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Patrick is an award-winning playwright, actor, filmmaker, arts administrator and educator. Most recently he has embraced the art of filmmaking making two award-winning short documentary films: Just a Broadway Baby: Mary Ellen Ashley and Artists at the Edge. As a playwright, his full-length play The House of Nunzio was named Festival Winner at The First Annual Playwright Festival at Barnstable Comedy Club and was named a semi-finalist for the Mill Mountain Theatre New Play Competition, the Twenty-Sixth Annual Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award and the 2016 Road Theatre Summer Playwrights Festival. His full-length play A Flower In Autumn celebrated its World Premiere in Chicago and his ten-minute play I’m a Universalist was selected to be a part of Jen Whiting’s Ten Minute Play Workshop. His ten-minute plays, Remembering When I Used to Remember and For Old Times’ Sake received live readings through Almost Adults Productions in Santa Fe and his one-act, The Days After was selected for the Dramatists Guild Footlights Series in the Eastern New England Region. Remembering… had its World Premiere as part of the Queer Voices Festival produced by Boston Theater Company at Boston Center for the Arts in 2024 and in 2025 the play toured Cape Cod theaters as part of HellTown Players, More Little Devils play fest. As an actor, he has performed in over 100 starring and featured roles in theatre, film and television highlighted by his recent co-starring role of James in the groundbreaking film Pointing Fingers and a featured role in the Independent Feature Film High Tide. He won a Gold Telly Award for his starring role in the regional commercial “Winter Is Come” for Attorney Tom Sparks, which debuted during the Super Bowl LII and ran for five years in the Rhode Island and Western MA markets and he sang with Tony Award Winning Actress Patti LuPone at Town Hall in Provincetown. Other acting highlights include: Forensic Expert Robert Johnson in the network television series The Jury; El Gallo in The Fantasticks, which earned him a 2013 Pryer Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical; Manos in OPA! for which he earned an MITF 2008 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical nomination; Stewpot in the Connecticut Critics Circle Award Winning Production of South Pacific; The Purser u/s Moonface in Anything Goes at Trump Plaza, Atlantic City; and Off-Broadway in Family Dinner at The Beckett and Welcome to our City at The Mint. He has had the privilege to work with Broadway directors Michael Grief and Stafford Arima; famed choreographer Gemze de Lappe; RSC director Maurice Daniels; International director/choreographer Sam Viverito; and Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winning composer Charles Strouse on both the North American Premiere of I and Albert and a production of Rags. He founded All Seasons Theatre Company, co-founded The Emerging Artists Project and was a founding member of Sonnet Repertory Theatre. He was the first Industry/Professional Liaison and a member of the Adjunct Faculty at NYU’s prestigious TISCH School of the Arts and created an arts education program, PIE (Projects In Education) Story Theatre that has reached thousands of underserved children and families from coast to coast for the past 35 years. He has administrative and executive positions for Second Stage Theatre, Arts Horizons, The Hudson Riverfront Performing Arts Center, The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The Charles A. Dana Foundation, Provincetown Community Television (PTV) and Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater.
I have been in the creative sandbox my entire life starting when I was the only juvenile with a speaking role in the 1976 Bicentennial Roadshow. As a young boy, struggling with my identity and helping to care for my brother with Down Syndrome, music, theatre and poetry not only gave me an escape, but also great joy and hope. I have tried, within my career as an artist, to nurture and facilitate that joy and hope within myself and others. As a writer, most of my works have challenged the stereotypes associated with minority communities and also celebrated stories of those who live with physical or developmental disabilities. My most recent works, as both a playwright and filmmaker, have allowed me to explore relationships, creativity, identity, heroism and "otherness" in a challenging world. My short play, Remembering When I Used to Remember, centers around a gay married couple as they prepare to renew their vows at the beach in Provincetown. A secret that involves their home care aid challenges the norms and parameters of marriage and relationship and as memories are lost and found, the play reveals itself as a humorous and heartwarming story of love’s endurance in the face of dementia, time and imperfection. My short documentary film, Artists at the Edge, has been described this way, by QFest St. Louis: "Two fearless queer artists defy the odds and create with unapologetic passion. Set against the backdrop of a divided society, this powerful film invites you into the lives of Kenny Lockwood and Darlene Van Alstyne - artists who came achingly close to fame, yet never stopped making bold, beautiful work. Brimming with creativity and urgency, this is more than a portrait - it's a call to action, a celebrations of freedom, and a tribute to art's power to endure."
Curriculum Vitae of Patrick Riviere
Administrative experiences include:
- Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Emerging Artists Project, Inc., 1990 to 1994
- Creator and Executive Director, PIE Story Theatre, 1991 to Present
- Education Outreach Coordinator, Second Stage Theatre, 1994 to 1995
- Industry Professional Liaison, NYU TISCH School of the Arts, 1997 to 2001
- Founding Board Member and Director of Development, Sonnet Repertory Theatre, Inc., 2001 to 2003
- Program Director, Arts Horizons, 2001 to 2003
- Founder/Artistic Director, All Seasons Theatre Company, 2004 to 2014
- Assistant Director/Education Coordinator, The Hudson Riverfront Performing Arts Center, 2005/2006
- Director of Development, Outermost Performing Arts Center/Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, 2018/2019
Selected Writings/Publication
- Plays/Musicals
*I Found My Soul Today, Did You, 1988 (Produced at Niagara University)
*Put on a Happy Face, 1988 (Produced at ArtPark)
*A Flower in Autumn, 1993 (Produced by The Emerging Artists Project in Chicago, IL)
*Prince Watersplasher, 1996 (Developmental Reading with SCI Youth Ensemble, NYC)
*The House of Nunzio, 2002 (various readings in NYC and Cape Cod at Manhattan Theater Club Studios, Davenport Theater, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Barnstable Comedy Club)
*I’m a Universalist, 2011 (Selected for Ten Minute Play Workshop)
*The Days After, 2012 (Readings at WOMR Davis Room and Spotlight Series through Dramatists Guild)
*A Vote for Tomorrow, Today, 2012 (Selected for Writing The Election)
*Magnetic, 2014
*Back to Class, 2015
*The House of Nunzio (major rewrite mentored by Oscar nominated and Emmy winning writer and actor, Joseph Bologna), 2015
*Don Juan Sees Red, 2015
*Remembering When I Used To Remember, 2016 (presented as reading on Zoom by Santa Fe LGBTQ Fest and then World Premiere produced by Boston Theater Company Inaugural Queer Voices Festival. 2nd production in 2025 on Cape Cod produced by Helltown Players.
