Actor / Director
Most recent: (DIRECTOR)
Jan 2025 ROCK OF AGES
Tri Valley Theatre Company
BANKHEAD THEATRE
DIRECTOR
Ryan has directed theatrical productions in California, New York, Colorado, and Oregon. With a specialty in Shakespeare, as well as contemporary drama/comedy, new and devised work, and opera, Ryan’s directorial style implements his varied experiences as an Actor / Sound Designer / Musician / Visual Artist to create a visceral and sometimes immersive experience to his theatrical productions. Productions Include:
Richard III,
Othello
(Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival-Los Angeles)
Rock of Ages
(Tri Valley Theatre Co.)
A View from the Bridge
(The Secret Theatre-NYC)
ACTOR
Ryan has been working as an actor for over 30 years. Ryan received training from Cal State University Long Beach, UC Santa Barbara, and then professionally at A Noise Within, and Michael Bofshever Studios in Los Angeles. He then moved to NYC where he lived and worked for 15 years, as well as working in Regional Theatres around the country. Productions Include:
The Winter's Tale (Virginia Shakespeare Festival),
Midsummer Night's Dream (Titan Theatre Co - NYC)
A Streetcar Named Desire* (Deaf West Theatre Co),
Proof, The Laramie Project, Death of a Salesman, Blue/Orange (Artists Repertory Theatre),
A Glass Menagerie and Old Wicked Songs (Rubicon Theatre Co),
Love's Labour's Lost, Henry V (Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival),
Winter's Tale**, The Threepenny Opera (A Noise Within),
Othello, Coriolanus, Love's Labour's Lost (Illinois Shakespeare Festival),
King Lear (Sierra Repertory Theatre),
Side Man (Ensemble Theatre Company), * Ovation Awards - Winner - Best Play
** LA Drama Critics Circle Awards - Nomination - Best Play