Full-Length Plays (~90+ Minutes)
Tennessee Wet Rub
- November 2026 – Staged Production, Sun Lakes Community Theatre, Sun Lakes, Arizona.
- August 2026 – Staged Production, The Core Theatre, Richardson, Texas.
- June 2025 – Staged Production, Theatre Rocks!, Ennis, Texas.
- August 2024 – American Association of Community Theatre World Premiere Production, 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 Online Reading, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
Mourning Woods Merengue
- July/August 2026 – Staged Production, Inspiration Studios, West Allis, Wisconsin. A Production in World Premiere Wisconsin, 2026.
- July 2023 – Staged Reading, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
- May 2023 – Streamed Online Reading, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
A Crooked French Affair
- April/May 2026 – Staged Production, Baraboo Theatre Guild, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
- April/May 2026 – Staged Production, Kettle Moraine Playhouse, Slinger, Wisconsin.
- March 2023 – Staged Production, Fond du Lac Community Theatre, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. A Production in World Premiere Wisconsin, 2023.
- October 2022 – Streamed Online Reading, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
Sliding into Seniorhood
- February/March 2026 – Staged Production, Fond du Lac Community Theatre, Fond du Lac, 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.
Takin’ it in the Shorts (Collection of One Act and 10-Minute Plays)
- November 2025 – Staged Production, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Maeve’s Camellia
- May 2024 – Staged Production, Interchange Theater Co-op, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- January 2024 – Staged Production, Forst Inn Arts Collective, Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
- April 2022 – Staged Reading, Episcopal Actors’ Guild, New York City, New York.
Five Frickin Winters
- November 2023 – Staged Production, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
- February/March 2023 – Staged Production, Attleboro Community Theatre, Attleboro, Massachusetts.
- June 2022 – Staged Production, The Viera Studio for the Performing Arts, Melbourne, Florida.
Kalispell
- 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.
Hellbent in a Northwoods Cabin
- November 2026 – Staged Reading, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. A Production in World Premiere Wisconsin, 2026.
- August 2023 – Staged Reading of an Excerpt, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
Wyoming 1879
- January 2025 – Streamed Online Reading, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
Twisted Dagger Retreat
- January 2026 – Streamed Online Reading, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
Condo Christmas Caper
- August 2024 – Workshopped with local actors, Fond du Lac Community Theatre, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Fishing for Fidelity
- July 2026 – Streamed Online Reading, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
One-Act Plays (30–45 Minutes)
Yeah, Art Figures
- November 2025 – Staged Production, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
- April/May 2024 – Staged Production, Tisch Mills Fringe Festival, Tisch Mills, Wisconsin.
- May 2024 – Staged Reading, Surfside Playhouse, Cocoa Beach, Florida.
- April 2024 – Staged Production, The Theatre of Western Springs, Western Springs, Illinois.
- March 2024 – Staged Production, Rondo Theatre, Bath, England.
Truck Stop Wisdom
- November 2025 – Staged Production, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
- December 2024 – Streamed Online Reading, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
Dinkers Taming Bangers
- April 2026 – Staged Reading, Best Medicine Rep, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
- June 2024 – Staged Production, Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township, New Jersey.
- January 2024 – Streamed Online Reading, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
Sky Club Compatibility
- June 2019 – Staged Production, Surfside Playhouse, Cocoa Beach, Florida.
- September 2018 – Staged Production, Surfside Playhouse, Cocoa Beach, Florida.
10-Minute Plays and Monologues
Va-Va-Vicarious
- September 2026 – Staged Reading, Masquerade Theatre, Riverside, New Jersey.
- May 2026 – Staged Reading, National Playwrights Symposium, Cape May, New Jersey.
- May 2026 – Staged Production, Forst Inn Arts Collective, Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
- November 2025 – Staged Production, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
- October 2025 – Staged Reading, Midwest Dramatists Conference, Olathe, Kansas.
- June 2024 – Streamed Online Performance, PlayZoomers, cast and crew in Hollywood, California.
- March 2024 – Staged Production, First Run Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri.
- May 2023 – Staged Production, Everybody’s Theater, Upper Dublin, Pennsylvania.
- February 2023 – Staged Production, Chicago Dramatists Four Loves Festival, Chicago, Illinois.
He Ain’t No Stephen Adly Guirgis
- October 2026 – Staged Reading, Midwest Dramatists Conference, Olathe, Kansas.
- November 2025 – Staged Production, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
- July 2025 – Staged Production, Forst Inn Arts Collective, Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
- June 2024 – Staged Production, Players’ Ring Theatre, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
- August 2023 – Staged Production, Broadway Theatre, De Pere, Wisconsin.
It’s Not Blood
- November/December 2024 – Staged Production, Veterans Repertory Theatre, Cornwall, New York.
Oh, Dear God, Dad is a Feminist
- May 2026 – Staged Production, Forst Inn Arts Collective, Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
- May 2024 – Staged Production, The Tipping Point Theatre CBUS, Columbus, Ohio.
What Baggage
- August 2026 – Staged Production, Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, Illinois.
- February 2026 – Staged Reading, Surfside Playhouse, Cocoa Beach, Florida.
