Richard Patterson is Vice President of Professional Licensing, leading the team responsible for licensing MTI’s titles to professional theatres throughout North America, as well as international licensing, concerts, touring and cruise ship productions. Richard joined MTI in 2012 and has worked across both the amateur and professional licensing departments, most recently serving as International Licensing Director with a focus on coordination between MTI’s offices in New York, London, and Melbourne.

Originally hailing from Drexel Hill, PA, Richard studied Dramatic Literature and Creative Writing at New York University and began his licensing career at Samuel French, Inc. In his former life as a theatre reporter, his writing appeared on Playbill.com and in The Sondheim Review.