Randall Wilcox (Randy) holds a degree in secondary education from Heidelberg University and an MLS degree from Kent State University. In his career as a professional law librarian, he worked in positions in academic law firms, and corporate law libraries. 

Born and raised in Ohio, he moved to the east coast with his now-husband in 1997. Retired in January 2014, he served as vice president and president of the community beach association on the Jersey Shore where he and his husband lived until they left the US for Portugal last August 30th. 

Randy's husband, Richard Costabile, whom he met in Cleveland in 1992, is a retired professional stage manager, whose career took him to numerous regional theaters and also to Broadway. The couple shares a love of live theater, cooking, fixing up their new home, and travel, and are especially excited to now be living in Europe where travel is easy and inexpensive.

Richard Costabile

Richard Costabile (Rich) was born in the Bronx and over the years lived in four of the five boroughs of NYC. He graduated from Regis High School in Manhattan, Fordham College in the Bronx, and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in Manhattan. 

His careers have included delivery boy for the NY Post, Record Salesman for The Spinning Disc, Math tutor, a Math teacher for Up With People HS, Computer Programmer/Systems Analyst for IBM in Westchester, NY, Freelance Actor, Freelance Stage Manager (38 years) and teaching Stage Management at SUNY Purchase and Rutgers University. 

He's most proud of his 17-year association with Hal Holbrook’s "Mark Twain Tonight!" In the course of his career, he worked on plays and musicals on Broadway, touring shows, off-Broadway, in regional theaters all over the country, "Lord of the Rings in Concert," and many other live events and celebrations. 

Currently, he is co-Secretary of the newly established Stage Managers’ Association Foundation, which aims to underwrite education, training, and scholarships that enhance and develop stage management skills for students and professionals working in the business, as well as projects meant to contribute to the understanding of the stage manager’s role. 

Rich retired in September 2017, very shortly after Mr. Holbrook announced his own retirement at the age of 92! He and his husband Randy have been inveterate travelers, spending as much time “on the road” as possible, through Rich’s jobs as well as on independent adventures. They did much research, including a 3-month scouting trip, before they relocated full-time to the Algarve in Portugal at the end of August 2022.
 
Tavira (The Algarve)
Town in Portugal.
Quick facts
Tavira is a small city on Portugal’s Algarve coast. It straddles the Gilão River, which reaches the sea through the inlets and lagoons of Ria Formosa Natural Park. Tavira Island has a long, sandy beach, plus salt pans that attract flamingos, spoonbills, and other wading birds. In the center, medieval Tavira Castle has city views. The Santa María do Castelo Church houses the tombs of 7 knights killed by the Moors. 

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