Sian Richards {Performer}
Sian Richards was born in Swansea, Wales and raised in rural Virginia. After studying theatre performance at Virginia Commonwealth University, Sian began performing in the Charlottesville area with Live Arts (Chicago, The Visit, The Waiting Room, Cabaret, The Women) and Offstage Theatre (Throwing Shadows, Amazing Grace, Barhoppers). While living in Washington, D.C., Sian joined Theatre Du Jour under the direction of B. Stanley, training and performing in several productions along with PEP member Martha Mendenhall (The Shadow, Last Minute, Ritual Play). Returning home to Charlottesville several years later, Sian and Martha continued their collaboration. In 2005 PEP was born. As a founding member of Performers Exchange Project, Sian was an organizer of the The Dah Theatre residency. She also organized and performed in A Charlottesville Wunderkammer as Cookie and as Lucia in Zelda & Lucia’s Loony Bin Tragedy, organized and performed in Shentai as Cookie and as Dido in Dido Vs. The Squid Monster. Sian was a member of CLAW, performing as Nurse Cheryl and along with Jennifer Hoyt Tidwell, is organizing Assembly. Sian lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with a couple of houseplants.
