BIO AND PLAYS
Ryan is an internationally produced, award-winning playwright. His acclaimed play REACH has seen multiple productions, including with Estrana Theatre Company, Ivy Theatre Company, Misfits Theater, and was recently featured at the OnStage! Festival in Rome, Italy. It was adapted into an screenplay and a feature film, titled, REVERIE LANE, which was an official selection in the Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival. His psychological thriller, FIEND, earned multiple New York Innovative Theatre Awards, and received numerous productions. It was recently published and is available to license by Next Stage Press. His play, THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER, was developed with ABOUTFACE Ireland/Tangent Theatre Company and Voyage Theatre Company in New York City and is now available via Next Stage Press. His short play and screenplay, IN A FOREST, has seen various workshops and has won several script awards including Second Place for Best Science Fiction Short Script at the Nashville Film Festival and a Quarter-Finalist in the 2024 Filmatic Sci-Fi Awards.
Known for his bold storytelling that explores aftermath, trauma, morality, and mystery, Ryan continues to collaborate worldwide on readings, workshops, and productions of his plays and screenplays. To request full production history, licensing, or collaborations, use the contact tab above.
Known for his bold storytelling that explores aftermath, trauma, morality, and mystery, Ryan continues to collaborate worldwide on readings, workshops, and productions of his plays and screenplays. To request full production history, licensing, or collaborations, use the contact tab above.
PLAYS
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Summary: One year after Hurricane Katrina, the floodwaters have receded in New Orleans, but the devastation remains. In a city the world has already forgotten, Leila and Jordan cling to the fragile hope that life can go on somehow. But as buried secrets emerge and old wounds are forced open, they discover that healing isn't about surviving the storm. It's about finding the strength to survive what comes after.
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Summary: As a series of grisly murders continue across the Lower East Side of New York City, Aaron, a lonely hairstylist, hires the services of a stranger for a night they will never forget. Slowly, they begin to connect in unexpected ways and it also becomes a night they may never survive.
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Summary: Considered to be one of the most well-documented UFO cases in history, more than 80 Air Force and enlisted personnel lay witness to a three night event of unexplained phenomena. Art Wallace, one of those witnesses, comes forward for the first time ever to recount his experience. A decision he may soon regret.
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Summary: A year after her father is killed in the line of duty, Carly forms an unexpected bond with Jasper, her older brother’s former roommate. As her brother prepares to deploy to the Middle East, their connection deepens beyond intention, blurring the line between comfort and something more complicated. At the same time, the image of her father as a revered war hero begins to fracture, forcing Carly to confront a legacy shaped as much by silence as by truth.
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