Richter co-starred as Ron Weasley in the fan-parody musicals A Very Potter Musical in 2009, A Very Potter Sequel in 2010, and A Very Potter Senior Year in 2012 with Bonnie Gruesen and fellow Glee cast-member Darren Criss, under the University of Michigan theatre group, StarKid Productions. He starred in leading roles in two other StarKid productions: as a fictionalized version of himself in the musicals Me and My Dick in 2009 and Bug in Starship in 2011. Richter graduated from the University of Michigan in 2011. Richter also performed on The SPACE Tour along with several fellow Starkids. In 2012, Richter performed in Starkid's Apocalyptour.