Steven Rishard in Describe the Night. Photo by Johanna Austin.

Steven Rishard

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Steven Rishard was last seen at the Wilma in Kiss. Other Wilma productions include Describe the Night, When the Rain Stops Falling, Adapt!, Romeo and Juliet, The Hard Problem, and Antigone. Here in Philadelphia, his other credits include work with PTC in the shows Garbologists, and Detroit; at Azuka Theater, Boycott Esther, and The Arsonists. With the Arden Theatre, Cabaret, and Doll’s House 2. The Few at Theatre Horizon, and with Interact Theater, Straight White Men, and most recently Settlements. His New York credits include; The Bacchae for The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park, In the Penal Colony at Classic Stage Company, Luz at LA Mama Theatre, and with Divison 13 Productions; Cascando, and Journeys Among the Dead at H.E.R.E Art Space, Act Without Words 1 at the Brooklyn Can Factory. TV credits include Law & Order, Treme, Law & Order: SVU, Kings, and The Americans. Film: Shelter (6 Souls), Joy D.Vee, and Hal Hartley’s Meanwhile. Look him up on Instagram @srishard for his work in visual art.