 RICHARD GREENBLATT (co-writer) was born in Montreal and started taking piano lessons with Dorothy Morton at the age of seven. He studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England. Since his return to Canada in 1975, he has been acting, directing, writing and composing music for theatre, radio, television and film across the country and abroad. He has played leading roles in regional theatres (The Fool in King Lear, the title role in Spinoza, amongst many others) and in Toronto (George in Possible Worlds, Creon in Antigone, Sam Baum in Adam Baum and the Jew Movie, etc.). He has appeared in feature films (Stardom, Shadow Dancing, etc.) and has played numerous roles on television. He has performed 2 Pianos 4 Hands with Ted Dykstra over 750 times, including 6 months at The Promenade in New York City, ten weeks on the West End in London, and three weeks in Tokyo.
He has directed over 80 productions for the stage, the vast majority being original works, and has been a co-writer on some of the most successful new plays in recent Canadian theatre history (2 Pianos 4 Hands; The Theory of Relatives; i.d.; and Sibs). Most recently, he directed David Craig's Danny - King of the Basement for Roseneath Theatre which has toured extensively throughout the U.S., and John Gay's The Beggar’s Opera at The National Theatre School. Sibs, co-written with Diane Flacks, was filmed and shown on the CBC in the fall of ‘03.
Upcoming, his one person show entitled Letters from Lehrer, featuring the work of song satirist Tom Lehrer, will be mounted in January '06 at Canstage. A new collaboration with Diane Flacks entitled Care will be presented in April '06 at Tarragon. He has won four Dora Awards and two Chalmers Awards as well as receiving numerous other nominations. He has taught both acting and directing at most of the theatre training institutions in Canada.
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