Dick was born in Houston, Texas in 1947 to Ruth(Ford)Kendrick and Richard A. Kendrick. He grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Colorado Springs where he graduated from Palmer High School. He graduated from Colorado College, Colorado Springs in 1969 and attended graduate school at UC Davis. He spent a year in Paris, France studying mime at Ecole Jacques Lecoq. He earned his MA degree in Theatre at the University of Northern Colorado where he met his wife, Polly Mikkelson who is a costume designer.
He served as an assistant professor at Colorado College and moved to a similar position at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois.
He and Polly moved to Easton, PA in 1983. Dick was for decades the designer and technical director at the Williams Center at Lafayette College for over 70 productions.
He retired to exclusively freelance theater set and lighting design forming a company called “Blue Floor” with his friend and business partner, Vicki Neal.
Over his career he designed sets or lighting for many productions at Cedar Crest College, the Pearl Theater (NYC), City Theater Company in Delaware, Lehigh University, the National Shakespeare Company, Wagner College, Northampton Community College and more.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years Polly and a brother David and wife Betty in Idaho.
There will be a memorial next summer to celebrate his life and his many contributions to the Performing Arts.
