Richard Stockton Rand has acted on and off Broadway; in regional theatres in the United States, Europe and Canada; and in film for public television. He has written and toured 10 one-person shows to 50 universities, theatres, and festivals, and received an Indiana Arts Commission-National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowship for solo performance. His solo work has been published in Baseball Monologues, and More Monologues for Men by Men by Heinemann Press, and in Hopewell Journal, New Work by Indiana’s Best Writers, Sycamore Review, Slipstream, and other journals.

In addition to his work as an actor and playwright, Rich has directed and/or choreographed 85 productions, and served as President of the Association of Theatre Movement Educators. As a teacher, Rich specializes in the integration of acting and movement. His areas of expertise include physical characterization, mask, commedia dell’arte, movement improvisation and personal anthropology. The recipient of numerous teaching awards, Rich lectures on the art of teaching and mentors young faculty as a member of Purdue’s Teaching Academy.

Rich has been a resident artist at the University of Minnesota/Guthrie, University of Missouri-Kansas City, FSU/Asolo Conservatory, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Brandeis University, The College of William and Mary, Centre College, University of Rochester, Berea College, Franklin College, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Southern Illinois University, Wagner College and the Indianapolis Children’s Museum.

At Purdue University, Rich teaches acting and movement in the undergraduate acting program and the Professional Actor Training program. He has served as Head of the Undergraduate Theatre program and is the current Chair of Purdue Theatre.

Prior to his college teaching career, Rich taught high school in New York City, earned his living as a street performer on Fisherman's Wharf, and was a competitive gymnast.