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Files for each production listed may include prompt books; scripts; correspondence; contact sheets; contracts; financial and administrative records; casting files including actor resumes (sometimes accompanied by headshots); costume, lighting, and set designs, technical drawings, and related files; notes; research files; rights information; and posters, production programs and other printed material. The series documents the variety of roles Richards played in theater production during his career, including director, artistic director, producer, and actor. A small amount of correspondence concerning audience members' criticism and programs from various productions are filed at the end of the series.

Professional Papers includes Richards's files relating to his professional activity outside of productions and his Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center duties.