David Rusiecki is the president of New Voices Playwrights Theatre. A member since 2009, he has contributed to New Voices Playwrights Theatre as a writer, director, actor and co-producer. Currently a member with the Playwrights’ Center and the Orange County Theatre Guild, he has also served as head of the New Works Festival Literary Committee/Board of Trustees Member with the Long Beach Playhouse.  

His full-length play Sides was selected for the Long Beach Playhouse New Works table-read series in 2008 while in the same year his full-length …Prep… received honorable mention in Panndora Productions’ second annual festival of new play readings. 

His one-act play Kid Gloves (originally entitled Have A Nice Day) has been published in The Best American Short Plays 2012-2013 (Applause Books) as well as in Best Monologues from Best American Short Plays (Applause Books). His one-act play Long Time Coming was published in The Best American Short Plays 2014-2015 (Applause Books).

Other one-act plays produced by New Voices Playwrights Theatre include Mistle-in-Tow at Stages Theatre (Fullerton, CA) along with Two-Some, A Fake Christmas, The Big 3-0, $ecret $anta, Long Time Coming, Holiday Hoo-Ha, Return To Sender, Have A Nice Day, Last Call at Stage Door Repertory Theatre (Anaheim, CA). 

Other full-length works which received staged readings include Groupie at Theatre Out (Santa Ana, CA) as well as Scattered Showers, The Wrecking Ball and Goon at Stage Door Repertory Theatre.

He can be contacted at djrusiecki@gmail.com.