RYAN BERNIER (Director) is a director, teacher, writer, and was formerly an Artistic Director for The Second City. Directing credits at Second City include Dream Freaks Fall from Space, Fantastic Super Great Nation Numero Uno, the Jeff Award-winning We’re All in this Room Together (Best Revue, Best Director), A Clown Car Named Desire (Jeff Award Nominated) and America: All Better!! at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (Helen Hayes Award-Nominated). Additionally, Bernier has directed productions in Chicago, Boston, Nashville, DC, LA, New York, Tokyo, Beijing, Vienna, Brussels, and on the ocean. He was head writer on several Comedy Central Digital Shorts. He proudly directed the first live show post covid for the Boys and Girls Club. Ryan was awarded Suffolk University’s “10 Under 10 Honor”.