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Ryan Dobrin

Ryan Dobrin is a New York-based director and the one of the Producing Artistic Leaders of The Movement Theatre Company.

Ryan Dobrin (he/him) Producing Artistic Leader, The Movement Theatre Company. Recent directing: The Voices in Your Head (2025 Drama Desk nomination, Theatrely Best of 2024), you don't have to do anything (Vulture Best of 2024), We Shall Someday (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), 24-Hour Plays Broadway, Joe's Pub, NAMT, Drama League, Yale, University of Michigan. Select associate directing: The Last Five Years (Broadway), Merrily We Roll Along (Broadway, proshot, NYTW), Diana (Broadway). Upcoming directing: Ego Show (Edinburgh Fringe), ...The Great Comet of 1812 (Montclair State University). Alumnus of Drama League, Playwrights Horizons, WTF, MTC, Ars Nova fellowships; Roundabout Directors Group; Mercury Store, NYSAF, Ma-Yi residencies.

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Essay

MythBusters: Shared Leadership Edition

14 May 2025

What does shared leadership actually look like? What makes it successful? The Producing Artistic Leadership Team of The Movement Theatre Company takes on these questions and more as they “bust” a few myths about shared leadership structures.

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Essay

A Future Built by Us

An Imagination Exercise with The Movement Theatre Company

25 March 2021

The Movement Theatre Company members David Mendizábal, Deadria Harrington, Eric Lockley, Taylor Reynolds, and Ryan Dobrin share their visioning for a more equitable theatre field.

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