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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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Ruined - 2009 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 12

Playwrights Horizons' CLYBOURNE With Frank Wood and Annie Parisse Opens 2/21
by BWW News Desk - Feb 21, 2010


Playwrights Horizons has announced complete casting for the World Premiere of CLYBOURNE PARK, a new play by Bruce Norris (The Pain and the Itch at Playwrights Horizons/PH 2006-2007 Season).

Arena Stage Features Albee, RUINED et al. in 2010 - 2011
by Jessica Lewis - Feb 17, 2010


Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith announces the D.C.-based pioneering theater company's 60th season filled with award-winning artists and projects to celebrate the grand opening of Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. The 2010/11 inaugural season includes eight full productions, seven presentations from the National Endowment for the Arts New Play Development Program and public readings from all 30 of Edward Albee's works, totaling at least 45 projects produced and presented by Arena Stage in the inaugural year at the Mead Center. With the opening next fall, Arena Stage will fully become a national center for production, presentation, development and study of American theater.

Florida Studio Theatre Adds Performances to RUINED, Runs Thru 4/3
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 16, 2010


Florida Studio Theatre continues its Winter Mainstage Season with Lynn Nottage's 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winning Drama Ruined. This 'Riveting' (Variety Magazine) new drama runs through April 3, 2010 at the Keating Theatre.

INTIMATE APPAREL Opens 2/8 at The Canadian Stage Company
by BWW News Desk - Feb 8, 2010


Heralding Black History Month, The Canadian Stage Company presents the revival of Obsidian Theatre's acclaimed production of Intimate Apparel by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage.

Florida Studio Theatre Presents RUINED 2/3-4/3
by BWW News Desk - Feb 3, 2010


Florida Studio Theatre continues its Winter Mainstage Season with Lynn Nottage's 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winning Drama Ruined. This 'Riveting' (Variety Magazine) new drama opens at the Keating Theatre February 3rd and will continue through April 3, 2010.

Florida Studio Theatre Presents RUINED 2/3-4/3
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 2, 2010


Florida Studio Theatre continues its Winter Mainstage Season with Lynn Nottage's 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winning Drama Ruined. This 'Riveting' (Variety Magazine) new drama opens at the Keating Theatre February 3rd and will continue through April 3, 2010.

Huntington Theatre Co. Announces 2010-2011 Productions
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 1, 2010


The Huntington Theatre Company will open its 29th season with the great American stage comedy, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's You Can't Take It With You, pending the conclusion of negotiations for a transfer to Broadway.

The Canadian Stage Company Marks Black History Month with INTIMATE APPAREL
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 28, 2010


Heralding Black History Month, The Canadian Stage Company presents the revival of Obsidian Theatre's acclaimed production of Intimate Apparel by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage.

FST Extends THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
by BWW News Desk - Jan 29, 2010


The competition continues another week in Sarasota due to popular demand! After a successful ten week run, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Music and lyrics by William Finn; Book by Rachel Sheinkin; Conceived by Rebecca Feldman; Additional material by Jay Reiss) will extend for an eleventh week at Florida Studio Theatre's Keating Theatre, January 26 to January 29, 2010.

Frank Wood and Annie Parisse Lead Playwrights Horizons' CLYBOURNE; Complete Casting Announced
by BWW News Desk - Jan 29, 2010


Playwrights Horizons has announced complete casting for the World Premiere of CLYBOURNE PARK, a new play by Bruce Norris (The Pain and the Itch at Playwrights Horizons/PH 2006-2007 Season).

MTC Opens Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL, 1/28
by BWW News Desk - Jan 28, 2010


Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce that Tony Award nominee Brian d'Arcy James will join the cast of the New York premiere of Donald Margulies' TIME STANDS STILL at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

La Jolla Playhouse Announces 2010/11 Season
by BWW News Desk - Jan 24, 2010


La Jolla Playhouse announced today five of six productions in its 2010/11 subscription season, including the world premiere of Annie Weisman's Surf Report, running June/July in the Mandell Weiss Forum; William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley and featuring an on-stage orchestra playing the music of Mendelssohn, running July/Aug in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre; the world-premiere musical comedy A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, book by Robert L. Freedman, music by Steven Lutvak, lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak, starring Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays, running Sept/Oct in the Mandell Weiss Theatre; a new adaptation of Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground, adapted by Robert Woodruff and Bill Camp, directed by Robert Woodruff, running late Sept/Oct in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre; and Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined, running Nov/Dec in the Mandell Weiss Theatre. The final production of the 2010/11 season - a musical - will be announced shortly.

The Market Theatre Announces Upcoming Shows Thru December 2010
by BWW News Desk - Jan 22, 2010


The Market Theatre has announced its upcoming productions and events thru December 2010.

