Biography

Eric Matthew Richardson (b. 1992) is writer and composer based in Chicago, Illinois.

His full-length musicals include The Book of Sebastián, The LEA Project, and Down & Out in Rocky Heights, which was a 2022 Semi-Finalist for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center National Musical Theater Conference. He was a finalist for the inaugural National Fellowship for Musical Theater through the Dramatists Guild Foundation in 2024 and has been featured as one of William Finn’s Emerging Writers.

His latest a cappella musical, ei hytte (the cabin), was a 2024 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival finalist and performed as part of the Steppenwolf LookOut Series in conjunction with Kokandy Producitons.