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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.
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My response to the Vatican: a proof by contradiction
…[T]he Vatican took pains to strike a balance between protecting personal human dignity and clearly stating church teaching… https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/world/europe/vatican-sex-change-surrogacy-dignity.html And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that [Jesus] answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important
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“Nope, respectfully”: a response to “Are American progressives making themselves sad?” by James Bennet, ‘Lexington’ columnist for The Economist
Link to original article No, James. We’re not. First, I think we disagree on what happiness is. My happiness, for example, isn’t diminished upon my learning that folks in Finland have had a joyful past several years. I don’t know how we could compare happiness in numerical terms when we can’t agree on the experience.
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Love and Work: A Scholarship App
Before he died, Dad told me how much he regretted spending life resenting his job. No matter what, he said, I want you to love what you do. I won’t pretend that he made me promise, but in remembering the look in his eyes, it doesn’t feel right to say that he didn’t, either. I
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