Ryan Emens

(Bio as of December 2025)
Ryan Emens (Local Assistant Scenic Designer)’s credits include Covenant, Lizard Y El Sol, New Stages ’22 (Goodman Theatre); The Smuggler, Living Newspaper Festival ’22, Neighborhood Narratives, Life on Paper and Dutch Masters (Jackalope Theatre); Boulevard of Bold Dreams, Kill Move Paradise (Timeline Theatre); Exit Strategy, Hurricane Diane, Not About Nightingales (UIC Theatre); Gangsters! (The Theatre School at DePaul); The Emperor’s New Clothes Musical (Imagine U); Kentucky (The Gift Theatre). Jeff Award winner, Non-Equity, for Set Design for Dutch Masters (Jackalope Theatre). Other regional theatre credits include Native Son (Yale Repertory Theatre). RyanEmens.com, or follow on Instagram @messymessyartist.
Goodman Productions:
- Theater of the Mind: (2026) Local Assistant Scenic Designer
- THIS HAPPENED ONCE AT THE ROMANCE DEPOT OFF THE I-87 IN WESTCHESTER: Set Designer
- Rust: Set Designer
