2. NEW AWARDS, GRANTS, MEMBERSHIPS
- 2009National Endowment for the ArtsAccess to Artistic
Excellence award for SONGS & DANCES OF IMAGINARY LANDS, a
sitespecific musical play(collaboration with composer O-lan Jones,
Overtone Industries)
- 2008 Finalist for Collaboration Award/ New York Coalition of
Professional Women in the Arts & Mediafor WELLSPRING with
Hourglass Group director/producer Elyse Singer
- 2008National Endowment for the ArtsAccess to Artistic
Excellence award for SEVEN/JOURNEYS with LaMama Experimental
Theatre Club(collaboration with Afghani womens rights advocate
Farida Azizi)
- New resident playwright withChicago Dramatists2009-2012
- 2008Grainger Award , School of the Art Institute of
Chicago
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- Songs & Dances of Imaginary Lands
- (set design) Evidence Room, Los Angeles
4. 5. 6. NEW PRESS
- including from:Chicago Tribune, LA Weekly, UK National Art
Service, ABC News, Independent, Washington Post, Huffington Post,
Sequenza21, Rochester Citypages, Foaia Transilvania (Romania)
LArgenteuil News (Montreal), Helexpo Today (Thessaloniki),
Radiophone Greece, etc.;
7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Los Angeles Weekly
- Theater Reviews:Monday, February 18, 2008(Paul Birchall)
- STADIUM DEVILDARE: BATTLE FOR G*DZILLA XPlaywright Ruth
Margraff's engrossing, surreal opus is an ungodly anime-style love
child of Finnegans Wake and American Gladiators [and]
jaw-droppingly weird fun.T he hilarious ensemble work boasts
exciting turnswhile the romance that develops between Game Boy and
Lone Wolf is unexpectedly tender.
- Theatre of NOTE, 1517 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hlywd.;
- Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.; thru March 22. (323)
856-8611.
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- Los Angeles Hit List:Feb. 8 by Roger Brigham, EDGE West Coast
Editor Friday Feb 8, 2008
- REALITY REDUX FOR GODZILLA:
- In the fantasy world of "Stadium Devildare: Battle for G*dzilla
X," stadium warriors battle for possession of the legendary
protective suit of armor "Guts N Glory" that empowers any warrior
wearing it to defeat the cryptic G*dzilla X, Americas greatest
enemy.A multi-media spectacle of fierce combat, giant monsters,
songs, super heroes and songs. Not to mention a comic love story
featuring magic, skate ramps, anime and ninjas."Stadium Devildare,"
Theatre of Note, 1517 Caheunga Blvd. Feb. 14 through March 22.
Written by Ruth Margraff. Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays 7
p.m. Tickets $18-22. (323) 856-8611. www.theatreofnote.com.
13. Los Angeles
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- Stadium Devildareis "a tale of future sport... America to the
extreme" and indeed, Ruth Margraff's play pushes the country's
obsessions (fame, violence, reality television) to their limits. As
unsavory, gigantic creatures threaten humanity, our only chance to
defeat them lies in Evel Knievel's legendary suit of armor, known
as "Guts 'N Glory." In the contest that follows, four courageous
(and/or psychotic) contenders vie for the treasured costume and its
accompanying 15 minutes of fame, with the audience itself voting on
which warrior will be left standing.
14. Artist in LA LA Land Greater Los AngelesWednesday, February
27, 2008
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- "Stadium Devildare" : A Satirical Play About American Violence,
Fame & Reality T.V.
- This unusual play, "Stadium Devildare" by Ruth Margraff
promises a bit of all things American: VIOLENCE, FAME & REALITY
TELEVISIONkno cked and brought down from their lofty positions .The
setting is a future America where a gigantic creature is
threatening humanity. To save the people a hero must be chosen to
wear"Evel Knievel's legendary suit of armor, known as 'Guts 'N
Glory.'"A contest ensues to find this hero. The play's audience
gets to vote on who will do humanity the honor. It plays now
through March 23rd at Theatre of NOTE (1517 Cahuenga Blvd,
323.856.8611).