*Decorating a Hero, 2016
*Massachusetts Monarch, 2017
*For Old Times’ Sake, 2020 (presented as reading on Zoom by Santa Fe LGBTQ Fest)
*After the Memorial, 2023
*Getting Off, 2025
- Articles
*Do I need University Training or not?
originally published by Buzz Communications, New York, NY, Sept. 1998, then featured on City Arts Project Website
*5-Year Plan to save and bolster arts education announced by LA Unified
Examiner.com July 19, 2013
*Sending in the clowns is more than just for laughs
Examiner.com July 28, 2013
*A Christmas Eve Tradition from an Italian-American Perspective
Examiner.com December 12, 2014
- Web Series
*Bus Talk, Narration
*Cooking Easy With Patrick, Host
*Cape Quartet, Story; Script
Board Memberships and Other service:
- Coordinator, The P.E.A.N.U.T., Niagara University, 1988
- Director, Buffalo Handicap Program, 1988
- Chairman, Board of Directors, The Emerging Artists Project, Inc., 1990-1994
- Director, Family Outreach for EAP in Chicago, 1992 to 1994
- Director, PIE Story Theatre, North Pier Festival Market, Chicago, 1992 to 1994
- Director, Teen Advisory Panel, Second Stage Theatre, 1994 to 1995
- Director, High School Summer Program in Acting and Musical Theatre, NYU TISCH School of the Arts Drama Department, 1997 – 2000
- Adjudicator, NYU TISCH School of the Arts Drama Department, 1997 to present
- Academic Advisor, NYU TISCH School of the Arts Drama Department, 1997 to present
- Internship Director, NYU TISCH School of the Arts Drama Department, 1997 to 2000
- Guest moderator, Industry Panel, NYU Career Services, 1998 to 2000
- Guest panelist, NY Singing Teacher’s Association, 16 bar clinic, 1999
- Vice President and Asst. Secretary, Board of Directors, Sonnet Repertory Theatre, Inc., 2001 to 2003
- Finance Committee, Education Committee Chair, Board of Directors, New Paradigm Theatre, 2011
- Board Member, Provincetown Cultural Council, 2020
- Board Member, Provincetown Scholarship and Trust Committee, 2020-2022
Professional Unions/Guilds
- AFTRA, The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
- AEA, Actors’ Equity Association
- SAG, Screen Actors Guild
- Member of The Dramatists Guild of America
Education
- B.A. (Theatre and English) cum laude, Niagara University, New York, 1988
Awards/Scholarships/Mentions
- Niagara University Presidential Scholarship, 1984 to 1988
- Teaching Assistantship, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 1988
- Excellence in Poetry, EAP Reading Series, Chicago, 1993
- Worthy But Neglected: Plays of the Mint Theater Company, 2002
- Semi-finalist 2003 Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award
- Semi-finalist 2003 Mill Mountain Theatre New Play Competition
- Theatre World 2000-2001, Special Tony Honor Edition, Hal Leonard Corporation, 2004
- Featured in Legendary Locals of Orleans County, Arcadia Publishing, 2012
- Semi-finalist 2016 Road Theatre Company SPF7 Festival, for The House of Nunzio.
- Gold Telly Award, Lead Actor in a Commercial, 2018
- Best Full-Length Play, Barnstable Comedy Club First Annual Playwrights Festival, 2020
- Best Director of a Documentary Short, Vesuvius International Film Festival, 2022 - Broadway Baby
- Best Short Documentary Film at (Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Upstate NY Film Festival, Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, Chain Film Festival and NYLIFF), 2022 - Broadway Baby
- Indie Soul Special Recognition Award, Boston International Film Festival, 2022 - Broadway Baby
- Semi-finalist 2022 Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival - Broadway Baby
- Best Long Short Film (Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival, Five Continents) 2024 - Artists at the Edge
- Semi-Finalist Dumbo Film Festival 2024 - Artists at the Edge
- Best Picture Austin Short Film Festival 2024 - Artists at the Edge
- Best Documentary Short, Love Wins Film Festival 2025 - Artists at the Edge
- LGBTQ+ Spirit Award, New Hope Film Festival 2025 - Artists at the Edge
Grants
- Arts Foundation of Cape Cod (2 grants)
- Shawna Shea Memoriał Foundation
- Provincetown Cultural Council through Mass Cultural Council
Teaching
- New York University, New York, (Adjunct Faculty), 1997 to 2000
- Various classes, workshops and coaching in acting, audition technique, playwriting, storytelling, and stage management for Niagara University, The Buffalo Public Schools, The Emerging Artists Project, New York University, The Hartt School, Mardalzur Entertainment/Crowded House Records, All Seasons Theatre Company, The Gilbert Theater and Conservatory and Fayetteville State University 1986 to 2012.
*See IMDB and Professional Website for complete Theatre, Film, Television and Web Series credits as actor.