Ruby Rae Spiegel is an American playwright and screenwriter.
Spiegel's first play, Carrie & Francine, made its New York City premiere when she was only 18 years old. The short play was produced alongside works by Neil LaBute, Christopher During and Alexander Dinelaris as a part of 59E59's Summer Shorts Festival in 2011. The production was lauded by critics from The New York Times, The New York Post, and Time Out New York.
In 2014, her first full length play, Dry Land, premiered Off-Broadway at the HERE Arts Center in New York. Spiegel was 21 years old and still a playwriting student at Yale University at the time. Dry Land was developed at New York Stage and film's Powerhouse Theater Readings Festival and the Ojai Playwrights Festival and enjoyed a sold-out run at Colt Coeur before transferring to HERE, where it received rave reviews from critics. Tackling the challenging struggles of abortion, female friendship, and being a teenager, Spiegel's script was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Dry Land has gone on to be produced all around the United States, London, Sydney, Abu Dhabi, South Korea, and more.
Spiegel also writes for television, including episodes for The OA, Purity, Mindhunter, and The Central Park Five.
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