Richard Curry, Jesuit who served people with disabilities and veterans, has died | National...

RP Members, Jesuit Fr. Richard Curry, whose various ministries in theater and bakeries embraced people with disabilities and military veterans, died in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 19. He was 72.
Curry was best known for founding in New York City in 1977 the National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped, which allowed young people with disabilities the chance to study music, voice, oral interpretation, movement and dance, writing plays, theater management and technical productions with a staff of professionals.