Ryan is an award winning playwright, director and actor, currently living in Edmonton. Writing includes Devotional, Breaking Face (with Morgan Smith), On the Hook, Grimwag, The Monkeyhouse, and the upcoming Things, as well as numerous short pieces, and the short films A League of Her Own, Put It In My Hand, and Death of Dangleberry. Ryan is a graduate of the Playwriting program at the National Theatre School of Canada.