About Richard:
Richard is a Baltimore-based actor, director, and educator. He holds the position of Performing Arts Chair & Upper School Theatre Coordinator at the Jemicy School, where he leads the theatre program - teaching classes, directing/producing productions, and offering other creative services.
In addition to Richard’s passion for teaching, he prides himself on staying active professionally. He performed in A Christmas Carol at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company as the Male Understudy.
Past work includes Healthcare Clowning with the leading organization in the field of Healthy Humor, as an inaugural member at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He is a proud equity membership Candidate of Actors' Equity Association. Regional performance credits include: Brighton Beach Memoirs (Stanley), Shakespeare in Love (Sam/Juliet), and Kill You With My Love (Liam/First Love). Recent on-camera credits include work with Seacrest Studios and Healthy Humor in the creation of over 50 Clown TV episodes, as well as promotional and educational videos for Mount St. Joseph University. He previously served for several years as a Staff Puppeteer and Workshop Artist with Beale Street Puppets touring the mid-Atlantic.
He believes that theatre is for everyone. Theatre can provide students with the tools they need to make a positive impact in our rapidly changing world and unlock an appreciation for the wonder of our shared humanity. He is committed to investing in the lives of the next generation of young artists and feels strongly that all students should have the opportunity to take part in the arts.
Richard proudly holds a BS in Theatre from Towson University and MFA in Acting from Purdue University.
Some Things
Richard Likes:
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Soft Shell Crab Sandwiches
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Clowning
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House Plants
“Acting is the life of the human soul receiving its birth through art. In a creative theatre the object for an actor’s concentration is the human soul.”
-Richard Boleslavski
Recent News:
Acting Resume:
"As Eugene’s restlessly discontented older brother Stanley, the handsome and impressive Richard Buchanan vulnerably conveys Stanley’s uncertainty of his place in the world as he faces the responsibilities of adulthood."
Russell Florence, Jr.
MostMetro.com
"Showed great strength and vulnerability as older brother, Stanley"
Jenni Cypher
BroadwayWorld.com, Dayton
"Buchanan masters a broken German accent giving his character a foreign rough-around-the-edges feel.”
Amanda Gunther,
DC Metro Theatre Arts
"...brings a subtle sensuality to the role of the German student, who provides the multi-faceted key to the play..."
Tim Smith,
Baltimore Sun
"His polished acting skills, energy, voice inflections and movements are clearly on display in this role. Jake’s youthful sexual chemistry with Eli is flawless."
Steve Charing,
MD Theatre Guide
"...entirely endearing in his openness and honesty...adept at revealing a particular innocence and determination that dissipate quickly as adulthood encroaches."
Giordana Segneri, Broadwayworld.com, Baltimore