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Disney Wonder 48
Performing September 2024 - March 2025
Taylor is ecstatic to be joining the Mainstage cast of the Disney Wonder where she will be cruising through Alaska, Hawaii and Australia. She’s both honored and grateful to be telling Anna’s story in Frozen as well as Rapunzel’s in Disney Dreams.
Disney Wish 4
Performing December 2023 - June 2024
Taylor is over the moon to be joining the cast of the Disney Wish as a Mainstage Performer! She will be heading up to Toronto in September to begin rehearsals for The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Seas the Adventure and more.
Jersey Boys
Running June 23 - July 8, 2023
Following her SVST contract, Taylor will be traveling down to Highlands, NC to play Mary Delgado & Others in Mountain Theatre Company’s “Jersey Boys”.
“Back by popular demand, after a sold-out run last season, Highlands' favorite Jersey Boys are back for a special limited engagement! And Emanuel Carrero will return to reprise his star-making role as Frankie Valli!”
Read Plateau Magazine’s review below!
The Andrews Brothers
Running May 30 - June 4, 2023
Taylor will be returning to Saint Vincent Summer Theatre following last summer’s production of Nunsense to play Peggy Jones in “The Andrews Brothers”.
“Taylor Ruffo has one of those voices that feels familiar the minute you hear it. She sings, dances and lands laughs with aplomb; as Peggy the pinup queen performs onstage and does damage control offstage, Ruffo plays to every corner of her resume as Peggy goes silly, sexy, brassy, sweet and aww-shucks wholesome.”
— Greg Kerestan
Greenbrier Resort
Performing June 2022 through March 2023
Taylor is thrilled to be relocating to White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia where she will be performing as a Springhouse Entertainer at the renowned Greenbrier Resort. She will be a resident member of the team year-round and cannot wait to get started!
“Located amid the breathtaking mountains of West Virginia, The Greenbrier is a National Historic Landmark and world-class resort that has been welcoming guests from around the world since 1778. With a guest list that includes 28 of our country’s 45 Presidents, America’s Resort has long been a favorite destination of royalty, celebrities and business leaders.”
Nunsense
Running June 14 - June 19, 2022
Shortly after finishing her run of Pippin, Taylor will be traveling out to Saint Vincent Summer Theatre in Latrobe, PA! She is ecstatic to be playing Sister Mary Leo in Dan Goggin’s “Nunsense”. Check out a snippet of Saint Vincent’s BroadwayWorld review below!
“Hannah Bearer and Taylor Ruffo, as the two youngest nuns, are both stars in the making … Ruffo a perfectly sweet ingenue who occasionally breaks into a classic Broadway broad.”
— Greg Kerestan (BroadwayWorld)
Pippin
Running April 22 - May 15, 2022
Taylor is thrilled to be returning to the Broadway Theatre of Pitman as Catherine in Pippin! The show runs 4 weekends and tickets can be purchased via the link below.
Rent
Running October 15 - October 24, 2021
Taylor will be making her Broadway Theatre of Pitman debut as Ensemble (u/s Maureen) in BToP’s upcoming production of Rent. With rehearsals beginning at the end of August, she is ecstatic to jump into her first live musical in 2 years!
Class of 2021 Senior Showcase!
Premiers Tuesday May 4, 2021
To conclude her time at Rider, Taylor will be performing “Magic in Man” from Big Fish. View it on the Rider Musical Theatre Showcase website below!
The Collective
Premiers Saturday April 17, 2021 - Friday April 23, 2021 at 8:30pm
Performed immersively, The Collective is an interactive theatre piece set in 2049 when a secret organization leads a rebellion against a corrupt government system. The members of this esteemed group are prepared to risk everything for art and democracy. This is a student production co-written and directed by Dylan Erdelyi, Sarah Grace Ford and Megan Raab.
View a short preview here: https://youtu.be/L1kZNQqhJBk
Chasing Grace
Premiers Friday January 15, 2021 - Sunday January 17, 2021
Formerly titled This is Treatment, this new musical written by Elizabeth Addison and directed by DeMone Seraphin is a raw, inspirational story about addiction, recovery, and female empowerment inside the walls of a residential treatment facility.
