Ryan is humbled and grateful for the opportunity to return to Crane River Theater for this production. Ryan’s experience with the stage began with competitive show choir in junior high school, where he first met his future wife! He continued performing through high school in three musicals (Oklahoma!, Anything Goes, and Once Upon a Mattress), along competitive show choir. He took home several best solo awards, and the group won a national title his senior year. After an undisclosed number of years, his love of performing (and Disney) lured him back to the stage to play The Beast in the Kearney Community Theatre production of Beauty and the Beast in 2021. Since then, he has been seen in KCT’s productions of Working, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and My Way, as well as Crane River Theater’s productions of Elf and Beauty and the Beast. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys finding excuses to take trips to Walt Disney World. He would like to thank his wife, Melissa, and daughter, Lily, for supporting him throughout every show.