Richard O'Donnell (born June , ) is an American playwright, composer,
lyricist, poet, actor, and stand-up comic. He has worked and lived in
New York City and Chicago, where he has written and performed for the
stage and television. O'Donnell co-wrote the award-winning
Off-Broadway musical comedy One & One, and Radio City Music Hall's
Manhattan Showboat. He co-founded the New Age Vaudeville theatre
company, the New Variety cabaret, as well as the Black Pearl Cabaret,
St. John's Conservatory Theater, and the comedy variety television
show R. Rated.Richard O'Donnell began in the entertainment industry as
a professional ventriloquist. He ran away with the Sells & Gray -ring
tent circus at the age of , sleeping in the back of the elephant truck
that transported their sole elephant, Bessie.O'Donnell was eventually
forced to return home to finish high school, earning a scholarship to
attend the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts, where he
studied theatre alongside classmate Kevin Bacon.
lyricist, poet, actor, and stand-up comic. He has worked and lived in
New York City and Chicago, where he has written and performed for the
stage and television. O'Donnell co-wrote the award-winning
Off-Broadway musical comedy One & One, and Radio City Music Hall's
Manhattan Showboat. He co-founded the New Age Vaudeville theatre
company, the New Variety cabaret, as well as the Black Pearl Cabaret,
St. John's Conservatory Theater, and the comedy variety television
show R. Rated.Richard O'Donnell began in the entertainment industry as
a professional ventriloquist. He ran away with the Sells & Gray -ring
tent circus at the age of , sleeping in the back of the elephant truck
that transported their sole elephant, Bessie.O'Donnell was eventually
forced to return home to finish high school, earning a scholarship to
attend the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts, where he
studied theatre alongside classmate Kevin Bacon.
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