Rick Batalla is an
actor
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,
theatre director
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and
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
.
Biography
He grew up in
Santa Monica
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.
He has worked both in front of the camera as a series regular (''
Payne
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'', ''
HUD'', ''
True Love''), and as a guest star (''
Married... with Children'', ''
Living Single
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'', ''
Brooklyn South'', ''
8 Simple Rules
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'') on various television shows, and in films like ''
Eraser'' with
Arnold Schwarzenegger, and ''
Gia'' with
Angelina Jolie
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.
Rick is also involved in LA Theater. He is a founding member of the
Troubadour Theater Company, which takes current music, and sets it to the plays of Shakespeare.
Plays
* ''My Mexican Life''
* ''Blake…Da Musical'', Ovation Award-winning musical about
Robert Blake
* "CHiPs The Musical"
References
External links
Artist's website
Living people
1962 births
Male actors from Santa Monica, California
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
Writers from Santa Monica, California
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