Sarah Ruhl
Sarah Ruhl
Sarah Ruhl’s plays include In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, The Clean House, Passion Play, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Melancholy Play, For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday, The Oldest Boy, Stage Kiss, Dear Elizabeth, Eurydice, How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, Orlando, Late: a cowboy song, and a translation of Three Sisters. She has been a two-time Pulitzer prize finalist and a Tony award nominee. Her plays have been produced on and off Broadway, around the country, and internationally, where they have been translated into over fifteen languages.
Originally from Chicago, Ms. Ruhl received her M.F.A. from Brown University, where she studied with Paula Vogel. She has received the Steinberg Award, the Samuel French Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, the Whiting Award, the Lily Award, a PEN Award for mid-career playwrights, and the MacArthur Award. You can read more about her work on www.SarahRuhlplaywright.com. Her new book 100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write was a New York Times notable book of the year, and she most recently published Letters from Max with Max Ritvo. She teaches at the Yale School of Drama, and she lives in Brooklyn with her family.
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Stage Kiss (Ruhl)
Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, ComedyStage Kiss (Ruhl)
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 4m
Art imitates Life. Life imitates Art. When two actors with a history are thrown together as romantic leads in a forgotten 1930s melodrama, they quickly lose touch with reality as the story onstage follows them offstage.
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Becky Nurse of Salem
Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Dark ComedyBecky Nurse of Salem
Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 4w, 3m
A descendent of a woman accused of being a witch in Salem is now having struggles of her own. She looks to a local witch to help right her wrongs, but it only makes things worse. A look at how times have changed, or not, for women in America.
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Dead Man's Cell Phone
Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyDead Man's Cell Phone
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 2m
"Satire is her oxygen [...] In her new oddball comedy, Dead Man's Cell Phone,Sarah Ruhl is forever vital in her lyrical and biting takes on how we behave." - The Washington Post
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Eurydice
Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyEurydice
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 5m
Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, and breathtaking visual effects, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story.
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Stage Kiss (Ruhl)
Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, ComedyStage Kiss (Ruhl)
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 3w, 4m
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Becky Nurse of Salem
Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Dark ComedyBecky Nurse of Salem
Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 4w, 3m
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Dead Man's Cell Phone
Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyDead Man's Cell Phone
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4w, 2m
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Eurydice
Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyEurydice
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 5m