Ruth McKee

RUTH MCKEE is a Los Angeles-based playwright. Notable productions include THE NIGHTSHADE FAMILY in SPFNYC and STRAY in the Cherry Lane Mentor Project. She is a founding member of LA-based the site-specific theatre company Chalk Repertory Theatre, which has produced her full-length works IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, STRAY, FULL DISCLOSURE and HELL MONEY, as well as short plays EVOLUTION, SKINS AND BONES, and RIGHT TO POST. She was a 2007 Kendeda Finalist, the recipient of the 2008 Stanley Drama Award, and a runner-up for the 2009 Yale Drama Series Award. Originally from Canada, by way of Bangladesh and Kenya, Ruth has a BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU, and an MFA in Playwriting from UCSD.

RUTH MCKEE is a Los Angeles-based playwright. Notable productions include THE NIGHTSHADE FAMILY in SPFNYC and STRAY in the Cherry Lane Mentor Project. She is a founding member of LA-based the site-specific theatre company Chalk Repertory Theatre, which has produced her full-length works IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, STRAY, FULL DISCLOSURE and HELL MONEY, as well as short plays EVOLUTION, SKINS AND BONES, and RIGHT TO POST. She was a 2007 Kendeda Finalist, the recipient of the 2008 Stanley Drama Award, and a runner-up for the 2009 Yale Drama Series Award. Originally from Canada, by way of Bangladesh and Kenya, Ruth has a BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU, and an MFA in Playwriting from UCSD.

Scripts

Full Disclosure

by Ruth McKee

Cast Size
1
Genre
dark comedy

Sunny is a Los Angeles realtor who is so excited to welcome you into the open house for an exciting property that has just come on the market. As she shows you all its features, however, there are some details about her life that she has to disclose. A dark comedy about the people who sell things they cannot afford to buy, this solo show can be produced in a theatre, but is designed to be presented in a private...

Sunny is a Los Angeles realtor who is so excited to welcome you into the open house for an exciting property that has just come on the market. As she shows you all its features, however, there are some details about her life that she has to disclose. A dark comedy about the people who sell things they cannot afford to buy, this solo show can be produced in a theatre, but is designed to be presented in a private home.

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Hell Money

by Ruth McKee

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

A fast-paced comedy for four young actors. Julie and Katie have graduated from the foster care system, and are living on their own without any positive role models. Their lives aren't perfect, but they have an apartment, they have jobs, and they have a plan. But all their plans come crumbling down around them over the course of one evening when Katie loses her job and Julie gets a mysterious package – and a...

A fast-paced comedy for four young actors. Julie and Katie have graduated from the foster care system, and are living on their own without any positive role models. Their lives aren't perfect, but they have an apartment, they have jobs, and they have a plan. But all their plans come crumbling down around them over the course of one evening when Katie loses her job and Julie gets a mysterious package – and a curse – from her dead grandmother.

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The Rubber Room

by Ruth McKee

Cast Size
4
Genre
drama,
mystery/thriller

When a student in his creative writing class commits suicide, a high-school English teacher is dispatched into the mad world of administrative limbo while his principal investigates the allegations against him.

When a student in his creative writing class commits suicide, a high-school English teacher is dispatched into the mad world of administrative limbo while his principal investigates the allegations against him.