Ryan Bates

is a Boston-based scenic designer and educator. Credits include Misery (Merrimack Repertory Theater), The Loyals (Emerson Stage), We Will Not Be Silent, Ideation, Brecht on Brecht, The Testament of Mary (New Repertory Theatre), Dark Room, Salome (Bridge Repertory Theatre), Blasted (Off the Grid), Hundred Days (The Umbrella), Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Gloucester Stage Company), and many more. Ryan serves as the Props Director and Affiliated Faculty at Emerson College, and taught Production Design for four years in the Department of Film and Television at BU. MFA: Boston University. www.ryanbatesdesign.com