The Public Theater

Playwright Rinne Groff was a recipient of the 2005 Whiting Writers' Awards, which is given to emerging writers of exceptional talent and promise. Previous Whiting winners associated with The Public include Tony Kushner, Suzan-Lori Parks, Reinaldo Povod, José Rivera and Tracy Scott Wilson.

The Ruby Sunrise tells the story of the birth and promise of television through the life of a young woman named Ruby, who in 1927 struggles to realize her dream of inventing and perfecting the first all-electrical television system. Twenty-five years later during the Golden Age of television, her daughter faces similar battles of will and crises of faith as she works to get Ruby’s story told on network TV.

This production received Lucille Lortel Award nominations for Outstanding Play and Outstanding Costume Design, a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Set Design of a Play, and an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for the John Gassner Award.