Rico Bruce Wade (Joe Taylor) returns to Flint Rep after writing and directing the hit production Sounds From The River at Cincinnati’s Aronoff Center for the Arts. An associate artist with the Rep, he’s appeared in shows like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Death of a Salesman, The Boatman, and Into the Woods. Elsewhere, his directing work includes Hoodoo Love and The Mountaintop. A proud Second City–Detroit alum, Rico helped create more than a dozen original comedy revues. On screen, you can catch him in Sincerely Brenda, 490, and Songs From My Right Side. In 2022, he earned a Regional Emmy for his performance in A Black Anthology of Music. Beyond the stage and screen, Rico teaches at Wayne State University and with the Detroit Creativity Project. He also helped launch “Improvisation in Business Organizations” at WSU and co-wrote the textbook Improv(e) Business.