Ryan Mekenian
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Ryan Mekenian is an American theatre and film director and songwriter.
Theater
In 2007, Mekenian directed With Glee at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts..[1] His production was later revived Off-Broadway at the Davenport Theatre as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival[2].
That same year, he directed Mrs. Sharp at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera & Carnegie Mellon University as part of the ASCAP Foundation/Disney Musical Theatre Workshop[3].
In 2008, Mekenian produced and directed Spare Some Change: NYC Artists for Barack Obama"[4].
In 2013, Mekenian was a musician Off-Broadway in The Netflix Plays at Ars Nova, a production starring Eddie Kaye Thomas and Sarah Steele.[5]
Film
In 2020, Mekenian directed Spokespeople, his thesis at the U.S.C. School of Cinematic Arts, which went on to play 35 film festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival[6].
In 2022, Mekenian's screenplay, The Man in the Flying Lawn Chair, was named a quarterfinalist for the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences[7]
References
- ↑ Hard to Be 13: Boarding School Boys at Center of New Musical, With Glee, June 28-29 in NYC [1], Playbill.com, June 22, 2007. Retrieved on September 28, 2023.
- ↑ With Glee [2], TalkinBroadway.com, Retrieved on September 28, 2023
- ↑ Pittsburgh CLO, Carnegie Mellon, ASCAP and Schwartz Join Forces for New Musicals Development [3]
- ↑ White, Brier, Rudetsky, Ralston and More Will Be Part of Obama Fundraiser, Spare Some Change [4]
- ↑ Ars Nova's THE NETFLIX PLAYS to Begin, Jan 30 [5], BroadwayWorld.com, Jan. 23, 2013. Retrieved on September 28, 2023.
- ↑ The American Pavilion Announces Its Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival[6], Filmmakermagazine.com, May 22, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ↑ [7], Oscars.org, November 9, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
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