Ruth Yaro headshots (2020)
KY Shakespeare (2019-2020)
Artist Educator
During the 2019-2020 school year, I toured the state of Kentucky, parts of Indiana and Ohio, as an Artist Educator with the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival. It was an extraordinary opportunity to teach and play with learners of all ages, skill and ability levels, and explore a state with great traditions! When the pandemic cut our touring schedule short, we quickly adapted to offer virtual programs. Below are photos from Two Actor Hamlet, Shakespeare Alive, Living History: We The People, and Living History: Kentucky History, as well as from workshops I led, and segments from virtual content I created.
Super Richard World III (2019)
KING MARIO IV, MAYOR TOAD, DIDDY KONG
Otherworld Theatre’s The Stupid Shakespeare Company
“It is just Richard the 3rd, but with Nintendo characters!”
Directed by Joshua Messick
Script “fixed” by Katie Ruppert & company
Set, Props, and Tech by Dan Sonenberg
Fights by Matthew Perry Smith
Chicago Reader, Best of 2019:
Runner-Up, Best New Theatre Company (The Stupid Shakespeare Company)
Runner-Up, Best Playwright (Katie Ruppert)
Finalist, Best New Play
Finalist, Best Theatre Designer (Dan Sonenberg)
Picture this Post, Best Plays of 2019
Once a Pond a Time (2019)
Ranger Skip
A devised experience by the Picnic Players
Created by Cindy Hartigan and Lauren Romano Erickson
Robin Hood (2018)
Robin Hood
Cardinal Stage Company
Written by Greg Banks
Directed by Kate Galvin
Costumes by Becky Underwood
Lighting by Bridget Williams
Set by Erin Gautille
Fights by Brian Cowden
Stage managed by Corey Hollinger
Props by Payton Frawley
Sound by Andrew Hopson
Measure for Measure (2018)
By William Shakespeare
Undergraduate Thesis project, self-produced with support from the IU Department of Theatre & Dance and the IU Hutton Honors College
Stage Managed by Molly Connor
Lighting by Zach Hoover
Costumes by Bailey Lewis
Movement by Matthew Weidenbener
Dramaturgy & House Management by Anna Abram
Props by Kate Peters
Graphic Design by Nia Petrol
Set by Devin May
Faculty Advisor, Ansley Valentine
Post-Show Panel Talkback, featuring:
Shelli Yoder, IN State Senator, and Kelly School of Business lecturer
Kitty Liell, acclaimed Criminal Defense Attorney and family friend
Leslie Fasone, Director of IU Office for Sexual Assault Prevention and Victim Advocacy
Lori Wolter Hudson, Artistic Director of Indianapolis-based The New Harmony Project
140 (2018)
by Marsha Norman
Choreography by Berklea Going
KCACTF Region III – competition piece for SDC Directing Initiative
Awarded 2nd Alternate & Invitation to 2018 Kennedy Center Directing Intensive
Three Sisters (2017)
Andrei
Produced by IU Theatre
Directed by Dale McFadden
Stage Managed by Rocki Hudson
Scenic Design by Jeremy Smith
Costumes by Katie Cowen Sickmeier
Lighting by Naomi Gold
Sound Design by Macy Kloville
Props by Christopher Mueller
Love’s Labour’s Lost (2017)
Costard/Musician
IU Summer Theatre
Directed by Jonathan Michaelsen
Scenic Design by Alana Yurczyk
Costumes by Emmie Phelps
Lighting by Tony Stoeri
Props by Jennie Fischer
As You Like It (2017)
Orlando
Monroe County Civic Theatre
Directed by Steve Heise
Costumes by B. Stryker DeLong
Devin May 