co-wrote with Grammy nominated composer Angel Lam, at Merkin Hall. His work has also been seen at Primary Stages, Playwrights Horizons, Theatre Row, The Cherry Lane, Ensemble Studio Theatre, La Mama, HERE, Joyce Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center Theater, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and many others. Caliban’s play, Rodents & Radios is published by Sun & Moon Press in an anthology that spans thirty years of experimental theater; Cranium Fandango and Famine Plays are published by Next Stage Press; and Gladiator is published by Smith and Kraus. His article: Towards A Radical Theatre was published by the Village Voice. He received his education at Bard College and the Yale School of Drama. www.richardcaliban.com