Richard von Ritter

About Richard von Ritter

             Dead When She’s Awake (Theater Street, The Dreamland Theater, Ypsilanti, 2005)

            Dreamwalkers (Theater Street, The Dreamland Theater, 2004)

            Labyrinth (Theater Street, Riverside Arts, Ypsilanti, 2001)

            A Life of One’s Own (Theater Street, Ann Arbor, 2001)

            Deadly Game (Theater Street, Riverside Arts, 1999)

            The Silver Dawn (Theater Street, Ann Arbor, 1994)

            Voyager (Theater Street, Café Voltaire, Chicago, 1992)

            Dread (Theater Street, Blue Rider Theater, Chicago, 1990)

            Toys of Unreason (Theater Street, Performance Network, Ann Arbor, Detroit, 1987)

                                               Other Plays

             Symposium (2020)

             A Jew and a neo-Nazi discuss the nature of reality (2018)

            Passions of the Soul (2017)

            Lesson in Darkness (2016)

            The Exquisite Corpse (2006), Finalist for the 2013 Kitchen Dog New Works Festival

            The Secret of Redemption (1993)

            Persona (1980), Semi-Finalist for the 1980 Heideman Award

                                                Screenplays

            The Dream of Love (1996)

            Catalina’s Way (1989)

            Virginia’s Room (1977)

            Northern Gothic (2020)

            What Heaven Sends (2021)

                                                Theater Experience

Founder and Artistic Director of Theater Street (1987-2005) Detroit, MI

Played Ernie in The Connection by Jack Gelber (1961) Detroit, MI

            Musician at The Living Theatre (1960) New York, NY

                                             Education

            BA with Distinction in English and Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI  (1971)