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Ruth McKee

RUTH MCKEE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Ruth McKee. Recent plays include: Stray,winner of the 2008 Stanley Drama Award, readings at the Black Dahlia Theatre (Los Angeles) and Ensemble Studio Theatre (New York); the Nightshade Family, produced in the 2007 Summer Play Festival (New York) and a runner-up for the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Contest, Alliance Theatre (Atlanta); Security Check,produced in the Six Figures Theatre Company Artists of Tomorrow Festival 2006; 500 Words, produced in the 2005 Baldwin New Play Festival at the University of California, San Diego; Cargo, produced in BNPF 2004; Mail Returned, produced at UCSD and by Six Figures; the Noise Room, developed at HB Playwrights Foundation. Originally from Canada, by way of Bangladesh and Kenya, Ms. McKee has a BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU, an MFA in playwriting from UCSD, and currently lives in Los Angeles.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         500 Words         Full Disclosure         Hell Money         Long Term Parking         Mail Returned         Nightshade Family         Noise Room         Otherwise Engaged         Security Check         Stray

500 Words

Synopsis:
Three New York City immigrant teenagers take an internship organizing submissions for an essay contest on patriotism in America. Disgusted by the phoniness of the entries, they form a bet to see if they can win the contest with honest responses to the topic. As they reveal their stories, their own senses of patriotism and the world are challenged in unexpected ways.

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1st Produced:
Baldwin New Play Festival, University Of California, San Diego (San Diego, Ca, United States)     2005

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Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
70-80 min Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  2 males, 4 females (5-6 actors possible: exactly 2 males, 3-4 females)

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Full Disclosure

Synopsis:
A one woman play that takes a humorous look at love, life, and relationships against the backdrop of the volatile world of NY real estate. Pregnant realtor, Sunny Smith really wants to sell you the house she's listing but first she has a few facts she needs to disclose. . .Set up in the style of an actual open house.
nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
the Secret theatre
4402 23rd Street, NY 11101-5000     06 Dec 2011

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Going to Tahiti Productions

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Play/Drama 75 min

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Hell Money

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Long Term Parking

Synopsis:
John and Abbey work at a lonely airport parking lot in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, confined together to a tiny booth. After a rough start, John develops a crush on Abbey, who is recovering from a sexual assault and is less than interested in John's advances. Instead she becomes increasingly obsessed with a wealthy jetsetting customer, whose return to the parking lot she hopes will fulfill her dreams of a better life.

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Genre:
60-80 min Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  2 males, 1 female

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Mail Returned

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Nightshade Family

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1st Produced:
Summer Play Festival, New York     2007

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Noise Room

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Otherwise Engaged

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Security Check

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Stray

Synopsis:
Stray concerns James and Rachel, who seem like the perfect parents: well-educated, successful, middle-class. . .white. But when their adopted son from Uganda is threatened with expulsion from school, they are confronted with the real challenges of parenting a traumatized child in suburban America.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Black Dahlia Theater, Los Angeles     2008

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc, 2010   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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