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In war-torn Congo, Mama Nadi keeps the peace between customers on both sides of the civil war by serving everything from cold beers to warm beds. This shrewd matriarch both protects and profits from the women whose bodies have become battlegrounds “ruined” by the brutality of government soldiers and rebel forces alike. Inspired by interviews conducted in Africa, this searing play is an engrossing and uncommonly human story told with humor and song, revealing the immeasurable loss and hopelessness of war, yet finding affirmation in life and hope.

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Cast and Creative Team Announced For CLYDE'S at The Huntington
by Stephi Wild - Feb 8, 2023


The Huntington has announced the cast and creative team of Clyde's, the Tony Award-nominated play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage and directed by Taylor Reynolds, in a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

PEN America Announces Presenters And Performers For 2022 Pen America Literary Awards,
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 15, 2022


PEN America today announces the presenters introducing the 2022 Literary Awards' three career achievement honorees, and the performers who will take the stage at New York City's Town Hall (123 W. 43rd St.) for the momentous celebration of this year's most resonant literature, held on February 28 as an in-person event hosted by Emmy Award-winning late night host Seth Meyers.

Chicago Theatre Week to Honor Black History Month
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 4, 2022


Chicago Theatre Week (#CTW22), an annual celebration of the rich tradition of theatre-going in Chicago during which visitors and residents can access value-priced tickets, returns for its 10th year and will take place February 17-27, 2022. 

Robert Falls to Step Down as Goodman Theatre Artistic Director in Summer 2022
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 15, 2021


After more than three decades leading creative operations for one of America’s largest theaters, Tony Award-winner Robert Falls is ending his tenure as Artistic Director of Goodman Theatre. Today, Falls announced his intention to step down next summer at the completion of the current 2021/2022 Season.

Invictus Theatre Company Announces 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 17, 2021


Invictus Theatre Company today announced its fifth season of plays, which will open with Shakespeare’s HAMLET, to run October 21 through November 21, 2021. The season will include the 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner RUINED, by Lynn Nottage, from February 17 to March 20; and Edward Albee’s WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF from May 12 to June 12.

Guthrie Theater Announces 2021�"2022 Season Featuring WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, A CHRISTMAS CAROL & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 8, 2021


The Guthrie Theater today announced its 2021–2022 Season, including the national tour of What the Constitution Means to Me by famed writer Heidi Schreck; a world-premiere adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Lavina Jadhwani, featuring all-new creative design; Lorraine Hansberry’s heralded A Raisin in the Sun, and more.

Bishop Arts Theatre Presents MILMA'S TALE by Pulitzer Prize-Winner Lynn Nottage
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 25, 2021


Bishop Arts Theatre Center (BATC) is partnering with Portland, Oregon’s Profile Theatre to bring the audio version of Lynn Nottage’s Mlima’s Tale to Dallas audiences. Ms. Nottage is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, one for her script Ruined in 2009, the other for Sweat in 2017. Production dates for the audio play will run April 12 – May 8, 2021, and can be accessed on the BATC website.

Celebrating Women's History Month: Women in Theatre Through the Decades: 2000s-2010s
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 22, 2021


This week, Through our Women in Theatre Through the Decades features, we are be highlighting the impact of women in theatre such as Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, Kathleen Marshall, Lynn Nottage and more!

Centenary Stage Company and Centenary University's NEXTstage Repertory Opens SWEAT By Lynn Nottage Next Week
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 17, 2021


Centenary Stage Company and Centenary University's NEXTstage Repertory presents Lynn Nottage's Sweat starting next week beginning March 25 in the Little Theatre at 400 Jefferson St. on the campus of Centenary University. The production runs until March 29th. Tickets are $15.00 for adults, $10.00 for children under 12, and are available on-line at centenarystageco.org or by phone at (908) 979 – 0900.

