Ryan Rilette is in his 14th season as Artistic Director of Round House Theatre. During his tenure, he has produced eight of the 10 highest grossing seasons and 18 of the top 20 highest grossing productions in the theatre’s history. His productions have received 120 Helen Hayes Awards nominations and 30 Helen Hayes Awards. Ryan created the theatre’s Equal Play commissioning program, Resident Artist program, Fair Play pay scale for artists, and Free Play ticketing program.

 

For Round House, he has directed Rules for Living (US premiere), Bad Books (world premiere), The Seafarer, “We declare you a terrorist...” (world premiere), Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Oslo, Small Mouth Sounds, “Master Harold”...and the Boys, The Book of Will, Angels in America: Perestroika, The Night Alive, Fool for Love, This, and How to Write a New Book for the Bible.

 

Next season, he will direct Cult of Love at Round House and Eureka Day at Capital Rep. He is also developing the new musical The Cave with Lauren Gunderson and Bree Lowdermilk.

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Prior to joining Round House, Ryan served as Producing Director of Marin Theatre Company, Producing Artistic Director of Southern Rep Theatre, and co-founder and Artistic Director of Rude Mechanicals Theatre Company. He is the former Board President of the National New Play Network.