Ruthie is excited to be making her Pioneer Theatre Company debut in The Last Ship. Stephens hails from jolly old England, but now resides in Brooklyn, New York. Recent credits include; Yitzhak in Hedwig And The Angry Inch, American Rep Theatre (Broadway World Award Winner – Best Actress), Charlotte in A Little Night Music, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Eponine, Les Misèrables, The Little Theatre On The Square, Beatrice The Aerial Showgirl, Circus Sarasota. Ruthie is also a published journalist having written for Salon and The Examiner amongst others. She is the current Fashion Editor at The Bushwick Daily and Boro Magazine, NYC. www.ruthiedarlingblog.com Ruthie’s next venture is appearing as the Spiderwoman in Kiss of The Spiderwoman almost entirely in the air – on silks, trapeze and cloud swing. Ruthie likes a challenge.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States