Setting off from a farm in Indiana as a young girl named Ruby struggles to turn her dream of the first all-electrical television system into a reality, and jumping forward to a McCarthy-era New York TV studio where Ruby’s heirs fight over how her story should be told.
Play title: The Ruby Sunrise
Author (s): Rinne Groff
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Publication Date: 2006
Genre: Drama
Primary Discipline: Technology
Scientist (s): Philo Farnsworth
Source Texts: Unknown
Character Breakdown: Part One: 2f, 1m (Ruby, Henry, Lois)
Part Two: 4f, 3m (Lulu, Tad Rose, Martin Marcus, Suzie Tyrone, Paul Benjamin, Ethel Reed, Elizabeth Hunter)
Setting: Part One: Boarding house in Indiana.
Part Two: New York City and Part Three: A combination of Parts One and Two.
Time Period: Part One: 1927 Part Two: 1952 Part Three: Combination of Parts One and Two
Synopsis of Play: Setting off from a farm in Indiana as a young girl named Ruby struggles to turn her dream of the first all-electrical television system into a reality, and jumping forward to a McCarthy-era New York TV studio where Ruby’s heirs fight over how her story should be told. (Play text blurb, Dramatists Play Service, Inc.)
First Performance Date: The Ruby Sunrise was commissioned by Playwrights Horizons with funds provided by the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Commissioning Program; developed with the assistance of the Sundance Theater Lab; and premiered by Trinity Rep and Actors Theatre of Louisville.
First Producer: Playwrights Horizons
Performance History: The Ruby Sunrise received its New York premiere at The Public Theater on November 1, 2005. It was directed by Oskar Eustis; the set design was by Eugene Lee; the costume design was by Deb Newhall; the lighting design was by Deb Sullivan; and the sound design was by Bray Poor.
Review Links:
http://variety.com/2005/legit/reviews/the-ruby-sunrise-1200520232/
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/theater/reviews/dreams-compromise-and-a-talking-box.html
http://chicagocritic.com/the-ruby-sunrise/
https://latw.org/title/ruby-sunrise
Entered by: Denise Gillman/Brooke Sanders
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