Sean Ryan

Sean Ryan is a Singer, Actor, and Dancer from Rochester, NY. He attended Rush-Henrietta Senior High School, where he developed his passion for performing. He was heavily involved with Spotlight Theatre and performed every chance he could. The first show he ever did with Spotlight Theatre was Beauty and the Beast in 2009, where he played Lefou. It was this show that made him fall in love with all aspects of theatre. He was a member of the RH Singers and Spectrum Singers for all three years that he was eligible. He participated in Area All-State and Conference All-State, and he even made it to the All Eastern Honors Choir in 2011. Some of his favorite roles in high school were XANADU (Sonny), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Lefou), and WEST SIDE STORY (Baby John). Sean went on to study Musical Theatre at the University at Buffalo. While in college, he performed in many different shows both at school and in the Buffalo community, such as SPRING AWAKENING (Moritz), LEGALLY BLONDE (Aaron Schultz), MARY POPPINS (Ensemble), and PETER PAN (Twin #1). During the last semester of his Senior Year, he found out he’d be joining the National Tour of FAME: The Musical as Ensemble/Nick Piazza Understudy. Once that tour ended, he made the big move to NYC. After being in New York for three months, he booked the National Tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA as a Male Swing. While he was traveling the country with that show, he auditioned for the International Tour of RENT, and subsequently booked that tour as a Male Swing/Mark Understudy/Dance Captain. For a brief period, he flew back and forth from CINDERELLA and RENT, performing a different show from week to week. He was with RENT for 15 months and taught many different masterclasses around the world. After leaving the RENT tour, he traveled to China to be the Choreographer for the Chinese National Tour of RENT. Shortly after arriving home from China, he filmed a short scene for an upcoming Netflix movie: TICK, TICK… BOOM! (Featured Dancer), which will come out later in 2021. You can follow him @seanzyryan on Instagram for more fun adventures!