Throughout the 1970s Reyner continued performing with her band on the downtown glam punk rock scene[3] in NYC until experiencing a serious illness in 1982 which suspended her career for several years.

Ruby Lynn Reyner spent her infancy under the care of her maternal grandmother and family in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn.

She began a career in modeling and attended a rehearsal of The Playhouse of the Ridiculous and was introduced to John Vacarro who immediately put her in the chorus of Conquest of the Universe.

[12] She remained with the Playhouse for many years starring in Heaven Grand in Amber Orbit by Jackie Curtis,[13] Sissy by Seth Allan, and La Bohemia written and directed by John Vacarro.

She won the Drama Desk Award for outstanding performance in La Bohemia and received good notices for her Broadway role of Mary, Queen of Scots in Paul Foster's Elizabeth I.

[14] Reyner and her co-writer Gordon Bressac created and produced several musical variety shows at Crystal Fields Theater for the New City, including Voidville 1 and Vandals of 1981.

Reyner continued to write, direct and perform in the show Singin' in the ER, a satirical play about her own hospital experiences, produced at the Theater for the New City during Fall 2019.