Richard Lucas

Richard Lucas is an award-winning writer, director, and actor whose most recent play, "Bono and The Edge Waiting for Godomino's," a parody of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" and a scathing satire of celebrity culture which he wrote, directed and in which he played Bono, world premiered at The 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival and was a Best Comedy Award nominee. The play also won The TVolution Best Fringe Comedy Award as well as the Encore Producers' Award. FringeReviews.co.uk said, "This is not the first parody of Beckett's 'Waiting For Godot' I've ever seen, but it may be the last because I'm not sure it can get any better than this..." The TVolution.com said, "Platinum Medal... approaches being the ultimate Fringe offering. Like the legendary shows 'Beyond the Fringe,' 'The Mighty Boosh,' 'Bing Hitler,' Lucas has served up a dish both cerebral and madcap and pulls it off brilliantly..." He has also won The Other Network's Comedy Award for his observations about a local sportscaster's penchant for wearing double-breasted suits, a piece which is featured on his comedy album, "Resigntown, U.S.A. and Other Stories," available on iTunes. After spending a brief time as a touring comedian, Lucas has performed in the premier storytelling shows in Los Angeles, including multiple appearances in the L.A. Storytelling Festival. He has also performed two solo shows invited to the Comedy Central Stage which were LA Weekly Recommended Events. He's a regular guest on comedian Eddie Pepitone's famous PepTalks podcast. He has recently written a humorous memoir manuscript based on his life living next to a barking dog called "The Dog Log," which grew out of his live performances and for which he was called "a modern day Spaulding Gray." This year, he's also penned a female-lead comedy screenplay entitled "Community Access" with writing partners Brandon Keener and Liz Barnes. As an actor, he has been featured in TV and film, but also enjoys the stage. He has performed in the John Patrick Shanley plays "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea" and "Beggars in the House of Plenty." Aside from playing Bono in his own play, his favorite role thus far was portraying Nobel Prize winning German theoretical physicist, Werner Heisenberg, in Michael Frayn's "Copenhagen" at the Attic Theater in Los Angeles. He is also proud to have been part of the world premiere of the award-winning three character play entitled "Only the Moon Howls" at The 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival, which won an Encore Producers' Award and was nominated for the Unleashed Award for Best Ensemble, and to have played Ronnie in the award-winning independent feature film "Tahiti." Richard has never lost his musical roots, which he got from his mother who was a public school music teacher. He still performs regularly around Los Angeles playing original songs as well as covering entire albums acoustically, such as Radiohead's OK Computer and U2's The Joshua Tree. He also enjoys running and is a Masters Swimmer competitive at the national level. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and spent several years as an English teacher in South Los Angeles.