Sarah Ruhl with Jessica Thebus
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Sarah Ruhl with Jessica Thebus

About the Event:

The theater is about the physical expression of emotion, so what happens when a playwright can no longer smile? For MacArthur Genius award recipient, and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Sarah Ruhl, answering this question is at the center of her memoir. Smile chronicles Ruhl’s Bell’s palsy diagnosis that left one side of her face paralyzed and her ten year search for a cure. Join Ruhl and theater artist, director, and educator Jessica Thebus for a conversation about the inner life of a playwright.

Sarah Ruhl

Sarah Ruhl

Sarah Ruhl is a playwright and writer of other things. Her fifteen plays include In the Next Room (or the V...

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Jessica Thebus

Jessica Thebus

Jessica Thebus is a theater artist, director, and educator. She is currently Director of the Northwestern MFA Program...

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