Richard is a Washington D.C. based playwright and screenwriter.

In 2008, his full-length stage drama Force Majeure was InViolet Repertory's Inaugural production.

His screenplay God is Dead was produced in 2007 by Mavin Productions in Atlanta, GA.

His screenplay Beauty and Sadness was a Nicholl's Fellowship Quarterfinalist in 2004.

In 1996, he wrote and directed a 16mm feature film called The Unreliable Narrator, which won best narrative feature at the Philadelphia First Glance Film Festival.