- Posted by Melissa Kojimaat8:42 AM
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- TDR / The Drama ReviewFall 2009, Vol. 53, No. 3 (T203), pp2-3
New York University and the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.Provocation: To ward a Neo-Cubist Alamkara Movement in a
Reality-Programmed Theatre Near You 2009
- Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Ni ght Wind a monologue for
Farida Azizi for SEVEN and SEVEN the play by Ruth Margraff, Anna
Deavere Smith, Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol
K. Mack and Susan Yankowitz, | Documentary | Full Length | 7 women
| Flexible Set| A collaboration of seven award-winning women
playwrights, (AVAILABLE NOW IN MANUSCRIPT, BOOK FORTHCOMING) Price:
$20.00 ISBN: 978-0-8222-2351-1 2009
- Applause Theater & Cinema Books/ DUO! The Best Scenes for
Two for the 21st Century ; An imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation
(NY) Ed. Joyce E. Henry, Rebecca Dunn Jaroff, Bob Shuman. Sh ut Up
Elektra & Chysothemis from THE ELEKTRA FUGUES ISBN
978-1-55783-702-8 2009
- Stockyard Magazine (Chicago) Bo ok of Tea from
WELLSPRING2009
- Playscripts, Inc. ALL THOSE VIOLENT SWEATERS Summer 2008;
ISBN:978-0970904645
- Playscripts, Inc.:Actors Choice: Monologues For Women Ho use
excerpt from ALL THOSE VIOLENT SWEATERS ISBN:978-0970904645, Spring
2008
- Romanian Cultural Institute / CUNY Martin Segal Press
.Translation editing with Romanian playwright Saviana Stanescu
ROMANIA AFTER 2000: FIVE NEW ROMANIAN PLAYS ,the first publication
of new plays from Romania in English, ISBN-10: 0979057019 2008
- Performing Arts Journal: A Journal of Performance and Art - PAJ
86 (Volume 29, No, 2),DEADLY SHE-WOLF ASSASSIN AT ARMAGEDDON
Martial arts performance text w/composer Fred Wei-Han Ho pp. 94-107
May 2007
- American Theater Magazine Id entity Capers: The New Generation
of Slovenian playwrights is not only interested in geo-political
concerns May/June 2007
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29. 30. S hut Up Elektra & Chrysothemis from THE ELEKTRA
FUGUESApplause Theater & Cinema Booksan imprint of Hal Leonard
Corporation (NY) Ed. Joyce E. Henry, Rebecca Dunn Jaroff, Bob
Shuman, 2009ISBN 978-1-55783-702-8 2009 31. DEADLY SHE-WOLF
ASSASSIN AT ARMAGEDDON performance text by Ruth Margraff, Fred Ho
PAJ: A Journal of Performance and ArtVolume 29, Issue 2 - PAJ
86-May 2007p.94 -1 07 32. 33. roMANIA after 2000Five New Romanian
Plays
- Translation Editors: Ruth Margraff and Saviana Stanescu
- The first anthology of new Romanian drama published in the
United States. It introduces American readers to five important
emerging playwrights and their plays that address resonant issues
of a post-totalitarian society on its way toward democracy and a
new European identity, all of whom have already been involved in
projects of Romanian-American exchange supported by RCINY: Stop The
Tempoby Gianina C a rbunariu Romania. Kiss Me!by Bogdan Georgescu
Vitaminsby Vera Ion Romania 21by Peca Stefan Waxing Westby Saviana
Stanescu. Edited by Saviana Stanescu and Daniel Gerould,
- The anthology is a joint initiative of the Martin E. Segal
Theater Centre and the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York
(RCINY), with support from RCIs Translation and Publication
Program.
34. ALL THOSE VIOLENT SWEATERS GENREDark
comedy/RomanceLENGTHShort, 35-60 minutesCAST 2 females, 1male (2-9
actors possible: exactly 2 females, 0-7 males) SET Minimal.
Flexible. NOTESAdult language and content. Edith and Patti-Jo
attempt to come to terms with their post-high school friendship in
a 1980s world of Harlequin romances, Hallmark sentiment, and
marching band uniformed burglars. Patti-Jo marks time in her
whirlwind life by a sequence of Senior pictures of her boyfriends
until one tragic car accident, while Edith descends into the
loneliness of mail order catalogs and knitted sweaters. The story
that unfolds between the two girls moves like an X-ray of female
friendship, and the tightly knotted bones of many things latent.
35.
- 3 forthcoming publications
- (forthcoming)Acting Together on the World Stage: Performance
and the Creative Transformation of Conflict;A project of Theatre
Without Borders, Coexistence International and The Alan B. Slifka
Program in Intercommunal Coexistence at Brandeis University
.Chapter 9HI DDEN FIRES: PeaceWorks invocation as Zize k ian
response to the Gujarat massacres of 2002 (Calcutta, India) written
with support from Anjum Katyal and Naveen Kishore/Seagull
Foundation (INDIA) , 2010
- (forthcoming) THE COLLECTED MARTIAL ARTS OPERAS OF RUTH
MARGRAFF AND FRED HO;editor: Omi Oshi/Joni Jones to include VOICE
OF THE DRAGON 1: Once Upon A Time in Chinese America; VOICE OF THE
DRAGON 2: Shaolin Secret Stories; VOICE OF THE DRAGON 3: Dragon vs.
Eagle; DEADLY SHE-WOLF ASSASSIN AT ARMAGEDDAN and songs Bl azing on
the Turquoise Sea andHe ro of Heroes, etc. 2010
- (forthcoming)Yellow Power, Yellow Soul anthology. Ohthe Hilt,
the Hilt Again Please A glimpse inside the martial arts operas of
composer Fred Ho & librettist Ruth Margraff, 2010
