Ryan Scott Oliver

Ryan Scott Oliver (born August 27, 1984) is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist.He is a 2011 Lucille Lortel Award Nominee and the recipient of both the 2009 Jonathan Larson Grant and the 2008 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater.Oliver is an adjunct professor at Pace University in New York, and Artistic Director of the Pasadena Musical Theatre Program in California.He received his B.A. in Music Composition from UCLA and his M.F.A. in Musical Theatre Writing from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.He is also creator of the blog Crazytown and member of A.S.C.A.P. Oliver's work has been heard at the Writers Guild Awards, Off-Broadway in TheatreWorksUSA's We the People, and countless showcases. Ryan, along with actress Lindsay Mendez, founded and currently runs Actor Therapy: a five-week training experience for young actors in NYC. He is openly gay, and married to photographer Matthew Murphy.