Rinne Groff
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Rinne Groff
OR:
Rinne Groff on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Rinne Groff (aka Rinne Becker Groff) is an American playwright and performer.


Biography

Groff was trained at
Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...
and
New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...
's Tisch School of the Arts, where she currently teaches. A founding member of
Elevator Repair Service Elevator Repair Service (ERS) is a New York-based theater ensemble founded by director John Collins and a group of actors in 1991.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 The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization founded as the Shakespeare Workshop in 1954 by Joseph Papp, with the intention of showcasing the works of up-and-coming playwrights and performers.Epstein, Helen. ''Joe Papp: An American Li ...
on February 1, 2011, starring Mandy Patinkin and directed by
Oskar Eustis Oskar Eustis (born July 31, 1958) has been the Artistic Director at the Public Theater in New York City since 2005. He has worked as a director, dramaturg, and artistic director for theaters around the United States.Yale Repertory Theatre and
Berkeley Repertory Theatre Berkeley Repertory Theatre is a regional theater company located in Berkeley, California. It runs seven productions each season from its two stages in Downtown Berkeley. History The company was founded in 1968, as the East Bay's first resident p ...
, both in 2010.


Awards

*Recipient of a 2006
Guggenheim Award Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the art ...
*Recipient of a 2005 Whiting Award for drama *Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2002-03 for her play ''Orange Lemon Egg Canary'' *Fellowship from the MacDowell Colony in 2005.


Works

* ''Inky'' ( Clubbed Thumb and Salt Theater, 2000) *''The Five Hysterical Girls Theorem'' ( Target Margin Theater, 2000) * ''Jimmy Carter was a Democrat'' (produced at Clubbed Thumb and P.S. 122, 2002) * ''Orange Lemon Egg Canary'' ( Actors Theater of Louisville, 2003) * ''You Never Know'' (co-writer with
Charles Strouse Charles Strouse (born June 7, 1928) is an American composer and lyricist best known for writing the music to such Broadway musicals as '' Bye Bye Birdie'', ''Applause'', and '' Annie''. Life and career Strouse was born in New York City, to Jewis ...
) ( Trinity Rep, 2005) * ''Molière Impromptu'' (Trinity Rep, 2005) * ''The Ruby Sunrise'' (
Public Theater The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization founded as the Shakespeare Workshop in 1954 by Joseph Papp, with the intention of showcasing the works of up-and-coming playwrights and performers.Epstein, Helen. ''Joe Papp: An American ...
, November 2005, directed by
Oskar Eustis Oskar Eustis (born July 31, 1958) has been the Artistic Director at the Public Theater in New York City since 2005. He has worked as a director, dramaturg, and artistic director for theaters around the United States.Clubbed Thumb, 2006) * ''Compulsion'' (2010, Yale Repertory Theatre, 2010) * ''77%'' (
San Francisco Playhouse San Francisco Playhouse (formerly SF Playhouse) is a non-profit theater company in San Francisco, California, founded in 2003 by Bill English and Susi Damilano. The theater stages nine plays yearly, including Broadway plays, musicals, and world ...
, 2014) * ''Fire in Dreamland'' (Public Theater, 2018)


References


External links


Profile and Production History at The Whiting Foundation

Rinne Groff bio and play listing
on Playscripts, Inc. {{DEFAULTSORT:Groff, Rinne American dramatists and playwrights Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Yale University alumni Tisch School of the Arts alumni