Rita ryack biography

“HAUTE COUTURE MEETS LUNACY”
Rita Ryack was born in Boston, MA in the 20th century. She earned a BFA cum laude at Brandeis University, studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, won a teaching fellowship in costume design at Bennington College , and received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. She worked as a 2D cartoon animator at Lisberger Studios in Boston.
Her theatre career accelerated quickly. Her first Broadway musical, for which she received a Tony nomination, was the legendary MY ONE AND ONLY, directed by Tommy Tune, starring Tommy Tune and Twiggy. She was nominated for a second Tony for Harvey Fierstein’s CASA VALENTINA, directed by Joe Mantello. She has designed productions on and off-Broadway, working for such notable directors as Peter Sellars, Lee Breuer, Robert Brustein, Harry Kondoleon, Lynne Meadow, Jerry Zaks, Dan Sullivan, and Sam Shepard, and for distinguished playwrights Donald Margulies, Christopher Durang, Terence McNally, and Harry