Rick Lombardo (born March 24, 1959) is a prolific and award-winning American theatre director, playwright and adaptor.
[2] He is an executive board member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society[3] and a Senior Fellow with the American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley.
[5] Upon graduation Lombardo was named co-director ad interim of the theatre program at Fordham University's College at Lincoln Center from 1991 to 1992, where he also taught as an assistant professor of acting and directing for four years.
Lombardo left New Rep after the 2008–09 season to helm San Jose Repertory Theatre in San Jose, California[5] after a national search was conducted to replace outgoing Artistic Director Timothy Near.
[9][10] In June 2014, the San Jose Repertory Theatre board of trustees informed Mr. Lombardo that they had voted to close the theater[11] as he was in rehearsal for American Premiere of "Landscape With Weapon" by Joe Penhall.