Ryan Long

Ryan Long

Ryan Long is a Seattle-based playwright and deviser. A recent graduate of Whitman College, they are a company member with Dacha Theatre. They specialize queer stories and relationship-driven narratives. Their work has been developed in collaboration with Whitman College and Dacha Theatre.

Plays

  • Sorry I Missed You
    When Michael Coonrod accidentally hits a cat with his car, one mis-dialled number spirals into a tangled web of teenage secrecy and heartbreak in small-town Michigan. Told through 1980s-style answering machine messages, Sorry I Missed You is a play where no one talks to each other, featuring love, mistaken identity, missed opportunities, and a cat.
  • With Dignity
    On December 28th, Laura is going to end her life. As she navigates the Aid in Dying process, her brother and wife struggle to support her through their own grief and misgivings, and the volunteer she befriends faces a crisis over how her choices affect her loved ones. Set over the course of the last hour and last year of a life, With Dignity is a play about mugs, dogs, and the beauty of choice. **Content...
    On December 28th, Laura is going to end her life. As she navigates the Aid in Dying process, her brother and wife struggle to support her through their own grief and misgivings, and the volunteer she befriends faces a crisis over how her choices affect her loved ones. Set over the course of the last hour and last year of a life, With Dignity is a play about mugs, dogs, and the beauty of choice. **Content warnings for heavy themes of suicide and terminal illness.**
  • Thermidor
    The last umbrella store in Seattle is almost out of umbrellas, but it only takes one to bring two Christmas shoppers together.
  • The South Cle Elum Shakespeare Society Season Planning Meeting
    The newly-reduced-in-size producing board of the South Cle Elum Shakespeare Society is meeting to decide on their next season, despite the loss of their president and significant tech issues on the part of one board member. Tensions are high, secrets are revealed, and catharsis is hopefully reached.

    In this immersive experience, the audience takes on the role of a meeting attendee communicating...
    The newly-reduced-in-size producing board of the South Cle Elum Shakespeare Society is meeting to decide on their next season, despite the loss of their president and significant tech issues on the part of one board member. Tensions are high, secrets are revealed, and catharsis is hopefully reached.

    In this immersive experience, the audience takes on the role of a meeting attendee communicating only via group chat, influencing the course of the meeting behind the scenes. The play works best streamed on a platform with a chat feature.
  • Middle, End
    Amalia and Christopher meet in a public restroom under mysterious circumstances, and it's up to their friends to figure out what they're hiding - but some of those friends may be hiding secrets of their own. If everyone could stop the cross-talk and just sit down for a fucking second, maybe they'd all get somewhere.

    Middle, End is constructed in the style of the Shakespearean part-...
    Amalia and Christopher meet in a public restroom under mysterious circumstances, and it's up to their friends to figure out what they're hiding - but some of those friends may be hiding secrets of their own. If everyone could stop the cross-talk and just sit down for a fucking second, maybe they'd all get somewhere.

    Middle, End is constructed in the style of the Shakespearean part-script and is designed to be rehearsed and performed as such.