Centenary Stage Company And Centenary University's Nextstage Repertory Presents SWEAT By Lynn Nottage
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 9, 2021


Centenary Stage Company and Centenary University's NEXTstage Repertory presents Lynn Nottage's Sweat March 25 – 29 in the Little Theatre at 400 Jefferson St. on the campus of Centenary University.  Tickets are $15.00 for adults, $10.00 for children under 12, and are available on-line at centenarystageco.org or by phone at (908) 979 – 0900.

BWW Exclusive: The 101 GREATEST PLAYS of the Past 100 Years (1920-2020)
by Peter Nason - Apr 7, 2020


BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the greatest theatrical works (non-musical) from 1920-2020; see if your favorites made the list!

BWW Review: World Premiere of Lynn Nottage's Comedy FLOYD'S at the Guthrie
by Karen Bovard - Aug 6, 2019


Playwright Lynn Nottage matters.  Winner of a MacArthur 'genius' grant, she's also been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2019.  She's the only woman to win two Pulitzer Prizes for drama (for RUINED in 2009 and SWEAT in 2017). Nottage calls FLOYD'S her 'side hustle' to SWEAT.  Commissioned by the Guthrie, it had its world premiere there this past weekend.

SWEAT Opens Tonight At Goodman Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 18, 2019


Powerful drama: still made in America. Lynn Nottage's 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Sweat opens tonight in its Chicago premiere at Goodman Theatre. Ron OJ Parson directs the collision of race, class and friendship at a pivotal moment in America-hailed as 'extraordinarily moving' (The New York Times) and 'passionate and necessary...a masterful depiction of the forces that divide and conquer us' (Time Out New York). Sweat marks the fourth Nottage play to be produced at the Goodman, following Crumbs from the Table of Joy (2006), Ruined (a 2008 world-premiere Goodman commission that earned the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama) and By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (2013). Sweat appears through April 14 in the Albert Theatre. Tickets ($20 - $80; subject to change) are available at Goodmantheatre.org/Sweat, by telephone at 312.443.3800 or at the box office (170 N. Dearborn).

Photo Flash: First Look at Dark Glass Theatre's RUINED by Lynn Nottage
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2018


What is justified when survival is on the line? In a small town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there is a bar called Mama Nadi's. As a vicious civil war drags on, young women find their way to Mama's, and to safety - of a kind. Nadi both protects and profits off the bodies of women who have become casualties of violence, ensuring survival by catering to both sides of the conflict… but how long can she keep the war outside her walls?

Raven Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season
by Julie Musbach - Jan 16, 2018


Raven Theatre is pleased to announce its 2018-19 Season, kicking off this fall with the sharp and boisterous play CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage (Sweat, Ruined). Tyrone Phillips directs this drama about family, faith and revolution.

Photo Flash: Pacific Theatre presents a Dark Glass Theatre production RUINED by Lynn Nottage
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 11, 2018


What is justified when survival is on the line?_ In a small town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there is a bar called Mama Nadi's. As a vicious civil war drags on, young women find their way to Mama's, and to safety of a kind. Nadi both protects and profits off the bodies of women who have become casualties of violence, ensuring survival by catering to both sides of the conflict but how long can she keep the war outside her walls?

Anna Chlumsky, Becky Ann Baker, Adam Pally and More to Star in CARDINAL at Second Stage
by BWW News Desk - Jan 9, 2018


Second Stage Theater has announced complete casting for the world premiere of GREG PIERCE's play, Cardinal, directed by KATE WHORISKEY.

Neal Balkowitsch and Liesl Tommy to be Honored at Huntington's Spotlight Spectacular
by Julie Musbach - Dec 19, 2017


Tony Award nominated artist and Top Girls director Liesl Tommy and Huntington Trustee Neal Balkowitsch will be honored with the Wimberly Award at the 2018 Spotlight Spectacular on Monday, May 7, 2018 at the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts.

