MJ The Musical, Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway, open run. GABRIEL RUIZ (BFA, Acting, ’08) is in the cast and ERICA HEMMINGER (MFA, Scene Design, ’03) is the Associate Scenic Designer.
Gabriel Ruiz
Next to Normal at Writers Theatre
Next to Normal, Writers Theatre, closes 6/16/2019. GABRIEL RUIZ (BFA, Acting, ’08) is in the cast. REGINA GARCIA (Faculty) is the scenic designer. KEITH PARHAM (BFA, Lighting Design, ’98) is the lighting designer.
Source: Next to Normal | Writers Theatre
Photograph 51 by Court Theatre
Photograph 51, Court Theatre, closes 2/17/2019. GABRIEL RUIZ (BFA, Acting, ’08) is in the cast. KEITH PARHAM (BFA, Lighting Design, ’98) is the lighting designer.
Mansfield Park at Northlight Theatre
Mansfield Park, Northlight Theatre, closes 12/16/2018. GABRIEL RUIZ (BFA, Acting, ’08) is in the cast. CHRISTINE BINDER (Faculty) is the lighting designer and VAHISHTA VAFADARI (MFA, Acting, ’15) is the associate dialect coach.
The world premiere adaptation follows shy but clever Fanny Price in Austen’s classic tale of the clash between love and conscience.
Vietgone at Writers Theatre
Vietgone, Writers Theatre, closes 9/23/2018. LAVINA JADHWANI (MFA, Directing, ’15) directs. DAVID CASTELLANOS (BFA, Production Management, ’88) is the production stage manager, GABRIEL RUIZ (BFA, Acting, ’08) is the musical director and composer, and VAHISHTA VAFADARI (MFA, Acting, ’15) is the dialect coach.
Writers Theatre
Source: Vietgone | Writers Theatre
Cry It Out at Northlight Theatre
Cry it Out, Northlight Theatre, closes 6/17/2018. GABRIEL RUIZ (BFA, Acting, ’08) is in the cast.
In Molly Smith Metzler’s insightful comedy, new moms and neighbors share their new mom experience, the absurdities and challenges of new parenthood
You Got Older at Steppenwolf Theatre
You Got Older, Steppenwolf Theatre, closes 3/11/2018. GLENN DAVIS (BFA, Acting, ’04), AUDREY FRANCIS (Faculty), and GABRIEL RUIZ (BFA, Acting, ’08) are in the cast.
Source: Steppenwolf Theatre
The Rembrandt at Steppenwolf Theatre
The Rembrandt, Steppenwolf Theatre, closes 11/05/17. GABRIEL RUIZ (BFA, Acting, ’08) is in the cast.
Gabriel Ruiz wins Time Out Chicago 2017 Theater Award
Congratulations to GABRIEL RUIZ (BFA, Acting, ’08) who was selected as Leading Performance in a Play for the 2017 Time Out Chicago Theater Awards for his work in Teatro Vista’s The Wolf at the End of the Block, written by fellow alum IKE HOLTER (BFA, Playwriting, ’07). The award winners were selected by a panel of critics and voting by more than 2,300 readers.
Our critics—and you—weigh in on the year’s best.
NATIVE GARDENS at Victory Gardens Theater
Native Gardens, Victory Gardens Theater, closes 7/2/2017. GABRIEL RUIZ (BFA, Acting, ’08) is in the cast.
