Kate Whoriskey to Direct Ruined as Geffen Playhouse's 2010-2011 Season Opener

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By Dan Bacalzo • Nov 20, 2009 • Los Angeles

Lynn Nottage and Kate Whoriskey
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Kate Whoriskey, who directed the original Chicago and New York productions of Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined, will once again direct the play as the first production in the Geffen Playhouse's 2010-2011 season. Exact dates, cast, and creative team will be announced at a later date.

Ruined focuses on Mama Nadi, a shrewd businesswoman living in a small mining town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Whoriskey's new staging of the play will be co-produced by Seattle's Intiman Theatre, where it will run July 2 - August 8, 2010. The production will also travel to South Africa, where it will be produced at the Market Theatre.

For more information, visit www.geffenplayhouse.com.