Playwrights Horizons Announces Casting for A COOL DIP IN THE BARREN SAHARAN CRICK
by BWW News Desk - Jan 21, 2010


Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) continues its 2009/2010 Season with the World Premiere of A COOL DIP IN THE BARREN SAHARAN CRICK, a new play by Kia Corthron (Breath, Boom at Playwrights Horizons/PH, Force Continuum), directed by Obie Award winner Chay Yew (Durango at The Public).

Florida Studio Theatre Extends THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE 1/17/2010
by BWW News Desk - Jan 17, 2010


The competition will continue well into the New Year at Florida Studio Theatre due to popular demand!

Bernstine, Gayle Join Cast Of MCC Theater's FAMILY WEEK
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 13, 2010


MCC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) has announced complete casting for the company's third and final production of their 2009-2010 season, Beth Henley's Family Week, directed by Jonathan Demme.

Segal, Orsekes, Cummings et al. Complete Cast for Broadway's THE MIRACLE WORKER
by Aimee Savoth - Jan 13, 2010


Producers David Richenthal, Eric Falkenstein and Randall Wreghitt have announced that Tobias Segal, Daniel Orsekes, Michael Cummings, Simone Joy Jones, Yvette Ganier and Lance Chantiles-Wertz complete the cast of the first revival of William Gibson's THE MIRACLE WORKER as the Tony Award® winning play celebrates its 50th Anniversary of opening on Broadway.

FST Extends THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 13, 2010


The competition continues another week in Sarasota due to popular demand! After a successful ten week run, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Music and lyrics by William Finn; Book by Rachel Sheinkin; Conceived by Rebecca Feldman; Additional material by Jay Reiss) will extend for an eleventh week at Florida Studio Theatre's Keating Theatre, January 26 to January 29, 2010.

Florida Studio Theatre Extends THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE 1/17/2010
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 31, 2009


The competition will continue well into the New Year at Florida Studio Theatre due to popular demand!

Goodman Theatre Hosts Community Day for Chicagoland Servicemen 12/31/2009
by BWW News Desk - Dec 31, 2009


To celebrate the brave men and women in the armed forces, Goodman Theatre provides more than 550 free tickets to its closing day performance of A Christmas Carol on Thursday, December 31 at 2pm.

Goodman Theatre Hosts Community Day for Chicagoland Servicemen 12/31/2009
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 23, 2009


To celebrate the brave men and women in the armed forces, Goodman Theatre provides more than 550 free tickets to its closing day performance of A Christmas Carol on Thursday, December 31 at 2pm.

Entertainment Weekly's TOP 10 SHOWS of the Year by Thom Geier
by BWW News Desk - Dec 20, 2009


With 'Best of' lists customary as the year winds down, Entertainment Weekly gets in on the act by dedicating its current print issue to the Best and Worst of 2009. The magazine edition includes lists of Top 10 movies, TV, songs, books and much more.

Nilo Cruz, Regina Taylor and More Featured In Goodman Theatre's New Stage Series, 12/11 - 12/20
by BWW News Desk - Dec 20, 2009


Brand-new plays from six contemporary, diverse voices of the American theater come together for two weekends in Goodman Theatre's 2009 New Stages Series, December 11 - 20, 2009. The series of script-in-hand staged readings takes place in the Goodman's Owen Theatre and is open to the public.

Bluebarn Theater Presents SILENT NIGHT OF THE LAMBS 11/27-12/19
by BWW News Desk - Dec 19, 2009


BLUEBARN Theatre will continue their 21st season with the h0liday spoof, Silent Night of the Lambs, which opens November 27th and runs through December 19th, 2009.

Frank Wood and Annie Parisse Lead Playwrights Horizons' CLYBOURNE; Complete Casting Announced
by Jessica Lewis - Dec 15, 2009


Playwrights Horizons has announced complete casting for the World Premiere of CLYBOURNE PARK, a new play by Bruce Norris (The Pain and the Itch at Playwrights Horizons/PH 2006-2007 Season).

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Ruined - 2009 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations

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Year Ceremony Category Nominee
2009 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Play Saidah Arrika Ekulona
2009 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Director of a Play Kate Whoriskey
2009 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Condola Rashad
2009 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Music in a Play Dominic Kanza
2009 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards Best Play Lynn Nottage
2009 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards Best Play Lynn Nottage
2009 Obie Awards Best New American Play Lynn Nottage
2009 Obie Awards Performance Russell Gebert Jones
2009 Obie Awards Performance Russell Gebert Jones
2009 Obie Awards Performance Saidah Arrika Ekulona
2009 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Actress in a Play Saidah Arrika Ekulona
2009 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Russell G. Jones
2009 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Condola Rashad
2009 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Lighting Design Peter Kaczorowski
2009 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play 0
2009 The Lortels Outstanding Director Kate Whoriskey
2009 The Lortels Outstanding Lead Actress Saidah Arrika Ekulona
2009 The Lortels Outstanding Play Manhattan Theatre Club
2009 The Lortels Outstanding Play Goodman Theatre
2009 Theatre World Awards Performance Condola Rashad

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