RUFF YEAGER: Playwright: “Romeo, Romeo, & Juliet"
Adaptor: "El Jardin Secreto"
Ruff Yeager is the Artistic Director of Vox Nova Theatre Company, a
collaborative workshop for theatre artists he founded with an emphasis on
the playwright and the development of new works for the stage. His San
Diego directing credits include Bronze, [sic] (Sledgehammer Theatre);
Friends of Dorothy, Bent, Something Cloudy Something Clear (Diversionary
Theatre); American Buffalo, Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean;
Medea, Bronze (6th@Penn Theatre); Closer (Backyard Productions);Prom
Night, Stage Directions, A Man of His Word (Playwrights Project). His recent
awards include three Patte Awards for Outstanding Direction (Bronze),
Outstanding Ensemble (Jimmy Dean), and Outstanding Original Music
(Tongue of a Bird), a San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award for Outstanding
New Play (Bronze), and a Playbill Award for Best New Play (Losing Mother).
Adaptor: "El Jardin Secreto"
Ruff Yeager is the Artistic Director of Vox Nova Theatre Company, a
collaborative workshop for theatre artists he founded with an emphasis on
the playwright and the development of new works for the stage. His San
Diego directing credits include Bronze, [sic] (Sledgehammer Theatre);
Friends of Dorothy, Bent, Something Cloudy Something Clear (Diversionary
Theatre); American Buffalo, Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean;
Medea, Bronze (6th@Penn Theatre); Closer (Backyard Productions);Prom
Night, Stage Directions, A Man of His Word (Playwrights Project). His recent
awards include three Patte Awards for Outstanding Direction (Bronze),
Outstanding Ensemble (Jimmy Dean), and Outstanding Original Music
(Tongue of a Bird), a San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award for Outstanding
New Play (Bronze), and a Playbill Award for Best New Play (Losing Mother).
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KIRSTEN BRANDT: Playwright:
"The Waves"
Kirsten was the Associate Artistic Director of
San Jose Rep (2007-2009) where she directed
the West Coast Premiere of Splitting Infinity,
This Wonderful Life and Rabbit Hole. She has
directed for Theatreworks, The Old Globe
Theatre, San Diego REP, La Jolla Playhouse,
Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Sierra Rep,
Diversionary Theatre, The Fritz, Playwrights
Project, New Dramatists, NYU Tisch School of
Drama, UC San Diego’s MFA program, UC
Santa Cruz and ASK Theatre Projects. She
was the Artistic Director of San Diego’s avant-
garde theatre company Sledgehammer
Theatre from 1999-2005 where she produced
23 theatrical events, directed 15 productions
and wrote The Frankenstein Project, NU:Parts
I &III, and Berzerkergang. She studied
playwrighting at the University of Birmingham,
England and directing at UC San Diego and
has trained with the SITI Company. She is the
recipient of numerous KPBS Awards, a
Backstage West Garland Award and two San
Diego Critics Circle Awards. Brandt is a
lecturer at UC Santa Cruz.
"The Waves"
Kirsten was the Associate Artistic Director of
San Jose Rep (2007-2009) where she directed
the West Coast Premiere of Splitting Infinity,
This Wonderful Life and Rabbit Hole. She has
directed for Theatreworks, The Old Globe
Theatre, San Diego REP, La Jolla Playhouse,
Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Sierra Rep,
Diversionary Theatre, The Fritz, Playwrights
Project, New Dramatists, NYU Tisch School of
Drama, UC San Diego’s MFA program, UC
Santa Cruz and ASK Theatre Projects. She
was the Artistic Director of San Diego’s avant-
garde theatre company Sledgehammer
Theatre from 1999-2005 where she produced
23 theatrical events, directed 15 productions
and wrote The Frankenstein Project, NU:Parts
I &III, and Berzerkergang. She studied
playwrighting at the University of Birmingham,
England and directing at UC San Diego and
has trained with the SITI Company. She is the
recipient of numerous KPBS Awards, a
Backstage West Garland Award and two San
Diego Critics Circle Awards. Brandt is a
lecturer at UC Santa Cruz.
