Richard Grunn is an actor/artist who has performed on numerous stages in the NY Metropolitan area. He recently performed at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Arundel Festival in England and was a featured performer at the West Cork Literary Festival and the Schull Arts Festival in Ireland. In 2003 he was awarded the prestigious Pennsylvania Council of the Arts Fellowship in Theatre. He is a founding member of Zuppa del Giorno, a commedia dell’ arte group of the Electric Theatre Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Grunn is known for writing and performing multi- character works. His original one man show, Father Joiner’s Purgative Poetry Project, has toured Ireland and appeared on PBS station WSKG-Binghamton . His show The Key played at the Tusten Theatre and Sullivan Community College in NY. His play, The O. Henry Conspiracy, toured the east coast to rave reviews. Grunn has designed puppets and masks for the Metropolitan Playhouse, New York and SUNY- Old Westbury, NY. His solo work has been featured in L’Annuire Theatral(Automne 1995) and New Yorker Staats Zeitung (Februar 1998) Mr. Grunn is a roster artist for the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts. He organizes, develops, and teaches theatre and art programs throughout the states.
