by Mark St. Germain
BECOMING DR. RUTH
by Mark St. Germain
Becoming Dr. Ruth chronicles the life of noted psychologist Dr. Ruth Westheimer from her early years fleeing Nazi Germany to her time spent as a sniper in Jerusalem and beyond. This illuminating one woman show from the author of Freud’s Last Session is a humorous and heartfelt portrait detailing Dr. Ruth’s incredible journey to become a pioneer in the psychology of human sexuality and the world’s most famous sex therapist.
This production has a runtime of 90 minutes with no intermission.
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Has performed Dr. Ruth at The Herberger Theatre, Penguin Rep, B Street Theatre, and Gable Stage. She has also appeared at The McCarter, Williamstown, Berkshire Theatre Festival, The Old Globe, Bay Street, Yale Rep, Hartford Stage, New Harmony Theatre and Actors Theatre of Louisville. She received a grant from The Spencer Cherashore Fund to research and play Mary Harris Jones (aka Mother Jones). She has also played Emily Dickinson in The Belle of Amherst. Film: We Need to Talk About Kevin, 1937, Speed; and The Mirror Has Two Faces. Television: Red Oaks, Show Me a Hero, The Deuce, Law & Order (all three), Sex and the City, Third Watch, Cosby, ER, and Models, Inc.
Stephen Nachamie is an award-winning New York-based director exploring the worlds of both plays and musicals. He is currently developing several new pieces and adaptions for the stage and screen. He has previously directed Becoming Dr. Ruth at Penguin Rep in New York City, and last collaborated with New Rep on Gutenberg! The Musical.
JEFFREY PETERSEN returns to New Repertory Theatre after working as Technical Director for Brecht on Brecht and Thurgood. Recent New England design credits include Elemeno Pea, Lost Tempo, Equal Writes, Restricted, and The Honey Trap (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); and The Werther Project, Uncommon Women and Others, Cosi fan tutte, Rosmersholm, and The Whitmores (Boston University). Assistant design credits include Melancholy Play (Trinity Rep). Select Technical credits include The Cherry Orchard, Ivanov, and Galileo (Classic Stage Company); Collaboration: Warhol & Basquiat (HERE); Rated P (Westside Theatre); and Ripcord, Come Back Little Sheba, The Second Girl, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Huntington Theatre Company). Select regional design credits include Dancing at Lughnasa, Pavilion, Sylvia, Last Five Years, Glass Menagerie, and String (Yellow Tree Theatre); and Rocky Horror Live (Cardinal Theatricals). Jeffrey received his BFA in Performance and Scenic Design from the University of Minnesota Duluth and is anticipating his MFA in Scenic Design from Boston University in the spring of 2018. jeffreypetersendesign.com

Aja Jackson (she/her/hers) is a Boston-based lighting designer working in theater, opera, dance, and interdisciplinary immersive performances. As an alumnus from the Johnny Carson School of Theater and Film (UNL) she graduated with a BFA in Theatrical Design and BA in Dance Performance, later receiving her MFA in Lighting Design from Boston University. Aja has designed for companies such as the American Repertory Theatre, The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival, Boston Center for the Arts, New Rep Theatre, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Actors Shakespeare Project, Brandeis University, and the Boston Conservatory. Aja is the Resident Lighting Designer and core collaborator for interdisciplinary, site-specific movement company, HOLDTIGHT (www.thisisnourishment.com) She has also worked in production management with companies such as The Santa Fe Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Aja is currently on the faculty at the National Theater Institute teaching Lighting Design with Directors and Practical Lighting Design. IG: @ajamjackson