Nanci Carol Ruby Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Fullerton, California, United States

Feature Script, SUNSHINE HOUSELOGLINE: Charli Pyper (22, a non-binary aspiring fashionista) has always been the favorite target of their judgmental grandfather's preaching rants, which have only gotten worse with dementia. Now the Pyper Family will do anything to keep their patriarch, Rev Chuck, from being kicked out of the last nursing home in town, even trusting each other with their longest-held secrets.AWARDS:Finalist, 2023 Catalina Film Festival; 1st Prize Comedy Screenplay, 2023 Film Crash Awards; Official Selection, 2023 LA International Screenplay Awards Diversity Initiative; Nominee, 2023 Golden Pen Awards; Official Selection, 2022 Toronto Film & Script Awards

Fullerton, California, United States

Human Services Courses: "Integrating Acting & Psychodrama Techniques" - BA in Human Dept of First Year Experience Course: Univ 100 Created and co-wrote curriculum for "Integrating Acting & Psychodrama Techniques" with James Ruby PhD. This course is offered as an elective for the BA in Human Services degree.Created and wrote curriculum for "Acting for Screen Writers" MFA in Screenwriting

Orange County, California, United States

Dodge Courses, BFA: Directing for Television, Visual Story Telling Dodge Courses, MFA: Actor-Producer Communication College of Performing Arts Courses: Building a Character, Business of Acting, Styles of Acting, Acting Fundamentals, Introduction to Acting, Showcase Course, Director of Main Stage Productions Prod/Co-Dir of Live Event: BFA Showcase at the Garry Marshall, Los Angeles

Director Notes:"Sarah DeLappe received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for THE WOLVES, which was listed as a Best Play of 2016 by the NY Times. Most of our nation’s storytelling of athletic events involves men’s sport, but through Sarah DeLappe’s orchestral script we experience young women preparing for battle, longing for inclusion while expressing their limited world views, and growing from self-focused individuals to team players. The inhospitable terrain that young women face every day is evident in the need for connection that the players on Team Wolves display.The theatrical devise of a wolf pack is visceral and profound. Wolves are loyal; wolf packs have clearly delineated roles; wolves survive in community, or perish alone. Like wolves in a pack, each of the team players on our stage will seek the protection of community and the comfort of inclusion while suppressing the fear of being ostracized. If loyalty to pack equals winning, might isolation mean losing? Whether you experience feelings of connection or discomfort from the story told here, you are welcome to join us in our quest for meaningful and supportive community. We Are The Wolves!" - NC Ruby, Director

Theatrical Production integrated 3-screen/6 camera live video projection, offering multiple perspectives on reality simultaneously.Director Notes:"Caught between birth and death, the residents of Middletown struggle to find meaning in life. This production seeks to plumb the dramatic complexity of existence through exploration of mundane, daily moments from multiple angles and varying perspectives. Where lies truth, so does beauty and significance." - NC Ruby

Directors Notes:"THE WOMEN in Clare Boothe Luce’s play are on a journey to find value and self-worth only to discover the dangers of looking in the wrong places. 'Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who’s the fairest of them all? ' -Queen, Snow White What do we see when we look in a mirror? What are the stories we tell ourselves about our own self-worth and how far will we contort ourselves and mistreat others in order to reflect the appearance of power and status? 'Life is a mirror, you live it as you see it. Love, hate or fear it, Your reflection will be clear For you’re always your own mirror. ' -Folk SongLuce examined beliefs and behaviors she witnessed in the women of her day. Her play is a clarion call to artists and audiences (almost 100 years later) to see real beauty in simple truth and to find immense value in mutual respect." - NC Ruby, Director

