RICK BOYNTON focuses on current and future artistic planning and production, as well as the development of all new plays, musicals, and adaptations for CST. Projects include:
The Book of Joseph, Ride the Cyclone (CST, MCC, 5th Avenue/ACT, upcoming at Alliance Theatre),
Sense and Sensibility (CST, Old Globe),
Cadre (co-director) (CST, Johannesburg, Grahamstown, Edinburgh, Vancouver),
Othello: The Remix (CST, London, Germany, Edinburgh, South Korea, New York),
Funk It Up About Nothin’ (CST, Edinburgh, Australian tour, London),
A Flea in Her Ear (CST, Williamstown Theatre Festival),
The Three Musketeers (CST, Boston, London),
The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Murder for Two (CST, New York), and
The Feast: an intimate Tempest (in collaboration with Redmoon). Former artistic director of the Marriott Theatre and multiple Jeff Award-winning actor, he has starred in productions nationally, including CST’s production of
A Flea in Her Ear as Camille (Jeff Award, After Dark Award). As casting director/associate at Jane Alderman Casting, projects included: the television series
Early Edition, Missing Persons, Untouchables, and
ER; the films
While You Were Sleeping and
Hoodlum, among others; and numerous national tours. Mr. Boynton has lectured at his alma mater Northwestern University and is the former president of the board of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre.