Original and/or Major productions

• Ruined was originally commissioned by and received its world premiere at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, IL. The play premiered on November 8th, 2008 and ran through December 14th, 2008. The play was actually first performed in the Goodman Theatre New Stage Series in 2007. 
  

          (Ruined, Goodman Theatre)

• Ruined made its New York City, Off-Brodway premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club. Previews began on January 21^st, 2009, and the show officially opened on February 10^th, 2009. The production closed on September 6^th, 2009 after receiving nine extensions.
• Notable people a part of the production:
• Kate Whoriskey (director); Derek McLane (set designer); Peter Kaczorowski (lighting designer); Paul Tazewell (costume designer); Rob Milburn & Michael Bodeen (sound designers); Dominic Kanza (original music).
• Notable actors for both productions: 
• Condola Rashad – Sophie
• Kevin Mambo – Commander Osembenga
• William Jackson Harper – Simon

(The cast of Ruined take the opening night curtain call, Aubrey Reuben)

• European production premiered at the Almeida Theatre in London, United Kingdom. The show opened for previews on April 15^th, 2010 and closed on June 5^th, 2010.
• Notable people a part of the production:
• Indhu Rubasingham (director)
• Jenny Jules – Mama
• Lucian Msamati
• Ruined was performed at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2010, directed by Liesl Tommy.
• The Canadian Premiere was presented by Ellipsis Tree Collective in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
• Ruined ran at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts through April 30th, 2011.
• An Obsidian Theatre Company in association with Nightwood Theatre production in Toronto, Ontario at the Berkeley Street Theatre in 2011 starred Sterling Jarvis and Yanna McIntosh.
• Ruined had its Australian premiere by THAT Production Company in Ipswich, Queensland in 2013. The production featured many actors who had fled the Congolese War and had relocated to South-East Queensland. Lynn Nottage sent a personal message to the team, encouraging the production's premiere.

Hernandez, Ernio. “PHOTO CALL: Nottage's Ruined Opens Off-Broadway.” Playbill, PLAYBILL INC., 11 Feb. 2009, www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-nottages-ruined-opens-off-broadway-com-157912.

BWW News Desk. “Goodman Theatre Launches World Premiere of RUINED 11/8.”                        BroadwayWorld.com, BroadwayWorld.com, 16 Oct. 2008,                www.broadwayworld.com/chicago/article/Goodman-Theatre-Launches-World-Premiere-of-RUINED-118-20081016.