Robert Riche


Theatrical Representation:


Robert A. Freedman
Robert A. Freedman Dramatic Agency
1501 Broadway, Suite 2310
New York, NY 10036
212 840-5760

Biography

Prose fiction


Novel – What Are We Doing in Latin America? (A Novel About Connecticut) -- Permanent Press (ISBN 1-877946-01-X)

Short stories in literary magazines and "Commentary"

Poetry



DAYS LIKE THESE (Published 2011). (Seven sample poems located in WORKS.)

Chapbook: Springfed series #67, "Eternity and Other Mundane Matters", Foothills Publishing, 2007

Chapbook: "On the Line" Pudding House, 2008


TV Projects


NBC Movie of the Week pilot: "Run for Your Wife", comedy
ABC Comedy Series Pilot: "Studio 84"
CBS Comedy Series Pilot: "Lady of the House"
Viacom: "Cereal", comedy pilot

Stage Productions


"Message from the Grassroots" -- publ. by Samuel French, produced by Bristol Old Vic, England; also James Weldon Johnson Center, New York
"Boom" -- produced by Magic Theatre, San Francisco
"The Stag at Eve" -- produced by Alliance Theatre, Atlanta (second stage)
"Why Is That Dumb S.O.B. Down the Street Happier than I Am?" -- produced by New Playwrights. DC; also Harbor Repertory Co., Staten Island
"Thanksgiving at Aunt Betty’s" – produced by Washington DC Theatre Club
"We Hold These Truths" -- produced by Theatre Off Park, New York (staged reading)

Non-fiction


The Ten Most Troublesome Teen-Age Problems (And How to Solve Them) with Dr. Lawrence Bauman, PhD -- Birch Lane Press, 1998 (ISBN 1-55972-396-3)

The Best Travel Writing from The New York Times (a selection) – Harry N. Abrams, 2004

Travel, Food and Wine Articles


"Yangtze River Cruise" -- Washington Post, '95 (front page feature)
"Taking the High Road in Scotland (Royal Scotsman) -- Gold Coast, 07
"Transcantabrico Express" (Spain) – AAA Going Places – Jan. 02
"Orient-Express from Paris to Venice" -- Italian Food & Wine, '95
"Road to Mandalay" – Forbes FYI, 01
"La Cucina of Italy's Liguria -- Italian Food & Wine, 99
"Madeira, Jewel of the Atlantic -- Town & Country, '98
"Adventure in the Caribbean" -- Robb Report, '97
"Vieste: Luminous City on the Adriatic" -- N.Y. Times, '93

Awards/​Honors


National Endowment for the Arts grant
Connecticut Foundation on the Arts grant
Norman Mailer Writers Colony scholar, 2009
Scholar, Breadloaf Writers Conference
Stanley Drama Award, for "The Stag at Eve"
Office for Advanced Drama Research (Rockefeller Foundation) grant)

Credentials


Dramatists Guild
Authors Guild
Former Staff Correspondent, UPI, New York City
Former contributor, Agence France-Presse, Paris, France
Writers Guild of America East
National Writers Union, Local 1981, UAW
Graduate, Yale College, BA

Selected Works

Novel published by The Permanent Press ISBN 1-877946-01-X
"Sharp humor and trenchant social satire."
-- Publisher’s Weekly
Novel

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