The Sarah Ruhl Collection (Samuel French)

Stage Kiss (Ruhl)

Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Comedy 3w, 4m
Letters From Max

by Sarah Ruhl, Max Ritvo

Letters From Max

Sarah Ruhl, Max Ritvo
Full-Length Play, Drama 1w, 1m
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Letters From Max

Sarah Ruhl , Max Ritvo

Full-Length Play, Drama / 1f, 1m

In this intimate, poetic play, a stage adaptation of Sarah Ruhl and Max Ritvo’s 2018 epistolary book, Sarah and her former student Max share letters and poems candidly addressing his terminal illness with humor and lyricism.

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Melancholy Play: a chamber musical

by Sarah Ruhl, Todd Almon...

Melancholy Play: a chamber musical

Sarah Ruhl, Todd Almond
Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy 3w, 3m
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Melancholy Play: a chamber musical

Todd Almond , Sarah Ruhl

Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 3f, 3m

In this chamber musical version of Sarah Ruhl's Melancholy Play, Tilly’s melancholy is of an exquisite quality. She turns her melancholy into a sexy thing, and every stranger she meets falls in love with her.

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Late, A Cowboy Song

by Sarah Ruhl

Late, A Cowboy Song

Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Comedy 2w, 1m
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Late, A Cowboy Song

Sarah Ruhl

Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2f, 1m

Mary, always late and always married, meets a lady cowboy outside the city limits of Pittsburgh who teaches her how to ride a horse. A story of one woman’s education and her search to find true love outside the box...

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Eurydice

by Sarah Ruhl

Eurydice

Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy 2w, 5m
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Eurydice

Sarah Ruhl

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2f, 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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How to Transcend a Happy Marriage

by Sarah Ruhl

How to Transcend a Happy Marriage

Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Comedy 4w, 4m
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How to Transcend a Happy Marriage

Sarah Ruhl

Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4f, 4m

"This new play is a subversive enchantment. It is part absurd domestic serio-comedy, part erotic magic realism, unflinching about taboos and about questioning that, just maybe, monogamy isn’t enough." – Newsday

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The Clean House

by Sarah Ruhl

The Clean House

Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Comedy 4w, 1m
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The Clean House

Sarah Ruhl

Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4f, 1m

Winner! 2003-2004 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Finalist! 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Drama

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In the Next Room or the vibrator play

by Sarah Ruhl

In the Next Room or the vibrator play

Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy 4w, 3m
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In the Next Room or the vibrator play

Sarah Ruhl

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4f, 3m

Set in the 1880s at the dawn of the age of electricity and based on the bizarre historical fact that doctors used vibrators to treat “hysterical” women (and some men), this revelatory comedy centers on a doctor and his wife and how his new therapy affects their entire household.

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Three Sisters (Ruhl)

by Sarah Ruhl

Three Sisters (Ruhl)

Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Drama 5w, 9m
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Three Sisters (Ruhl)

Sarah Ruhl

Full-Length Play, Drama / 5f, 9m

The humor and heartbreak of one of the world’s greatest plays is revealed through the lyricism of a leading voice in contemporary theatre: two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl.

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Becky Nurse of Salem

by Sarah Ruhl

Becky Nurse of Salem

Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy 4w, 3m
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Becky Nurse of Salem

Sarah Ruhl

Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 4f, 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

by Sarah Ruhl

Dead Man's Cell Phone

Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy 4w, 2m
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Dead Man's Cell Phone

Sarah Ruhl

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4f, 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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For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday

by Sarah Ruhl

For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday

Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy 2w, 4m
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For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday

Sarah Ruhl

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2f, 4m

A loving look at a family's view of death, life and the allure of never growing up.

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The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies

by Sarah Ruhl

The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies

Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Drama 1w, 4m
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The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies

Sarah Ruhl

Full-Length Play, Drama / 1f, 4m

The Oldest Boy is a richly emotional journey filled with music, dance, puppetry, ritual, and laughter — Sarah Ruhl at her imaginative best. A meditation on attachment and unconditional love, the play asks us to believe in a world in which sometimes the youngest children are also the oldest and wisest teachers.

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Dear Elizabeth

by Sarah Ruhl

Dear Elizabeth

Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Drama 1w, 1m, 1any gender (adult)
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Dear Elizabeth

Sarah Ruhl

Full-Length Play, Drama / 1f, 1m, 1m or f

A stage adaptation of the letters between poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell.

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Passion Play (Ruhl)

by Sarah Ruhl

Passion Play (Ruhl)

Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy 3w, 8m
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Passion Play (Ruhl)

Sarah Ruhl

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3f, 8m

Hailed by The New Yorker’s John Lahr as “extraordinary,” “bold,” and “inventive,” Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play takes us behind the scenes of three very different communities attempting to stage the death and resurrection of Christ.

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Melancholy Play

by Sarah Ruhl

Melancholy Play

Sarah Ruhl
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy 3w, 3m
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Melancholy Play

Sarah Ruhl

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3f, 3m

Tilly’s melancholy is of an exquisite quality. She turns her melancholy into a sexy thing, and every stranger she meets falls in love with her. One day, inexplicably, Tilly becomes happy, wreaking havoc on the lives of her paramours.

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The Sarah Ruhl Collection (Samuel French)

Letters From Max

Melancholy Play: a chamber musical

Late, A Cowboy Song

Eurydice

How to Transcend a Happy Marriage

The Clean House

In the Next Room or the vibrator play

Three Sisters (Ruhl)

Becky Nurse of Salem

Dead Man's Cell Phone

For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday

The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies

Dear Elizabeth

Passion Play (Ruhl)

Melancholy Play