https://adam-richter.com/2026/04/03/fact-fiction-and-drama-letting-the-arts-show-the-way-to-the-truth/2026-04-03T11:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/the-richter-scale/the-banshee-files/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/banshee-header.pngBanshee HeaderIllustration by Tyler Reppert2026-03-29T10:21:56+00:00weekly0.6https://adam-richter.com/2026/03/27/how-poetry-and-music-informed-banshee/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_1489.jpg"Banshee" Music RehearsalAndrea Keck, left, and Karyn Reppert practice music included in "Banshee."2026-03-27T12:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2026/03/20/how-a-stage-direction-in-rehearsal-forced-a-rewrite-of-banshee/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/geograph-1571026-by-oliver-hunter.jpggeograph-1571026-by-Oliver-HunterPHOTO CREDIT: OLIVER HUNTER | The Old Head of Kinsale. Now THAT'S a cliff that could kill a man.2026-03-20T12:08:15+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2026/03/11/must-ai-invade-the-theater-space-too/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/hamilton_stage.jpeghamilton_stageTheater is a living, breathing medium. Why bring AI into it?2026-03-11T11:53:15+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/about/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_6293-1-e1548126451613.jpgIMG_6293 (1)https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_3848.jpgIMG_38482026-03-05T13:25:56+00:00weekly0.6https://adam-richter.com/resume/2026-03-05T13:25:09+00:00weekly0.6https://adam-richter.com/2026/03/03/february-is-a-month-of-quantity-not-quality/2026-03-03T03:39:57+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/portfolio/plays-portfolio/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ehtp_poster.pngEHTP_posterhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rebel_chocolates.pngrebel_chocolates2026-03-02T13:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/portfolio/hot-dog-of-destiny/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/hdod5-1.jpghdod52026-03-02T13:15:53+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/portfolio/rebel-chocolates/2026-03-02T13:04:08+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2026/02/26/the-annoying-art-of-revision/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/revisions.jpgrevisionsThe ink color is called Writer's Blood. Seems apt for editing. 2026-02-26T13:36:37+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/portfolio/you-dont-own-my-soul-anymore/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/11.png112026-02-26T04:04:48+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/portfolio/37-origami-bees/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/37-origami-bees.png37 Origami Beeshttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/37_origami_bees.png37_Origami_Bees2026-02-26T04:04:48+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/portfolio/the-conscience-of-the-king/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/conscience_featured.pngconscience_featuredhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/conscience_of_king.pngConscience_Of_King2026-02-26T04:04:48+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/portfolio/clips/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/clips-1.pngClipshttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/clips.pngCLIPS2026-02-26T04:04:48+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/portfolio/eye-contact/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/5.png52026-02-26T04:04:48+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/portfolio/banshee/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/banshee.pngBansheehttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/banshee-website-illustration.pngBanshee website illustration2026-02-26T04:04:48+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/portfolio/hero-work/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/13.png132026-02-26T04:04:48+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/portfolio/the-severed-head-atop-the-tree-has-a-few-things-to-say-about-the-holiday/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/severed_head_poster.pngsevered_head_poster2026-02-26T04:04:47+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/portfolio/shorten-the-road/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/shorten_the_road.pngshorten_the_road2026-02-26T04:04:47+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/portfolio/jacob-and-ebenezer-a-love-story/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/je_website_illustration.pngJ&E_Website_Illustration2026-02-26T04:04:47+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/portfolio/plays-and-scripts/2026-02-22T20:11:40+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/plays-and-scripts/2026-02-22T03:28:09+00:00weekly0.6https://adam-richter.com/the-richter-scale/2026-02-22T02:44:14+00:00weekly0.6https://adam-richter.com/portfolio/data-stories/2026-02-21T17:33:47+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2026/02/10/what-yeats-taught-me-about-the-banshee/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/the_banshee-1.jpgThe_Bansheehttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ajpw7a.jpgajpw7ahttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/banshee.jpgBansheehttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/the_banshee.jpgThe_Banshee2026-02-18T13:15:54+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2026/02/18/upheaval-is-a-tale-as-old-as-time/2026-02-18T12:54:58+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2026/02/13/what-we-should-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-ai/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/blot-art.pngBlot Arthttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/blogpostfeatured_image_20260213.pngBLogPostFeatured_image_202602132026-02-13T14:51:09+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2023/02/15/first-time-director-has-some-notes/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_1980.jpg"Seeds of Life" setHow do you build a bed on stage for a 7-minute play? That's the director's problem.2026-02-11T11:07:26+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2025/12/04/playwriting-year-in-review-its-not-all-about-the-productions-luckily/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ancestors_fringe.jpgancestors_fringe(Photo by Griffin Yeyna) | Adam Richter, Erick Goldsmith and Rob Weidman perform in "Made-Up Stories About My Ancestors," a devised play, at the Reading Theater Project 5-Minute Fringe Festival in 2025.2025-12-30T22:22:14+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2025/03/01/write-your-way-out-of-the-darkness/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/28plays_later_image_2.png28Plays_Later_Image_2https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/28plays_later_image.png28Plays_Later_Image2025-12-05T00:10:39+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2025/03/05/writing-is-a-solitary-act-except-when-it-isnt/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_6336.pngIMG_6336https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/party.pngpartyhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/piracy.pngpiracyhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/made_up_feature.pngmade_up_featurehttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/img_6281.jpgIMG_6281The authors of "Made-Up Stories About My Ancestors": Adam RIchter, Kathleen Harris Brantman, Megan Rose, Erick Goldsmith and Rob Weidman.2025-12-05T00:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2025/03/18/ireland-the-perennial-source-of-a-writers-inspiration/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/52217958702_26e2114798_k.jpg52217958702_26e2114798_k2025-12-05T00:10:36+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2025/05/19/get-to-end-of-play-without-your-inner-editor/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1122570.jpg1122570https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1115px-count_von_count.jpg1115px-Count_von_Counthttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/writer-working-on-first-draft-of-a-play.pngwriter-working-on-first-draft-of-a-playhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_0583_1.jpgJames_Joyce_Kings_InnI'm not sure James Joyce ever had an inner editor.https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/img_0626_1.jpgIMG_0626_12025-12-05T00:10:34+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2023/06/21/google-will-kill-the-web-with-ai/2025-03-06T13:00:01+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2023/02/18/lazy-saturday-blogging-despondent-dog/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/8e47dabd1372c54b.jpeg8e47dabd1372c54b2023-02-19T09:06:26+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2023/01/06/playwrights-you-should-read-part-one/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/img_1888.jpgIMG_1888https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.12.50-pm-1.pngscreenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.12.50-pm-1https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.12.44-pm.pngscreenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.12.44-pmhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.12.50-pm.pngscreenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.12.50-pmhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.08.29-pm.pngscreenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.08.29-pmhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-05-at-9.48.23-pm.pngscreenshot-2023-01-05-at-9.48.23-pmhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-05-at-8.43.17-pm.pngscreenshot-2023-01-05-at-8.43.17-pmhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-05-at-8.39.06-pm.pngscreenshot-2023-01-05-at-8.39.06-pmhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-05-at-8.37.11-pm.pngscreenshot-2023-01-05-at-8.37.11-pmhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-05-at-8.30.35-pm.pngscreenshot-2023-01-05-at-8.30.35-pm2023-01-06T03:25:59+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2023/01/02/when-the-resolution-goes-astray/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/post_art_20230102.jpgpost_art_20230102The four sweetest words to write in any play.https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/eop1223.jpgeop1223https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2022-12-28-at-9.58.15-pm.pngScreenshot 2022-12-28 at 9.58.15 PMhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-02-at-10.28.06-pm.pngscreenshot-2023-01-02-at-10.28.06-pm2023-01-03T03:43:38+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2023/01/01/for-the-new-year-a-simple-resolution/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/dscn0135.jpgDunmore Head signFor all its other faults, 2022 was the year I got to visit one of the shooting locations for "The Last Jedi." 