Ryan Townsend [email protected] Height: 5’11” Telephone484-574-4983 Weight: 140

Stage Credits *Not in My Town Matt Shepard Fusion, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Peter Pevensie The Miracle Theater, Coral Gables, FL Charlotte’s Web Avery The Miracle Theater, Coral Gables. FL Gianni Schicchi Rinuccio Gusman Hall, Coral Gables, FL [title of show] Jeff Area Stage Company, Coral Gables, FL Avenue Q Nicky Quantum Theater, Coral Gables, FL Fenton Poor Richard’s Opera Co, Philadelphia, PA A Little Night Music Henrik OperaDelaware Studios, Wilmington, DE Monostatos OperaDelaware, Wilmington, DE La Traviata Gastone OperaDelaware, Wilmington, DE The Merry Widow Raoul de St. Brioche OperaDelaware, Wilmington, DE *Coming: A Rock Musical of Biblical Proportions Death u/s Josh Prince Music Theatre, Philladelphia, PA The Mikado Nanki Poo Kresge Theater, Pittsburgh, PA Ellis Island (Tour) Hjordis Dieter (lead) American Family Theatre Street Scene Daniel Buchanan Kresge Theater, Pittsburgh, PA

Staged Scenework La Bohème Rodolfo Clarke Recital Hall, Coral Gables, FL A Midsummer Night’s Dream Lysander Clarke Recital Hall, Coral Gables, FL Broadway Dreams Foundation Concerts Various Features Perelmen Theater, Philadelphia, PA Duke in Moulin Rouge Freud Playhouse, Los Angeles, CA Broadway Dreams Holiday Benefit Concerts Featured Soloist New World Stage, NYC Featured Soloist Florence Gould Hall, NYC West Side Story Tony/Action Carnegie Mellon University Sweeney Todd Tobias Carnegie Mellon University

Competitions Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Encouragement Award: Pittsburgh Districts Pittsburgh, PA

Education and Awards University of Miami: Frost School of Music Masters in Music Coral Gables, FL Carnegie Mellon University Bachelors in Fine Arts Pittsburgh, PA Charlotte Black Memorial Award Sponsored by Christiane Noll

Training Voice Chad Johnson, Ana Flavia Zuim, Coral Gables, FL Tony Boutté Susan Eichhorn-Young, David Jones NYC Douglas Ahlstedt, Andrea Hanson Pittsburgh, PA Obed Floan Philadelphia, PA Acting Chris O’Connor Coral Gables, FL Greg LeHane, Tony McKay Pittsburgh, PA Dance Attack Theatre (Ballet, Modern, Tap) Pittsburgh, PA Broadway Dreams Foundation Annette Tanner, Richard Jay Alexander Philadelphia, PA

Special Skills 7 years of Martial Arts (in the Okinawan style) – 2nd Degree Black Belt, Proficient French, Speaks a little Italian and German, Sight-singing, Drivers License, Piano (Classical and Jazz training), Saxophone and Clarinet. Vinyasa Yoga, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Kristen Wiig impersonations. *Denotes World Premier