Richard's newest play, The Boy Inside, was recently featured and reviewed on D3Football.com by sports journalist Adam Turer, where he was also interviewed for his thoughts on the creation of the work. Below is the article in its entirety. Richard is excited to share these perspectives with you, as the play continues to breathe and move forward. To view the article at its source, please click here. It’s an unlikely friendship, the playwright and the football coach. It’s an unlikely comparison, the sports of football and buzkashi. In his play The Boy Inside, Richard Kalinoski explores themes of maturity, pain, risk, and growth through the prism of a Division III football program. Kalinoski is
A Review of "Beast On The Moon" @ Avignon Arts Festival Jul 29, 2016 Beast on the Moon received a glowing review written by Catherine Polge, which goes into great detail of the play's relevance and execution. Originally written in French, some of the content may have a rougher translation, but the words ring universally true for the piece: "United States, Wisconsin, 1920-1930. This is the story of a couple of survivors, Aram (P.Audigier) and Seta (L.Sagit). This is the history of the Armenian Genocide. After emigrating to the United States, he becomes a photographer, like many of his compatriots. She moves to the US, because he chose her as his wife, on picture. He, stiffened in pain and ste
Richard Awarded Grant for New Work - "Sweet Icing Of The Lovely" Apr 13, 2016 Last week, it was announced that Richard Kalinoski was given an internal-based grant for his newest project, currently titled Sweet Icing of the Lovely. The proposed play will deal with a veteran football coach who has a mother with dementia and finds himself stranded and alone after being fired from his long standing position as head football coach a conspicuous small college football team. Richard has begun the process of interviewing individuals who have some experience with assisted living and with coaching football. He looks forward to presenting new and exciting details along the way. "Beast On The Moon" Perf
Chicago On The Aisle's Interview with Sophia Menendian on "Beast On The Moon" Jun 1, 2015 As the recent production of Beast on the Moon wrapped up at Chicago's Raven Theatre, the reviews have been highly positive. But one we rarely get to see is the insight from the performers, and how they viewed the production. Sophia Menendian, who played Seta, was recently interviewed by Chicago On The Aisle's Lawrence Johnson, and was a part of the following article: "The most disarming, lovable character I’ve seen on a Chicago stage this season has to be 15-year-old Seta, refugee of the Armenian genocide and mail-order bride in Richard Kalinoski’s “Beast on the Moon,” played with big-eyed, open-hearted
"Beast On The Moon" Review From Paul Kuritz May 6, 2015 Noted professional theatre consultant and acting coach, Paul Kuritz, recently had an opportunity to witness the Raven Theatre's production of Beast on the Moon, and raved with high accolades for Richard's playwriting abilities. He had this to say of the production, and of the piece itself: "Rarely does a play come along which illustrates Aristotle’s dramaturgical wisdom as well as does Richard Kalinoski’s Beast on the Moon. The play’s success throughout the far reaches of world – ten years running at the Moscow Art Theater, winner of France’s Moliere Award, in production in Japan, and being translated into Turkish- testifies to the work
Warren Gerds of We Are Green Bay ("Critic At Large") Reviews "The Boy Inside" Feb 26, 2015 Richard is excited to announce that his latest production of The Boy Inside at UW Oshkosh has received notable praise from Warren Gerds, a critic from WeAreGreenBay.com. The following is the full review written from this previous weekend: "Why a lot of football coaches coach is distilled into a grand monologue in “The Boy Inside,” a play that is getting its theatrical premiere at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. What’s said is Vince Lombardi-esque, only better. The Green Bay Packers coach, whose motivating quotes are like so many ripples spreading across the leadership ocean, didn’t have a wordsmit
"My Genius of Humanity" Reading - Fresno State University Sep 30, 2014 MY GENIUS OF HUMANITY will have a public reading November 22, 2014 at the Theatre Department of Fresno State University. Guest Broadway actress Jacqueline Antaramian will read the lead role of Nina Davidian, a woman who leads her Armenian-American family back to Soviet dominated Armenia from Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1949 as part of a program manipulated by the Stalin led USSR to "repatriate" Armenia. Ms. Antaramian has several broadway credits, including working with Denzel Washington on JULIUS CAESAR. MY GENIUS OF HUMANITY is scheduled to open as a full production May 1, 2015 at (Division 1) Fresno State University. Mosc
