plays – Ruth Geye

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full-length

These and Those
3w, 3m
Drama

Six college students pile into a small basement apartment for Shabbat lunch, but they can’t keep the outside world from showing up uninvited.

Seen at: New York Theater Festival, San Diego REP JFest

Semifinalist: Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, The O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Jewish Plays Project Jewish Playwriting Contest; Longlist: Theatre503 International Playwrighting Award

Reviewed in: New Voices

Alice Zelenko, Dylan Seders Hoffman, Ethan Fox, Sophie Kreitzberg, Ben Natan, & Nic Sanchez in These and Those at the New York Theater Festival, directed by Tom Weaver

How can I help you?
flexible cast (1-3w, 0-2x, 1m)
Comedy

Claire doesn’t work Fridays. Claire has been called into the office on her day off to accommodate a 102 year old Holocaust survivor with a cracked tooth and a love of Wagner. The dental practice where Claire works is run by a dentist couple and their dentist son, all named Dr. Meyer. The elder Drs. Meyer are out on the island for the weekend, leaving the jittery young-Dr. Meyer in charge. If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one around to see it — are you still a woman?

Commissioned and originally developed by Gingold Theatrical Group

Seen at: PrideFest at The Tank; Gingold Theatrical Group – Speakers’ Corner

Sophie Kreitzberg, Ben Natan, & Alice Klugherz in How can I help you? at The Tank

one-act

Newtown Creek
3w
10min
Dark Comedy

The ship is sinking.

Commissioned by San Diego JFEST and Coastal Roots Farm

Seen at: REGENERATE! An Eco-Performance Fest

Sherri Allen, Anna Kemp, & Rebecca Myers in Newtown Creek at REGENERATE! an eco-performance fest at Costal Roots Farm, directed by Todd Salovey & Rebecca Myers

Chelm, KS
1w, 1m, 1x
10min
Horror-comedy/TYA

Heshy has a little dreidel. He made it out of clay. Now, it’s come out to play.

Winner: PlayGround-NY People’s Choice Award

Seen at: PlayGround-NY, The Linden Grove Theatre Co.

Odette Fryman and Isabella Good in Chelm, KS at the Linden Grove Theater Co.’s A Year in a Night, directed by Andra Hunter

The Elephant
2w, 1m
15min
Drama

Lauren got kicked out. Again. She finds refuge from the rain at her best friend Jacki’s house, but any hope of a peaceful evening is ruined by Jacki’s boyfriend, Adam, and an old stuffed elephant in the room.

Winner: The Blank YPF, Marilyn Bianchi Kids Play Festival; Runner-up: Hollins University 10-minute Play Contest

Seen at: The Blank Theater, Shaker Theatre Arts New Stages New Play Festival