NAME:
Richard Carter
SCHOOL:
Lopez Secondary School
SCHOOL PHONE:
360-468-2219, x2208
Richard Carter is a playwright and theatre director teaching a variety of
classes in the Lopez Island School District. He took is undergraduate degree
in English from Vassar College, his Master of Fine Arts in Drama from the
University of Washington, and his State Certification in Language Arts via
Prescott College.
Richard co-founded the Community Shakespeare Company on Lopez Island, which
he continues to direct. His series of adaptations of Shakespeare plays for
young people is endorsed by the Educational Theatre Association, and his
workshop for teachers, "Shakespeare Applied" has been presented at national
conferences in the United States and Canada.
Richard currently teaches a variety of classes at Lopez Secondary School
including Contract Learning, Middle School Literacy, Middle School Skills,
Level One Math,Journalism, and Drama. His past assignments have included
high school Enlgish A.P. and English 10, Band, Middle School Music, and
Elementary Languages.