Richard CostesDec 31, 201915 minA Decade of Theatre: Top TenA decade of theatre. 36 plays performed in (not including staged readings), 8 plays directed, 8 plays produced. That’s in addition to se...
Richard CostesSep 28, 20164 min#hearingprivilege and TheatreReal talk. This week is Deaf Awareness Week - which is one of the reasons the hashtag #hearingprivilege was trending on Monday. So I wan...
Richard CostesSep 7, 20167 minOn TCR and the Casting of a Hearing Actor as Billy in Nina Raine’s TRIBESI wrote this email to Theatre Cedar Rapids on my lunch break. I thought I’d post it here for all to read: Hi Leslie, Casey, and the enti...
Richard CostesNov 5, 20146 minSaudade n. A feeling of longing, melancholy, or nostalgia for something or someone who you love and “…and then, in dreaming, / The clouds methought would open and show riches / Ready to drop down upon me, that when I waked / I cried to d...
Richard CostesOct 15, 201411 minMeliorism: n. the belief that the world gets better; the belief that humans can improve the worldTwenty four million children in America, one out of every three, grow up in a home without a father. My father left home for the first ti...
Richard CostesOct 8, 20149 minMeraki: v. to do something with soul, creativity, or love; to put something of yourself into your wWhen I was young... When I was young I used to dream of God. I saw him as the size of the universe – his skin the color of the night sky...
Richard CostesOct 1, 20148 minTacenda: n. things better left unsaid; matters to be passed over in silenceIt is a strange feeling to realize that it has now been four months since my father passed. I know a lot of friends who have lost their ...
Richard CostesSep 24, 20146 minPetrichor: n. the smell of earth after a rainI love the sound of the rain – whether it is a light drizzle on an otherwise sunny day or the torrential downpour mixing with the drums o...
Richard CostesJan 6, 201310 minThe Cult of the Miserable OnesSomething interesting happened in the weeks that followed the American premiere of Les Misérables. But let’s back up for a moment... As a...
Richard CostesDec 14, 20127 minBill Viola's THE RAFT and Sandy HookA few days ago I visited the Butler Institute for American Art in Youngstown, Ohio for the first time. While I was there, I saw a remark...