The Arts: Creative Self-Expression

Ever since I was a young boy, creative self-expression has been my most constant companion — a loyal friend present in every season of life, regardless of circumstance.

During stretches of loneliness, I built elaborate game-show sets from cardboard and staged backyard productions with my mother’s old curtains. In moments when sadness and anxiety felt too heavy to carry, I turned to my piano keyboard and the countless journals I filled with poetry and song lyrics — letting music and words do what words alone sometimes cannot.

For as long as I can remember, art and personal growth have been inseparable for me. Creating something — anything — has always been my most honest way of making sense of the world and my place in it.

And I believe it can be yours, too.

You do not need to be featured in a prominent gallery, be a bestselling author, or be a musician who sells out stadiums to call yourself an artist. How you express yourself creatively is entirely your own — you simply need the courage to keep creating, to push past your perceived limitations, and to let something genuine take shape.

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Music and Lyrics

• A Silent Poet 
• Emotions
• Heaven Help Me
• Hope
• You Make Me Beautiful
• Stop Telling Me You’re Sorry
• Time
• Moments of Our Lives

© Craig Ruvere, 1999-2014

Theater Credits

Off-Broadway:

• john & jen (Carolee Carmello, Michele Pawk, James Ludwig) – Assistant Stage Manager
• Bea’s Nest – Stage Manager

Regional Theater:

• Summer Shakespeare – Romeo & Juliet – Stage Manager
• Summer Shakespeare – Hamlet (with James Ludwig) – Stage Manager

Community Theater:

• Parallel Lives – Producer/Director
• Scooter Thomas Makes It to the Top of the World – Co-Producer/Director
• Collections: An Evening of One Acts – Co-Producer/Director
• Hair – Assistant Stage Manager
• The Marriage of Bette and Boo – Stage Manager