Director Notes:"In Desdemona, A Play About A Handkerchief, Paula Vogel takes us on a journey behind the scenes of Shakespeare’s Othello. We meet the female characters of this story in sharp contrast to their original depiction. Vogel highlights imposed female archetypes: Desdemona the Ornament, Emilia the Obedient, and Bianca the Outcast. As these characters explore the boundaries of their respective places in a male-dominated society, each discovers the possibility of sexual freedom and the danger self-advocacy poses for the oppressed.Vogel asks provocative questions. What if the pure Desdemona moonlights at the local brothel? What if the dutiful Emilia longs for the death of her husband to free her from the shackles of marital duty? What if the strumpet Bianca is a successful businesswoman who pines for a husband and a cottage by the sea? The tragedy of this story is that each woman struggles alone, using the others as means to an end. This play has often been reviewed as one of Vogel’s weaker pieces. Perhaps reviewers are uncomfortable with the twisting of traditional female archetypes into stronger, deeply flawed characters. There are no innocent victims in the female-dominated room Vogel creates, but outside the door, palpable, senseless violence awaits.Just as we hope with each viewing of Othello that the tragic end can be avoided, so we cheer for each of the women in Desdemona, A Play About A Handkerchief, to reach out in solidarity, to join forces as they fight for independence and survival. Much like Shakespeare’s Othello, Vogel’s Desdemona is a cautionary tale. Can Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca forge a trust before it is too late?" -NC Ruby, Director

BFA Showcase at the Falcon TheatreProducer and Co-Director with John Badham (2015, 2016)Producer and Co-Director with Rachel Goldberg (2017)Producer: duties include marketing, promotion, production supervision, box office, catering, house management, post-production research and analysis, post-production marketing of student talent Co-Director of Production: duties include selecting, directing and creating brief, entertaining promotional pieces to showcase actors’ work on stage and on screenShowcase 2015 200% increase in attendance over 2014 from 23 to 67Showcase 2015 at least one industry contact request for 75% of students participatingShowcase 2016 saw a 42% increase in attendance over 2015 from 67 to 95Showcase 2016 at least one industry contact for 100% of students participatingShowcase 2017 39% increase in attendance over 2016 from 95 to 132Showcase 2017 one industry contact for 100% of students participating,two or more industry contact requests for 88% of students participatingPositive growth likely stems from location, quality of show content, talent, and apersonal approach to box office and post-productionSample Feedback from Industry Attendees: “Great Showcase – better than Yale and USC!” - Mavrick Artists Agency“I want to say that your showcase was light years ahead of the majority I saw this year.” - Prestige Talent“Hi Nanci, I enjoyed the showcase immensely. The showcase website is very well put together and has proven helpful…actors will be notified directly for a meeting. Thanks again!” – CBS Casting

Director Notes:"What happens when we break out of the frame shaped by societal norms and expectations? This question is explored in Bert V. Royal’s script, DOG SEES GOD, where the beloved characters of Charles M. Schultz’s Peanuts cartoon come to life and come of age as teenagers in this unauthorized journey. The brilliant simplicity of the Peanuts cartoon allows us, as readers, to see our complex selves in the common woes of childhood. Royal uses this connection to delve into the angst, the ugliness, and the search for self that is common to the teen years. The narrative of Dog Sees God is not simple or charming; it begins and ends in tragedy. Royal admits in a 2005 interview with NYU Livewire, “I hate teenagers, I cannot stand them. They scare me. I just think it is this period of time when puberty makes you crazy. They’re such nasty human beings.” Despite this admission, Royal creates vulnerable characters that allow us to laugh and cry for ourselves.The courage to break out of a frame, whether that frame is an artist’s rendering, an imposed expectation, or self-created lines, has a price. Growth is painful and choice is never easy. Breaking the frame of our own expectations may be the most difficult journey of all.Join us as we gather to weep with C.B. at the loss of his best friend, cheer for him as he journeys from bully and bystander to defender of the oppressed and weep with him again. This story rings true because we know that the Peanuts characters never win and so neither do their teen counterparts. Life isn’t simple; it isn’t a game we can win but we can gather in community, tell stories and encourage each other to 'Break out of the Frame.' - NC Ruby, Director

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Agent - Recommended Screen Acting CoachStudents credits include network television, streaming services, feature films, commercials, and Broadway

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

On-set communicator between youth talent, director, production and parent guardians

Temecula, California, United States

Assoc. Producer/Co-Director with Allan GoldsteinTwo week experience, taking each student from inception to one-minute film, culminating in film festival screening

Chicago, Illinois, United States

The Theatre School, DePaul University, Adjunct FacultyCourses: Acting Technique, Performance Workshop, Scene StudyDeveloped Curriculum for Performance Workshop & Scene StudyRecipient or DePaul University Faculty Grant - secured funds to create a comprehensive guide for students to connect to multicultural scripts