Rich Espey - playwright
Welcome to my website!
Here you will find information about my plays including
synopses, reviews and dialogue samples. If you are
interested in obtaining a copy of a complete script for
consideration, please contact me and I will be happy to
email you. I hope you’ll enjoy reading these samples,
and I hope you’ll continue to support live theatre!
Rich Espey
richespey "at" gmail.com

Rich Espey is a playwright and teacher living in Baltimore. Rich’s plays have been
produced throughout the United States, including an Equity Showcase production
of Hope's Arbor in New York City by Gallery Players/Engine 37. Rich is a two time
winner of the Carol Weinberg Award for best play at the Baltimore Playwrights
Festival and was honored with an Individual Artist Award in Playwriting by the
Maryland State Arts Council in 2007. He has studied extensively with playwright
Jeffrey Sweet and is an alumnus of the Kennedy Center Summer Playwriting
Intensive whose teachers include Gary Garrison, Marsha Norman, Lee Blessing,
David Ives and Heather McDonald. He has served as a Playwright Mentor for Center
Stage's Young Playwrights Festival and teaches playwriting there as well. He is a
member of the Dramatists Guild, Playwrights Group of Baltimore, Lizard Claw
Playwrights, and has served as Chair of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival. He
currently serves as Board President for Single Carrot Theatre and proudly teaches
science at The Park School of Baltimore.
