About

Ryan M. Luévano (he/him) is a multifaceted talent in Los Angeles, acclaimed as an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, talent manager, and theatre critic. His expertise extends to roles as a music director for institutions such as Santa Ana College, The Colony Theatre, The Sierra Madre Playhouse, and the Burbank Community Theater. Alongside his contributions as a professor of music at Woodbury University, Santa Ana College, and Rio Hondo College, he serves as a regular teaching artist at A Noise Within Theatre Company in Pasadena. Actively engaged in the arts community, Ryan is on the board of directors for the Foundation for New American Musicals, contributes as a staff writer for Stage Raw, and proudly holds membership in the Dramatists Guild of America.

Ryan earned his Master’s degree in musicology from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach, specializing in the history of musical theater in America.

MUSICALS: Shoot Ma! (Colony Theater in Burbank 2010) and Experience Magic! (Sierra Madre Playhouse 2011) and 57 Bus.

PLAYS: Passing Time, Love is Dead, La Lavadora and Dance Plague.

Recently, his musical “57 Bus” was chosen for the Latine Musical Theatre Lab’s Table Reading Series 2023, where he collaborated closely with dramaturg Amauta M. Firmino (known for his work on the multi-Tony nominated production SLAVE PLAY). In 2021, he earned the prestigious Artists-in-Residence title at Chateau d’Orquevaux in France and received the Denis Diderot Grant for his contributions to “57 Bus.” Additionally, his play “La Lavadora” won the Full Circle Players’ New Works Play Festival in 2021, and his new play “Dance Plague” premiered at Contra Costa School of Performing Arts in Walnut Creek, CA, in 2023. Notably, “La Lavadora” was a finalist in the 2023 New Works Festival at the Santa Monica Theatre Guild, held at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre.

Ryan is also a talent manager and career coach with Skyfire Artists. He is the manager of “Hollywood’s Favorite Magician” Jeff Black and various other artists.

Read more about Ryan in this interview feature in Shoutout LA: CLICK HERE FOR INTERVIEW.