2023-01-01T19:15:16+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2022/10/31/does-twitter-matter/2022-10-31T15:05:44+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/mirror-pond/2021-07-22T18:44:23+00:00weekly0.6https://adam-richter.com/portfolio/columns/2021-06-10T09:53:27+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2021/03/01/5-things-i-learned-from-writing-a-play-every-day-in-february/2021-03-01T19:26:57+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2019/03/21/a-reflection-about-the-news-business-through-the-lens-of-one-peculiar-career-path/2021-03-01T19:24:09+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2018/04/01/easter-for-atheists/2018-04-01T12:13:17+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2016/02/04/that-time-ray-bradbury-railed-against-common-core/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/caskofamontillado-clarke.jpgcaskofamontillado-clarkehttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/24712246911_fa820f49f7_o1.jpg24712246911_fa820f49f7_ohttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/24712246911_fa820f49f7_o.jpg24712246911_fa820f49f7_o2016-02-04T14:47:45+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2015/01/28/confessions-of-a-non-lifelong-seahawks-fan/2015-01-28T17:12:18+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/07/22/new-video-static-jacks-ill-come-back/2013-07-23T01:46:10+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/06/12/streaming-music-is-all-wet/2013-06-13T14:03:25+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/04/05/in-concert-lez-zeppelin-plays-reverb-in-reading/2013-04-05T21:06:50+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/03/26/mural-in-reading/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/20130326-114157.jpg20130326-114157.jpg2013-03-26T15:42:28+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/03/22/future-bible-heroes-to-release-their-past-and-present-music-this-summer/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fbh2_kimberlybutler_hi.jpgFBH2_kimberlybutler_hiFuture 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Photo by Kimberly Butlerhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mrg472_hi.jpgMRG472_hi2013-03-22T03:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/03/20/low-releases-new-album-the-invisible-way-continues-north-american-tour/2013-03-20T02:05:29+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/03/19/new-release-tuesday-alpha-rev-bloom/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/alpharevphoto-darinback.jpgAlphaRevPhoto-DarinBackPhoto by Darin Back Alpha Revhttps://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/alpharev-bloomcover.jpgAlphaRev-BloomCover2013-03-19T02:23:37+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/03/18/barenaked-ladies-turn-25-celebrate-with-new-album/2013-03-19T01:28:09+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/03/15/review-caitlin-rose-the-stand-in/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/thestandin_coverart1.jpgthestandin_coverart12013-03-15T16:37:06+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/03/12/radical-dads-unveil-new-single-ahead-of-may-21-album-release/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/20130312-113629.jpg20130312-113629.jpg2013-03-12T16:42:01+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/03/12/new-release-tuesday-turbogeist-ancient-secrets/2013-03-12T02:26:24+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/03/11/the-menzingers-perform-in-reading-review/2013-03-12T00:24:59+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/03/10/sunny-sunday-music-caitlin-rose-only-a-clown/2013-03-10T04:25:17+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/03/05/building-sized-mural/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0454.jpgIMG_04542013-03-17T00:28:26+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/03/08/patty-griffin-announces-new-album-american-kid/2013-03-08T03:39:34+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2013/03/07/band-profile-the-menzingers-2/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/menzingers-fpo-2.jpgMenzingers fpo-2Photo by Daniel Muller The Menzingers got their start in Scranton, Pa., and now are based in Philadelphia.2013-03-08T06:55:12+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2012/03/27/tuesday-new-release-races-year-of-the-witch/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/racesband.jpgRacesbandPhoto Credit: A. Dola Baroni/Courtesy of Tell All Your Friends PR2012-03-27T18:22:53+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2012/03/27/truth-fabrication-and-consequences/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/51heh7ldyzl.jpg51heh7LDyZLThe only good thing to come out of the Stephen Glass scandal was this movie.https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/psychic-sign.jpgPsychic-signNot that I expect anything BUT fiction from purported psychics. https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mike_daisey_crp.jpgmike_daisey_crpCultofMac.com2012-03-27T14:41:08+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2012/03/21/grammar-never-goes-out-of-style-well-sometimes-it-does/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/goodbyegirl.jpggoodbyegirlThis would have been completely different if they called it "The Goodby Girl."https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo-2.jpgphoto 2Some rules still apply.https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo-3.jpgphoto 3I'm fairly certain the phrase "teletypesetter" has gone the way of, well, the teletypesetter.https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo-1-1-e1332308619522.jpgphoto 1-1Only one of these has the proper spelling of Chaing Kai-shek.https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo-4.jpgphoto 4https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo-5.jpgphoto 5I want to drink an old-fashioned just looking at this.https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/vanburen.jpgvanburenMartin van Buren knew the difference between "who" and "whom." I would hope.2012-03-21T14:57:29+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.com/2012/02/17/the-misunderstood-copy-editor/https://adam-richter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/youtube217.jpgyoutube217Play that funky music.2012-03-01T20:08:00+00:00monthlyhttps://adam-richter.comdaily1.02026-04-03T11:35:30+00:00