Following each performance, there will be a panel discussion:
Friday - Recovery: the healing and transformative power of the performing arts.
Saturday - Amplifying Black Narratives
Sunday- Identity Politics in the performing arts.
Swingin’ the Seasons 2020
Premier Date: Monday December 21, 2020
Swingin’ has been an annual Rider University holiday tradition for almost 5 years now. Despite the pandemic keeping us apart, we refused to stop creating! Thanks to co-directors John Viggiano, Sarah Ford and Dante Pereto, the cast and creative managed to put this show together virtually in just a few weeks.
There’s never a bad time to cozy up with a drink and listen to some of your favorite holiday tunes. Click the button below to view the show!
Promise Me
Premier Date: TBD
During the fall semester, Taylor was cast as Juliette in her first short film entitled “Promise Me”. Co-directed by Kristen Wisneski, Rebecca Gialanellla, and Victoria Francesca, the film follows the blurring lines in the relationship between best friends Juliette and Andy.
Forestburgh Playhouse Summer Company 2020
Before COVID-19 caused theatres across the country to close their doors and leave out their ghost lights, Taylor was thrilled to be starting her first EMC contract as a company member at the Forestburgh Playhouse. Up in the Sullivan Catskills, NY, she would have played Philoclea in Head Over Heels as well as ensemble/featured roles in Something Rotten, Ragtime, The Full Monty, and Kinky Boots.
Click the link below to donate to Forestburgh’s 75 and Thrive!
Girls Like That
April 1 - April 5, 2020
Directed by Stan Cahill, the Girls Like That cast and crew were in their final week of dress rehearsals when the production was cancelled due to COVID-19.
“When a naked photograph of schoolgirl Scarlett goes viral, rumors spread across smartphones like wildfire. Her reputation becomes toxic, threatening to shatter the fragile unity of the girls she has grown up with. But how long can Scarlett remain silent?”
MAD About You!
February 14 - February 16, 2020
MAD About You! is a cabaret journey through the joys of love, longing and lust to the agony, anger and angst of heartbreak and breakup. This cabaret will feature a myriad of musical genres including pop, musical theatre, country and R&B. Directed by Franklin Trapp.
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 2020
Taylor was thrilled to advance to both the Irene Ryan and Musical Theatre Intensive Finals in January 2020! She was nominated to go to KCACTF for her work in the role of Irina Ustvolskaya in the world premier of In Every Note at Rider University directed by Ivan Fuller.
Prairie Repertory Theatre Summer Company 2019
In May 2019, Taylor was ecstatic to pack her suitcase and move farther away from home than she’s ever been - to Brookings, South Dakota. She had the privilege of playing Laura in Beehive the 60s Musical as well as Kay Banks in Father of the Bride (directed by Amy Baker Schwiethale and JD Ackman respectively). Taylor also worked in the scene job as a carpenter and painter (…but mostly a painter).
In Every Note
April 10 - April 14, 2019
During her sophomore spring semester, Taylor originated the role of Irina Ustvolskaya in the world premier of In Every Note, written and directed by Ivan Fuller. She was nominated for an Irene Ryan Award for her work on this production and was a Region 2 finalist.
“This, the third play in Fuller’s Siege Cycle, focuses on how the arts helped people survive during the Second World War’s siege of Leningrad. The play centers on Russian Dmitri Shostakovich and his Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad,” which he composed while he was trapped in the dying city.”
Newsies
November 30 - December 16, 2018
Taylor was absolutely thrilled to be cast in a dream role of hers: Katherine Plumber in Newsies at SALT Performing Arts! Directed by Lauren McComas and Music Directed by Brigitte Rottman, the musical ran for 3 weekends to a sold out house. Watch a clip of “Watch What Happens” below!
“Set in turn-of-the century New York City, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a band of teenaged "newsies." When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for social justice!”