Born in Germany and raised in the US, Rita resides in Missoula, MT, after years of living hither and thither, resisting the question: “where are you from”? The author of more than 30 plays, Rita’s work has been produced in the West and the Midwest, as well as 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 had fellowships from the Indiana Arts Commission and the Midwest Writers, and her honors include a Basile Emerging Playwright award. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Ohio State.

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