Richard Vida

Richard Vida has had the great distinction to be a working actor, singer and dancer for the past 30 years on and off Broadway, in national and international tours, television, films, commercials, and has danced with the greats of pop music in MTV videos. This journey has also garnered him accolades “behind the table” as an award-winning talent director, television and documentary film producer, and teacher which have presented myriad bizarre opportunities from hiding from the authorities in the New York City subway tunnels on gorilla shoots with the “mole people,” and traveling the world as a documentarian observing twenty-first century side-show performers, including London’s Circus of Horrors, Toronto’s Carnival Diablo, and New York’s anarchistic Bindlestiff Family Circus. His varied and eclectic life and professional experiences have allowed him to fulfill his calling to share his and others’ voices through every medium. Still, the theatre remains his first love, and he continues to be inspired by the profound cultural consequences generated by the theatrical process in the sharing of a narrative through performance.