Enough with the Foreplay! Becoming Dr. Ruth, Starring Debra Jo Rupp, Officially Opens Off-Broadway

Let's talk about sex, baby!  Mark St. Germain's new comedy Becoming Dr. Ruth, starring Debra Jo Rupp as real-life sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, opens on October 29 at the Westside Theatre. Directed by Julianne Boyd, the show is scheduled to play a limited engagement through January 12, 2014 at the off-Broadway theater.

Everyone knows Dr. Ruth from her career as a pioneering radio and television sex therapist. Few, however, are aware of the incredible journey that preceded it. From fleeing the Nazis in the Kindertransport and joining the Haganah in Jerusalem as a scout and sniper, to her struggles to succeed as a single mother coming to America, Becoming Dr. Ruth is filled with humor, honesty and the life-affirming spirit of Karola Ruth Siegel, the girl who became “Dr. Ruth.”

Originally titled Dr. Ruth, All the Way, the show premiered at the Barrington Stage Company (where Boyd is the artistic director) in Pittsfield, MA, in 2012, then transferred to TheaterWorks in Hartford, CT, in May 2013. Becoming Dr. Ruth features set design by Brian Prather, costume design by Jen Moeller, lighting design by Scott Pinkney and sound design by Jessica Paz.

Find out what Rupp and Dr. Ruth herself had to say about this romping bio-play in our video below!