ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Ryan Drake is a playwright and filmmaker in Brooklyn, NY. His plays include YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING (Eugene O'Neill NPC Semi-finalist, Less than Rent Theatre), TERRIBLE RAGE (The Tank), ROLLER DYNASTY (Medicine Show, The Actors Company LA, Table Work Press Recommended 2020, 999 Festival), MOON KIDS (Crashbox Theatre Company, Mason Holdings) and GAMING AND CRYING AND DREAMING AND GAMING (Dixon Place, Actors Theatre Louisville Apprentice Workshop). His short plays have been featured at The Wild Project, 7x7 at The Tank, Serials@TheFlea, Kenyon College, YesNoise High Line Series, Calliope Theatre, and The Playwrights Collective. He wrote the webseries "Sensitive" which can be streamed on Amazon Prime and SeekaTV. "Sensitive" was featured on Canada's OutTV on their network series "Best of the Web". He graduated from Kenyon College in 2014 where he won the James E Michael Playwriting Prize. Ryan is pursuing an MFA in Playwriting from Hunter College. https://ryandrake.squarespace.com/