Ruth Geye
New York, NY
Ruth Geye is an NYC-based playwright and comedian. Rarely at the same time. BFA: NYU Tisch

Plays

by Ruth Geye

FULL LENGTH. October 27, 2018. Six college students pile into a small basement apartment for Shabbat lunch, but they can’t keep the outside world from showing up uninvited.

Cast:
Ayala Melamed / f / early 20s / Lots of opinions, zero self-awareness. // Bension Zargari / m / early 20s / tall, quiet, and 2-3 years too old to be a freshman in college. // Elisheva Birnbaum / f / early 20s / effortlessly frum, unintentionally cold. // Jake Attias / m / early 20s / regional secretary of the College Republicans. // Josh Landsman / m / early 20s / feeling increasingly distant from the Orthodoxy he was raised in, but not enough to commit to new convictions. // Katie Miller / f / early 20s / became religious on her own as a teen; occasionally overcompensates, but always earnestly.
by Ruth Geye

ONE ACT. 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 the old stuffed elephant in the room.

Cast:
Lauren, 16-17, f/x, Guarded. // Jacki, 16-17, f, Anxious. // Adam, 17-19, m, Handsome.
by Ruth Geye

10-MINUTE. Heshy has a little dreidel. He made it out of clay. Now, it's come out to play.

Cast:
Heshy, 7-9, a curious little boy // Rose, 25-32, his mother // The Dreydl, ageless, genderless, an animate lump of clay