Richie Altmanshofer is a playwright and plant dad. When he’s not simulating wind for his fiddle leaf fig, he’s contemplating how to tell stories that entertain and inspire self-reflection.

His short plays include A Wandering Life (Players Theatre Short Play Festival ’24), A Gift for the Unknown (FRIGID Holiday Spirits Readings ‘24, Spartan Theatre Haunting Holidays Play Festival ‘24), Between a Rock and Hardware Bar (semi-finalist, The PGE Faces of America Monologue Festival ‘24), and An Ending, A Beginning (South Street Players Tri-State Theatre Festival ‘25).

Other hyphens include actor, improviser, musician, sound designer, and producer.