Ruth Apolonia Zamoyta started writing plays at the ripe age of 49. Since then, her full-length plays and short comedies have had productions and readings off-Broadway and in regional theatres.
Her accolades include:
- Semi-Finalist – 2024 National Playwrights Conference (The Widow)
- Finalist – 2022 Austin Film Festival Pitch Competition (Helene: Hitler’s Jewish Athlete)
- Nominee – 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (The Incels)
- Winner – 2018-22 New Jersey State Arts Council playwriting fellowship (The Caregivers)
- Resident Playwright – 2020-21 NJ Play Lab (The Incels)
- Contributing Playwright – the 2021 Telly Award-winning Heroes & Villains Monologues (Eleanor Roosevelt’s Pudding)
- Semi-Finalist – 2019 Bay Area Playwrights Festival (The Fencers)
- Semi-Finalist – 2018 Bay Area Playwrights Festival (The Caregivers)
- Resident Playwright – 2018-19 INKubator program at Art House Productions in Jersey City (The Incels)
- Featured Playwright – 2018 New Jersey Writers Theatre’s Women Playwrights Series (The Widow)
Zamoyta has degrees from Columbia University, NYU, and St. John’s University, and is a member of Dramatists Guild, International Centre for Women Playwrights, HonorRoll!, and USA Fencing. She’s also a communications professional, published poet, and épée fencer.
Here’s a profile that the NJ State Council on the Arts videotaped:
What People Say
While still relatively early in her career, Ruth Zamoyta is an astute, prolific and talented
Cheryl Katz, Co-Founder and Lead Dramaturg, The NJ Play Lab
writer, with a strong sense of collaboration and professionalism.
I am a big advocate of Ruth’s work. It is risky and surprising, and she is not afraid to tackle difficult topics and make bold theatrical statements.
John Pietrowski, Artistic Director, Writers Theatre of NJ
Ruth is a talented writer with compelling ideas, unique and honest characters, and a strong sense of her own artistic vision.
Kaitlin Stilwell, Resident Dramaturg, Luna Stage Company
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