Name Rinne Groff Role Playwright | Movies My America Plays The Ruby Sunrise, Saved | |
Awards Whiting Awards, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada Nominations Outer Critics Circle Award for John Gassner Playwriting Award Similar People Michael Friedman, John Dempsey, Naomi Iizuka, Marcus Gardley, Danny Hoch | ||
Rinne groff and oskar eustis discuss compulsion at the public theater
Rinne Groff is an American playwright and performer.
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- Rinne groff and oskar eustis discuss compulsion at the public theater
- Rinne groff on atw s working in the theatre the characters start talking playwrights 2011
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Rinne groff on atw s working in the theatre the characters start talking playwrights 2011
Biography
Groff was trained at Yale University and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she currently teaches.
A founding member of Elevator Repair Service Theater Company, she has been a part of the writing, staging, and performing of their shows since the company’s inception in 1991. She is at work on a commission from The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
With playwright/lyricist John Dempsey and composer Michael Friedman, Groff co-wrote the book and lyrics for the stage musical adaptation of the movie Saved!. Her play Compulsion opened Off-Broadway at The Public Theater on February 1, 2011, starring Mandy Patinkin and directed by Oskar Eustis. The play had previously played at Yale Repertory Theatre and Berkeley Repertory Theatre, both in 2010.
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