Quarterfinalist, 2026 Roadmap Writers' Shorts Competition
BIO
Ryan M. Luévano (he/him) is a Latinx award-winning playwright, screenwriter, talent manager, and theatre critic in Los Angeles. Recently, Ryan's musical "57 Bus" was selected for the Latine Musical Theatre Lab's Table Reading Series 2023, where he collaborated closely with dramaturg Amauta M. Firmino (SLAVE PLAY). In 2021, he was awarded the prestigious Artists-in-Residence title at Chateau d'Orquevaux in France and received the Denis Diderot Grant. His play "La Lavadora" won the Full Circle Players' New Works Play Festival in 2021, and his new play "Dance Plague" had a NorCal premiere at Contra Costa School of Performing Arts in 2023. Notably, "La Lavadora" was a finalist in the 2023 New Works Festival at the Santa Monica Theatre Guild, and a semi-finalist in the Screencraft Stage Play Competition. His screenplay Slaycation was a semifinalist, in the Stage 32 Female Driven Screenwriting Contest, 2023, his short screenplay, Timewriter, was a finalist in the Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition, 2022 and his short screenplay Afternoons with Joe was a semifinalist, HollyShorts Screenwriting Competition, 2022.