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Ryan Michael Dunn

is a writer, producer, and actor from Massachusetts, currently pursuing their MFA in Television, Film, and Theatre (Writing Option) at Cal State LA. They graduated from UMass Amherst into oblivion in spring of 2020, earning their BBA in Finance. Ryan joined the Dramatists Guild of America after performing their co-written play Peace Talks in British Columbia’s Victoria Fringe Festival. Recent writing includes Politically Erect, which will receive a second production at Coastal Carolina University this spring, and mental health drama Heat of the Summer, which premiered as a staged reading at the Boston Playwrights Theater. 

Ryan produces dramatic work with their collaborator Michael Tricca under the name 83 Midnight. Last summer, they produced God’s Favorite by Catherine Crimmins in the New York Theatre Festival, earning a nomination for Best Production.

Please email rmd@ryanmichaeldunn.com with any inquiries.

What’s new?

  • Golden Road Bro-ing: A Roadtrip Blog Belated

    ARLINGTON, MASS. -> NEW YORK, N.Y. DAY ONE……………………….220 miles It begins with the death of Snorlax. Our road trip, I mean. To move to California for school. With my friend Michael? No, he still lives in New York, he’s just- okay, let me back up. It’s been a while. When I became roommates with my

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  • God’s Favorite: a new play premiering this summer, in the New York Theater Festival

    For the past several months, I’ve been serving as an executive producer on a powerful new play, meeting weekly to get our production funded and off the ground. It’s called God’s Favorite, written by Catherine Crimmins. In her play, Catherine explores the story of the Virgin Mary through a novel feminist lens. It’s as funny

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  • Mr. Worldwide Eclipse

    A Muslim, a Jew, and a Christian walk into a bar. Our friends are right behind us. Actually, it’s more of a trickling in, really, and we probably aren’t in that order at all… I think I messed up the punchline. Let’s back up! It’s 2017. An ardent astronomy enthusiast – dare I say, zealot?

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