Congratulations to Rich Rubin, whose full-length drama POWER OF BABEL was selected as a finalist for the 2024 Portland Civic Theatre Guild New Play Award.
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No JOKE! Rubin’s play sweeps award noms
Rich Rubin’s comedy-drama KAFKA’S JOKE, which premiered in March at Desert Ensemble Theatre (Palm Springs, CA), received 13 award nominations by the Desert Theatre League, including Outstanding Production!
KAFKA’S JOKE was selected as the Best Play of the 2023 season by Broadway World (Palm Springs). In addition, the play received awards for Best Director (Jerome Elliott Moskowitz), Best Performer (John Corr, a 2016 graduate of the Portland Actors Conservatory), Best Supporting Performer (Larry Dyekman ), and Best Ensemble.
Chicago loves REHAB
Rich Rubin awards keep rollin’ in! This time it’s for his feature-length screenplay, COSTA REHAB, which was selected as Best Comedy Script at the 2023 Chicago Indie Film Awards.
Rubin steals SCENE!
Rich Rubin’s feature-length screenplay SCENE OF THE CRIME was selected as one of ten finalists in the 2022-2023 UK Film Festival feature-length script competition.
Rich Rubin is big in New Zealand
Rubin’s short comedy WILL’S DRAMATURG received a production by the South Otago Theatrical Society in South Otago, New Zealand, April 14-23, 2023, as well as a production at Remarkable Theatre in Queenstown, New Zealand, May 4-7.
Zoom in on the Oregon Book Awards Finalists
Join finalists Sara Jean Accuardi, E. M. Lewis, and Rich Rubin on a drama panel moderated by Conor Eifler. Register here.
March 23 @ 7 p.m. PT
Rubin’s readings
Bet you can’t keep up with Rich Rubin’s many readings!
BRAVE BLOOD, a one-act drama, received an in-person reading at Yeppoon Little Theatre in Queensland, Australia, on March 18, 2023.
WILL’S DRAMATURG, a short comedy, received a reading at Overbrook Theater in Muskegon, MI, on April 1.
FLOATING NAKED WITH PIRANHAS (HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE WORKING AT AMAZON), a full-length comedy, has been selected for the Wordsmyth Theatre Company (Houston,TX) 2023 New Play Series, with a reading on April 17.
FOUR SPARROWS, a full-length drama, received a reading on June 11 as part of the 2023 Depot New Play Reading Series in Hampton, CT.
KAFKA’S JOKE Gets World Premiere in Desert
Rubin is SWIMMING UPSTREAM into publication
Read Rich Rubin’s monologue from his full-length comedy-drama in Smith & Kraus’ upcoming Best Women’s Stage Monologues 2023.
One minute of Rubin
Read Rich Rubin’s piece, published in Contemporary One-Minute Plays Vol. 3, to find out WHAT WE DID DURING THE PANDEMIC.