http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_288_Sarah_Ruhl.mp3 Sarah Ruhl won a 2006 MacArthur fellowship. She talks to Dick about the origins of her plays. Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_288_Sarah_Ruhl.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_288_Sarah_Ruhl.mp3 <h4>A reward for a reward</h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/12335b87c5eea6d6ae08b6284d1fa51b" alt="Sarah Ruhl" height="143" width="100" />Sarah Ruhl</p><p>Each year, the MacArthur Foundation awards grants of $500,000 to people whom it judges to be doing extraordinary work. <br /></p><p>Playwright Sarah Ruhl is a recent MacArthur fellow. She has already won many awards for her plays, which include "The Clean House" and "Eurydice." Sarah talks with Dick Gordon about the stories, both mythic and personal, that catch in her imagination - and what it's like for her to see those stories on stage.</p><p>One person who inspired Sarah is Carlos Moran, a young man she met during a playwriting project in Los Angeles. Carlos grew up in foster care, and has now adopted his younger siblings. Carlos talks to Dick on tomorrow's program. <br /></p><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/5b56c20a1700a5b336f2437f0b16d4cf" alt="Demeter" height="100" width="100" />Actors in the play "Demeter in the City." Demeter (Bahni Turpin, right) loses her baby to a social worker<br />(Danièle Watts, left), <i>photo: Michael Lamont</i><br /></p><ul><li>See the world premiere of Sarah's play "Dead Man's Cell Phone" at <a href="http://www.woollymammoth.net/productions/cell%20phone/index.html" target="_self">Woolly Mammoth Theatre</a><br /></li><li>See a performance of Sarah's play "Eurydice" at <a href="http://www.2st.com/seasonShow.php?show=1" target="_self">Second Stage</a></li><li>Read Sarah's plays in the book <a href="http://www.tcg.org/ecommerce/showbookdetails.cfm?ID=TCG5368" target="_self">The Clean House and Other Plays</a></li><li>Visit <a href="http://www.cornerstonetheater.org/" target="_self">Cornerstone Theater</a>, where Sarah wrote "Demeter in the City" and met Carlos Moran</li><li>Learn about <a href="http://www.shieldsforfamilies.org/" target="_self">Shields</a>, an organization that partners with Cornerstone and inspired Sarah<br /></li><li>Read more about the <a href="http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.959463/k.9D7D/Fellows_Program.htm" target="_self">MacArthur Fellows Program</a></li><li>Read the <a title="Love because" href="resolveuid/c08bbdf8c15f71d72d08d16cf1ba911b/view" target="_self">passage</a> Sarah quotes from E. E. Cummings</li></ul><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Add to story</a> Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:00:00