Cast Set for The Ruby Sunrise at the Public Theater

Richard Masur, Anne Scurria, Maggie Siff, Audra Blaser, Marin Ireland, Patch Darragh and Jason Butler Harner will star in the Public Theater production of Rinne Groff's The Ruby Sunrise. The play, directed by Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, is scheduled to begin performances off-Broadway on November 1.

The Ruby Sunrise takes place in two different time periods. In 1927, in a barn on the outskirts of Indianapolis, a young woman named Ruby Ireland struggles to realize her dream of inventing and perfecting the first all-electrical television system. Twenty-five years later, in a television studio in Manhattan, her daughter faces similar battles of will and crises of faith as she works to get Ruby's story told as she feels it must be told.

A recognizable face from film and television, Masur appeared on Broadway last season in Democracy. Scurria's New York credits include an off-Broadway mounting of The Hope Zone. Siff recently played Nora in the world premiere of Rebecca Gilman's Dollhouse adapted from Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Goodman Theatre. Blaser appears in the upcoming feature film Bandidas. Ireland, who has numerous Gotham stage credits, recently completed a run in off-Broadway's Manuscript. Darragh appeared on the Great White Way in the recent revival of Our Town revival. A fixture off-Broadway, Harner most recently appeared in The Paris Letter.

The Ruby Sunrise is scheduled to end its limited engagement on December 4.