Ruby Gibson

Ruby lived in Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Nashville before coming to Chicago to study theatre at Northwestern University. She fell in love with the city and has been teaching, performing, and writing here ever since!

As a teaching artist, she has worked with Chicago Children’s Theatre, PlayMakers Laboratory, Evanston Public Library, and Women & Children First to teach everything from acting to zine-making. As a playwright, her adaptation of The Little Prince has been developed for young audiences across Chicagoland with Improv Playhouse and the Actors Gymnasium. You can also find her leading architecture tours on the beautiful Chicago River with Shoreline Sightseeing.

She loves to devise stories with ensembles inspired by music, props, and movement. A song that always makes her party like it’s a middle school dance is “What Makes You Beautiful” by One Direction.

Headshot by Ian McLaren