- November 2025 – Staged Production, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
- July 2025 – Staged Production, Forst Inn Arts Collective, Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
- February/March 2025 – Staged Reading, Burlington County Footlighters, Riverton, New Jersey.
- February 2024 – Staged Reading, Fond du Lac Area Writers, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Thalia’s B&B
- July 2024 – Staged Reading, Cottage Theatre, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
- August 2021 – Streamed Online Reading, Play Readings with Friends, NYC, New York.
It’s the Dialogue (Monologue)
- May 2026 – Staged Production, Forst Inn Arts Collective, Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
Claire’s Monologue
- May 2020 – Streamed Online Reading, The North Street Playhouse, Onancock, Virginia.
- October 2020 – Streamed Online Reading, The Streatham Theatre Company, London, England.
Bud’s Monologue
- October 2020 – Streamed Online Reading, The Streatham Theatre Company, London, England.
Screenplay
Saved at Summitview Manor
- 2021/2022 – Workshopped with actors from Chicago.
Awards and Recognition
Twisted Dagger Retreat – Semifinalist in the 2026 Scriptwriters & Co International Festival, Full-Length Play Script Category.
Wyoming 1879 – Semifinalist in 2026 Stanley Drama Award. Finalist in 2025 Scriptwriters & Co International Festival, Full-Length Play Script Category. 2nd Round Selection in Austin Film Festival Stage Play Competition. Finalist, Playwrights First 2026 Best New Play Competition.
Va-Va-Vicarious – Honorable Mention in Brewster Theater Company 2025 Playwright Festival. Selection for the 2025 Midwest Dramatists Conference.
Dinkers Taming Bangers – Winning Play in the 2026 Scriptwriters & Co International Festival, Mid-Length Play Script Category. Finalist in Best Medicine Rep Theatre Company 2025–2026 Reading Series. Finalist in Ritz Theatre Company’s One-Act Play Festival.
Hellbent in a Northwoods Cabin – Finalist / Third Place in Veteran Repertory Theater’s Full-Length Playwriting Contest ($2000 Grant Awarded). Quarterfinalist in 2025 ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition. Finalist / Second Place in 2024 Scriptwriters & Co International Festival, Full-Length Play Script Category. 2024 Wisconsin Wrights, Forward Theatre (Awarded for early draft, Flannel Sheets and a John Deere).
Truck Stop Wisdom – Finalist in Nomad Theatre’s By the Fireside One-Act Play Contest.
Yeah, Art Figures – Quarterfinalist in the 2024 Scriptwriters & Co International Festival, Mid-Length Play Script Category. Semifinalist in the Plays from the Heartland Festival. Finalist in the 2024 Theatre Off the Square New Works Contest.
Oh, Dear God, Dad is a Feminist – Finalist in The Southeast Texas Festival of New Plays.
Inaugural Network Playwright Award. Chicago Dramatists.
A Crooked French Affair – Semifinalist 2023 Seven Devils Playwright Conference. Finalist in Generic Theatre New Plays for Dog Days Festival.
Maeve’s Camellia (Awards to early draft, Love Lately) – Quarterfinalist in 2024 Scriptwriters & Co International Festival, Full-Length Play Script Category. 2nd Round Selection in 2022 Stage Play Category, Austin Film Festival.
Tennessee Wet Rub – Winning Play in AACT NewPlayFest 2024. Best Stage Play in Scriptwriters & Co International Festival. Best Script Overall in Scriptwriters & Co International Festival. Winning Play in Original Works Series, Arts Fort Worth. Finalist in 2023 National Playwriting Competition, Theatre Rocks. Finalist ThinkTank TYA. 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. 2nd Round Selection in Stage Play Category, Austin Film Festival.
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.
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.
Five Frickin Winters – Finalist in 2022 New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest.
Thalia’s B&B – Semifinalist for the International Stage It! 10-Minute Play Festival, Center for the Performing Arts, Bonita Springs, Florida.
Theatre-Related Publications
- Tennessee Wet Rub. 2025. Dramatic Publishing Company.
- A Crooked French Affair. 2025. Next Stage Press.
- Kalispell. 2025. Next Stage Press.
- Five Frickin Winters. 2025. Next Stage Press.
- Sliding into Seniorhood. 2025. Next Stage Press.
- Joe’s Monologue from Mourning Woods Merengue. Lamedman, D. (Ed.). The Best Men’s Stage Monologues 2024. Smith and Kraus Publishers.
- Bruce’s Monologue from Kalispell. Lamedman, D. (Ed.). The Best Men’s Stage Monologues 2023. Smith and Kraus Publishers.
- Bud’s Monologue from Kalispell. Lamedman, D. (Ed.). The Best Men’s Stage Monologues 2023. Smith and Kraus Publishers.
Directing Experience
- Sliding into Seniorhood – February/March 2026 – Staged Production, Fond du Lac Community Theatre, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
- Takin’ it in the Shorts – November 2025 – Staged Production, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
- Five Frickin Winters – November 2023 – Staged Production, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
- A Crooked French Affair – March 2023 – Staged Production, Fond du Lac Community Theatre, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
- Numerous staged readings and streamed online readings.
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, Chicago Dramatists, and CreateTheater Expert’s Theater Company. 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.