Welcome!
My name is Ryaan Farhadi (pronounced “Rye” like the bread, then “On”) and I am a first-generation Iranian and Afghan American who was born and raised in the DC area. Growing up, I discovered my passion for singing and performing at a young age and fostered it throughout my years in school performing in a variety of musicals, choral ensembles, plays and dance studios. After spending years training and gaining experience, I decided to pursue my passions at the collegiate level and chose to attend Penn State University to train in Musical Theatre.
I am currently in the final semester of my fourth year as a student in the BFA Musical Theatre program at Penn State University while also earning a minor in Political Science. The rigorous and highly personalized training program at Penn State has helped me experience so much personal growth and shaped me into the artist and human that I am today. It has also given me opportunities to perform in a number of full scale musical productions, plays, readings, new works, concerts and dance pieces that have stretched and challenged me as an artist and helped me adapt to a professional working environment.
While at Penn State, I have performed as Benny in Rent, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Archie Beaton in Brigadoon, and Roy in A Chorus Line. I’ve also gotten the chance to be a part of the development of some exciting new musical theatre works including Nostalgia Night by Matthew McCollum and Sofya Levitsky-Weitz and The Lucky Boy by Kirsten Childs.
Upon graduating in the spring of 2023, I plan to move to New York City where I am thrilled to continue making and sharing my art alongside incredible collaborators.
"Ryaan Farhadi showcases some serious chops as a character actor playing Orin Scrivello, D.D.S.”
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“In the eponymous song from the middle of Act One, there is a thunder-and-lightning tone that only the fathoms-deep bass voice of Ryaan Farhadi as the evil Caiaphas can meet.”
News
Ryaan finished out his time performing at school as Benny in Penn State Centre Stage’s production of RENT, performing from November 15th to December 3rd 2022.
Ryaan recently appeared in the ensemble of The Hunchback of Notre Dame at The REV Theatre Company in Auburn, New York.
