Ruben is known for his high-school comedy The Gifted Program, which has been seen on stages nationwide for over two decades. He was recently a Waterworks Festival finalist with A Play with a Door. His award-winning audio dramas include Something in the Air (Sundog’s Originals Project), and You Can Thank Me Later (Marion Thaurer Brown Award). You can find Ruben’s newest short plays, Some Assembly Required, A Place to Rest Your Head, and The Law of the Instrument, in Stage Partners anthologies. His stage work has also appeared in collections like The Best Men’s Stage Monologues, 105 Five Minute Plays, and The Covid Monologues, among many others.
While taking a nap at the Millay, he awoke with an entire play in his head, which he wrote in a furious twenty-hour spree. It remains one of his fondest writing experiences.