The author of more than 30 plays, Rita feels honored that her work has been produced around the country. Up next in 2024 is the Butcher Shop production at the Westside Theater in Missoula, MT. Rita’s work has been developed at Seven Devils, the Last Frontier Conference, Chicago Dramatists, the Montana Rep Play Slams and the Missoula Colony. Her artist residencies include the Djerassi Resident Artists Program and the Mary Anderson Center. She has received fellowships from the Indiana Arts Commission and the Midwest Writers, and won a Basile Emerging Playwright award. She’s a member of the Dramatists Guild, Honor Roll, and the International Centre for Women Playwrights. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Ohio State.

A selection of Rita’s plays can be found on the New Play Exchange. Her complete resume can be found below.