Writing/Productions



Kim E. Ruyle
W6842 Blue Heron Blvd #14
Fond du Lac, WI 54937
1-616-308-3255
[email protected]
KimRuyle.com
New Play Exchange
Full-Length Plays (90+ Minutes)
Flannel Sheets and a John Deere, 2023
  • August 2023 – Staged Reading of an Excerpt, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
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    Mourning Woods Merengue, 2023
  • July 2023 - Staged Reading, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
  • May 2023 –Streamed Zoom Performance, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
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    A Crooked French Affair, 2022
  • March 2023 – Staged Production, Fond du Lac Community Theatre, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. A Production in World Premiere Wisconsin, 2023.
  • October 2022 – Streamed Zoom Performance, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
  • September 2022 – Streamed Zoom Performance, Play Readings with Friends, New York City, New York
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    Tennessee Wet Rub, 2022
  • August 2024 – AACT World Premiere, Cottage Theatre, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
  • March 2023 – Staged Reading, Upright Theatre Company, Euless, Texas.
  • September 2022 – Staged Reading, The Legacy Theatre, Stony Creek, Connecticut.
  • July 2022 – Streamed Zoom Performance, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
    • Love Lately (originally entitled, Senior Swordplay), 2021
  • April 2022 – Staged Reading, Episcopal Actors’ Guild, New York City, New York.
  • June 2021 – Streamed Zoom Performance, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
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    Five Frickin Winters, 2021
  • November 2023 – Staged Production, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
  • February 2023 – March 2023 -Staged Production, Attleboro Community Theatre, Attleboro, Massachusetts.
  • June 2022 – Staged Production, The Viera Studio for the Performing Arts, Melbourne, Florida.
  • March 2022 – Streamed Zoom Performance, Play Readings with Friends, New York City, New York
  • January 2022 – Streamed Zoom Performance, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
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    Sliding into Seniorhood, 2020
  • August 2023 – Staged Reading, West Bend Theatre Company, West Bend, Wisconsin.
  • March 2022 – Staged Reading, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
  • September 2021 – Staged Production, Shawnee Playhouse, Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania.
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    Kalispell, 2018
  • September 2021 – Staged Production, Chain Theatre, New York City, New York.
  • May 2019 – Staged Reading, Broom Street Theater, Madison, Wisconsin.
  • June-July 2018 – Staged Production, Surfside Playhouse, Cocoa Beach, Florida.
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    One-Act Play (~30 Minutes)

    Sky Club Compatibility, 2018
  • November 2021 – Streamed Zoom Performance, Play Readings with Friends, New York City, New York
  • June 2019 – Staged Production, Surfside Playhouse, Cocoa Beach, Florida
  • September 2018 – Staged Production, Surfside Playhouse, Cocoa Beach, Florida
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    10-Minute Play

    He Ain’t No Stephen Adly Guirgis, 2023
  • August 2023 – Staged Production, Broadway Theatre 24-Hour Play Fest, De Pere, Wisconsin.
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    Va-Va-Vicarious, 2022
  • May 2023 – Staged Production, Everybody’s Theater Company First Flights Showcase, Upper Dublin, Pennsylvania
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    Thalia’s B&B
  • August 2021 – Streamed Zoom Performance, Play Readings with Friends, New York City, New York
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    Screenplay

    Saved at Summitview Manor
  • 2021/2022 – Workshopping with actors from Chicago.
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    Awards and Recognition

    Year Detail
    2023 Chicago Dramatists – Inaugural Award for Outstanding Network Playwright.
    2023 A Crooked French Affair – Semifinalist 2023 Seven Devils Playwright Conference.
    2022 – 2023 Tennessee Wet Rub – Winning Play – AACT NewPlayFest 2024. Best Stage Play in Scriptwriters & Co International Festival. Best Script Overall in Scriptwriters & Co International Festival. 2023 Finalist, National Playwriting Competition, Theatre Rocks. Finalist in Arts Fort Worth Original Works Program. Finalist 2023 Stanley Drama Award. Overall Winner of 2022 Legacy Play Reading Festival. Finalist in ScreenCraft Stage Play Contest. Honorable Mention in the Script (Stage Play/Television/ Movie Script/Short Film) category of the 91st Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition. 2 nd Round Selection in Stage Play Category, Austin Film Festival.
    2022 Love Lately – 2nd Round Selection in Stage Play Category, Austin Film Festival.
    2020 - 2022 Sliding into Seniorhood – Finalist for Best Original Full-Length Production of Theatrical Season 2021 (Writing), Northeastern Pennsylvania Theatrical Alliance, Carbondale, Pennsylvania. Grand Winner of 2020/2021 Original Playwrights Full-Length Competition, Shawnee Playhouse/Pennsylvania Council of the Arts.
    2022 - 2023 Saved at Summitview Manor – Best Feature Screenplay of January 2022, Wiki Screenplay Contest. Quarterfinalist, New York International Screenplay Awards. Quarterfinalist, Reno Tahoe Screenplay Contest. Semifinalist, Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards. Selection, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards. Award Winner, WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition.
    2021 Thalia’s B&B – Semifinalist for the International Stage It! 10-Minute Play Festival, Center for the Performing Arts, Bonita Springs, Florida.
    2019 Sky Club Compatibility – Winner of 2019 Brevard One-Act Play Writing Competition, Cocoa Beach, Florida.
    2018 Kalispell – Winner of 2018 Brevard Full-Length Play Writing Competition, Cocoa Beach, Florida.

    Additional Experience


    Kim Ruyle's stories come from a unique perspective. A US Army veteran with blue-collar roots, Kim grew up in rural America and had a business career that took him to 49 states and 45 countries.

  • MS and PhD degrees from Oregon State University. MEd degree from Texas A&M – Commerce. MBA degree from University of Wisconsin.
  • Member of The Dramatists Guild of America, The Playwrights’ Center, and Chicago Dramatists. Alumnus of the Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive. Graduate of the Theatre Resources Unlimited Master-Level Producer Development and Mentorship Program.
  • Author or coauthor of five books on leadership and talent management. Frequent speaker, more than 100 presentations at local, national, and international conferences. Served on numerous expert panels and editorial boards.