writing projects
scripts available upon request
musicals
Glen or Glenda: The Musical
Book, Music, and Lyrics by: M. L. Redstone & Ryan O'Dea
An adaptation of the cult classic1953 B-movie, Glen or Glenda follows Glen, a closeted trans person in 1953, as they learn to accept themself and come out to their fiancee Barbara, a closeted bisexual woman who is also learning to accept herself.
Development History:
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Goodspeed Writers Retreat
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Actor Lab @ NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program
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Table Reading @ NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program
Transitional Funk is a album turned stage show that follows Ryan as he realizes that the fictional love story hes been writing while trying to improve his mental health might not be so fictional after all.
The album version of Transitional Funk is available on all major streaming platforms.
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Album Release June 2022
Transitional Funk
Additional Lyrics by: M. L. Redstone
Additional Music by: Sean Butler
Book, Music, and Lyrics by: Ryan O'Dea
Turbulence
Book by: Jillian Ohayon & Ryan O'Dea
Music by: Ryan O'Dea
Lyrics by: Jillian Ohayon
Put your tray tables up and fasten your seatbelts! Turbulence is a 20-minute musical that follows three characters over the course of a flight from New Jersey to Milwaukee. Each struggling in their own way, the three characters help each other face and begin to overcome their respective fears.
Development History:
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Filmed Version @ NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program
plays
Nuclear Family
By: Ryan O'Dea
T minus 8 hours till detonation. After an atomic bomb is tested at the previous nuclear test city, radiation leaks in to the next city and a family of mannequins is brought to life. How will they cope with the fact that their new lives will end when the bomb drops at the end of the day?
Development History:
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Filmed Version @ NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program
In a not so distant future where medical advancement allows us to trade gender as a currency, Gender Spender follows a group of people who hang out at a dive bar and play cards, gambling their gender every week. What happens when a new friend shows up and some people want to collect all the gender for themselves? What does it mean to lose and gain gender?
Development History:
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Table Read @ NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program