Producing credits include: Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann's YEAST NATION (THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE) which had a sold out run as part of FRINGENYC'11; HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT MOVIE WOULD MAKE A GOOD MUSICAL? A satirical deconstruction of Broadway’s ongoing obsession with the adaptation of Hollywood Blockbuster films into musicals. (Zipper Factory, Julia Miles Theaters), HURRICANE, a new musical that tells the story of the great Hurricane of 1938 that devastated the New England coast, (NYMF’ 09) and Samuel Buggeln’s HATER, an updated translation of Moliere’s the Misanthrope. (Ice Factory 2010, Ohio Theater). For the past three years Ryan has also worked with the multiple MAC-award winning Karen Mack and Michael Holland on their ongoing pop-music/mashup comedy show Gashole: Hole-o-matic

Prior to beginning his producing career, Ryan was a professional actor working in musicals at various regional theaters, on tours and in off and off-off Broadway houses. In between acting gigs Ryan worked as the assistant to the director of professional licensing at Theatrical Rights Worldwide where he handled the accounts of major regional theaters at home and abroad. Ryan also has worked for Jujamcyn Theaters and as the Theatrical Consultant for Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY, helping the institution on audience development and in crafting the vision for their new theater complex set to open in the fall of 2011.

He is also a regular contributor to The New Crazytown Blog, an Arts and Pop Culture blog spearheaded by Composer Ryan Scott Oliver.


As a creative developmental producer, Ryan is committed to working on new and progressive works of theater that move the art form into the 21st century, working with writers to develop their vision into a viable commercial venture.

Ryan Bogner is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory with a BFA in Musical Theater and Directing, as well as the Professional Intensive for Commercial Producers at the Commercial Theatre Institute, The Broadway League's training program for producers. He is currently pursuing his MFA in Theatrical Management and Producing at Columbia University.