He has taught playwriting at his alma mater Oberlin College, at Miami's City Theater, and for the Connecticut Young Playwrights program.
In his twenties, he worked as a television writer on series including Three's Company and Flo.
[1] Among his full-length plays are: Rich is the author of over eighty short plays, mostly comedies, including those in the comic revues Romantic Fools, Funny as a Crutch, Nothing Serious, Oy!, Ha!, and The Whole Shebang.
His play, Couples, an evening of eight short two-character comedies and dramas was presented at the Workshop's Jewel Box Theater in New York City from May 9–19, 2007.
They've also been included in the bilingual collection "An Anthology of Contemporary American Plays" (published in China), in "The Bedford Guide to Literature", and in anthologies published by Random House and Western Michigan University Press.