Pacific Theatre Present RUINED by Lynn Nottage
by Julie Musbach - Dec 18, 2017


What is justified when survival is on the line?_ In a small town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there is a bar called Mama Nadi's. As a vicious civil war drags on, young women find their way to Mama's, and to safety of a kind. Nadi both protects and profits off the bodies of women who have become casualties of violence, ensuring survival by catering to both sides of the conflict but how long can she keep the war outside her walls?

Jocelyn Bioh's SCHOOL GIRLS, OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY Begins Tonight at MCC Theater
by BWW News Desk - Nov 1, 2017


MCC Theater presents the second show of its 2017-18 season: the World Premiere of School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play, written by 2017-18 Tow Playwright-in-Residence Jocelyn Bioh, and directed by Tony winner Rebecca Taichman. A friendly reminder that School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play begins previews at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street) tonight, November 1, 2017.

Anna Chlumsky, Becky Ann Baker, Adam Pally and More to Star in CARDINAL at Second Stage
by BWW News Desk - Oct 27, 2017


Second Stage Theater has announced complete casting for the world premiere of GREG PIERCE's play, Cardinal, directed by KATE WHORISKEY.

Cast, Creatives Set for Jocelyn Bioh's SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY at MCC Theater
by BWW News Desk - Sep 12, 2017


MCC Theater today announced the complete cast and creative team for the second show of its 2017-18 season: the World Premiere of School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play, written by 2017-18 Tow Playwright-in-Residence Jocelyn Bioh, and directed by Tony Winner Rebecca Taichman.

SAINT JOAN, Starring Condola Rashad, Will Bring Religious Icon to Broadway This Spring
by BWW News Desk - Sep 12, 2017


Manhattan Theatre Club will produce a new Broadway production of Saint Joan, written by Nobel Prize in Literature and Academy Award winner Bernard Shaw and directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan (Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes, Proof), starring three-time Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad (A Doll's House, Part 2, 'Billions').

Echo Theatre Announces 20th Anniversary Season
by Julie Musbach - Jul 30, 2017


Echo Theatre's 20th Anniversary is about to begin and they are elated to announce the season for this milestone event.

Greg Pierce's CARDINAL to Open Winter 2018 at Second Stage
by BWW News Desk - Jul 11, 2017


Second Stage Theater has announced that the world premiere of GREG PIERCE's play, CARDINAL, directed by KATE WHORISKEY, has been added to the 2017-18 season. The production will open in Winter 2018 at the Tony Kiser Theater (305 West 43rd Street).

Ruined FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Ruined have there been?
Ruined has had 2 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 2009 and West End which opened in 2010.
What awards has Ruined been nominated for?
Ruined has been nominated for several awards. These include Best Play at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, Outstanding Director of a Play for Kate Whoriskey at the Drama Desk Awards, Outstanding Music in a Play for Dominic Kanza at the Drama Desk Awards, Best New American Play at the Obie Awards for Lynn Nottage, Performance at the Obie Awards for Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Russell Gebert Jones, and Condola Rashad, Outstanding Lighting Design at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Peter Kaczorowski, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Outstanding Director at The Lortels for Kate Whoriskey, Outstanding Play at The Lortels for Manhattan Theatre Club and Goodman Theatre, and Performance at the Theatre World Awards for Condola Rashad.
What awards has Ruined won?
Ruined has won several awards, including Best Play at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards. Kate Whoriskey received the Outstanding Director of a Play award at the Drama Desk Awards. Dominic Kanza won the Outstanding Music in a Play award, also at the Drama Desk Awards. Lynn Nottage's play was recognized as the Best New American Play at the Obie Awards. Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Russell Gebert Jones, and Condola Rashad all received Performance awards at various ceremonies, including the Obie Awards and Theatre World Awards. Peter Kaczorowski was honored with the Outstanding Lighting Design award at the Outer Critics Circle Awards. Additionally, Ruined was recognized as the Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards and received Outstanding Director and Outstanding Play awards at The Lortels, specifically for Kate Whoriskey and Manhattan Theatre Club. The Goodman Theatre was also recognized with an Outstanding Play award at The Lortels.

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