Many years ago, in his hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota, Richard Ryan signed his first professional Actors Equity Association contract to play the role of Gremio in the St. Paul Civic Opera’s production of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate.  After moving to New York City, he starred in touring company productions of Sweet Charity, Funny Girl, Oklahoma and Guys and Dolls. He has also headlined in a number of clubs and hotels such as New York City’s The Taft Hotel with Vincent Lopez, The Diplomat in Miami, The Breakers in Palm Beach, to name a few.  He now lives in Mount Dora, Florida with his wife, Marianne, and he is the President and Executive Producer of the Mount Dora Community Showtime Concerts and is the host of WLBE 790 AM’s The Richard Ryan Comin’ Home Show, a weekly cultural radio broadcast.

Richard Ryan recently starred as Applegate, the devil role in Damn Yankees, at The Mount Dora Theatre Company IceHouse Theatre. 

Click on the play button to see him in an excerpt from the show.