Kydra Ryan. Photo by Denise Grant.

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Kydra Ryan, Associate Artistic Director  
2026 Season: Director of Sleigh Without Bells. Clovis in Luce. Lucy in Take the Big Picture. Playwright and actor in Beasts of Burden. Visit the ensemble page for artistic credits.
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I have never felt more at home than I do at AlvegoRoot Theatre. I suppose that's why I have stayed ten years. My ambition is what drives us forward, while Adam's intellect keeps us on a somewhat logical path. I'm not sure I would have ever finished writing a play without AlvegoRoot.

In my time here, I've learned a plethora of producing skills, but the biggest thing that has been fostered in me is my sense of community. I am glad to have a supportive friend in Adam that when I say we have to start a ten minute play festival, he doesn't ask why, he says "yes and" then figures out the logistics with me. I spend about thirty percent of my time asking how I can do better and be better for the community, the other 70% of the time I am probably eating chocolate.

I didn't grow up in London and I didn't plan on staying initially. I think like a lot of people, I just kind of landed here thanks to school. I went to school at Fanshawe for acting when the program was still strictly theatre. In that time I got to be the assistant director on my grad show, then returned twice to assistant direct other projects. I landed my very first contract with AlvegoRoot Theatre before my graduation, then ran away to Ottawa immediately after for a year to learn scriptwriting.

Ten years. Wow. What a ride! ​I never imagined I'd be helping run this company. I didn't have much confidence in myself in 2017. All I knew then was show up and help stack chairs after. Now? Now I feel like I can do almost anything.