Sarah Ruhl
Ruhl writes plays of magical realism that treat grief, love, and the afterlife with a lightness and formal ingenuity unlike any contemporary American dramatist. Dead Man's Cell Phone and The Clean House have made her the most produced new playwright in American regional theater.
Works
- The Clean HouseComedy about grief and family chaos set in a Mexican household
- EurydicePoetic retelling of the myth of Orpheus from Eurydice's perspective
- Dead Man's Cell PhoneComedy about a woman's relationship with a stranger's abandoned cell phone
- In the Next RoomPlay about vibrations and desire set in a turn-of-century mansion
- Stage KissComedy about a film shoot and theatrical romance and deception