Ryan Quinn

Adjunct Professor

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About

Ryan is a director, actor, teacher, and dad to Zoë. He is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Esperance Theater Company (directing Twelfth Night, Youth and Ambition, and Breitwisch Farm). Most recently, he directed the world premiere of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd for The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Additional directing credits: Milwaukee Repertory Theater, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Arc Stages, The American Academy of Dramatic Art, NYU, LIU, Fordham, and others. As an actor, Ryan is a company member of Bedlam Theater, recently playing John Proctor in Bedlam’s critically acclaimed production of The Crucible. Other Bedlam: Hedda Gabler, DeadDogPark, Sense and Sensibility, and Bedlam: The Series. Additional Off-Broadway: Whorl Inside a Loop at Second Stage, Vanity Fair at The Pearl, The Killer, Antony and Cleopatra, King Lear, and Hamlet at Theater for a New Audience. Regional: The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (8 seasons), The Old Globe, Milwaukee Rep, A.R.T, Portland Center Stage, and many others. TV/Film: Blindspot, Law & Order, Madam Secretary, Friends from College, Blacklist: Redemption, Person of Interest, and OVUM. Ryan has served on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon and Pace. Additionally, he has taught at West Point Academy, NYU, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Bedlam, AADA, and others. As an audition coach, he has successfully guided over 250 students in their college audition process (BA, BFA, MFA). He received his MFA in Acting from The Yale School of Drama.

Class Taught 2024/25

• THEA 3000