Dan Ruth is an actor, writer, director and storyteller who has relocated to the Los Angeles area after 28 amazing years in New York City. Ruth is the author and star of the award winning, critically acclaimed “A Life Behind Bars,” his original solo black comedy which focuses on the soul-sucking restaurant and service industries. “A Life Behind Bars” is a dark roller coaster comedy bar crawl. Through gritty storytelling, Ruth shares dark comic monologues, interwoven with characters he’s encountered while working and drinking in the bars and dives of pre-Giuliani NYC. “A Life Behind Bars” is directed by multi award-winning performer-producer-director, Tanya Moberly.