Ryan is a writer, performance artist, and activist living in New York.

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They grew up acting in summer stock theater in the Berkshires/Tri-State area.

They hold a BFA in Acting from Post of Long Island University where their studies focused on physical theatre; specifically The Suzuki Method and Viewpoints.

 

Ryan devised a solo performance piece; an autobiographical choreopoem entitled

WHAT HAPPENS TO BOYS IN CHELSEA.

 

Credits Include: Theatre Row (United Solo), The Stonewall Inn (Spin Cycle NYC), The Triad Theater, Club Cumming, The Green Room 42 (Poetry/Cabaret), Pangea (Family Liquid Dinner Cabaret), New York's LGBTQ+ Center (New Masculinities Festival), SAGE (Service and Advocacy for GLBTQ+ Elders), Prospect Park (Spin Cycle NYC) and NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent's Triangle. 

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