RYAN PIFHER (Book & Music) is the Artistic Director of the award-winning Porch Light Studio, Stage & Schools, a performing arts training facility in Glen Rock, NJ. As a writer, his original musicals have won numerous awards and honors including Best Original Musical (Social Studies, New York Musical Festival and Stage Fright, NJACT). Pifher has directed over 100 productions including Coming of Age, a 2014 NY Musical Theatre Festival Official Selection, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Best Director, NJACT), RED (Best Director, NJACT). He was also nominated for Outstanding Direction of a Play on both Five Women Wearing the Same Dress and Noises Off, where he also played Lloyd Dallas. An an actor, Ryan has appeared in plays, national tours and TV/film roles, including the Off-Broadway run of Game of Thrones: The Rock Musical. In 2018, Pifher was inducted into the NJACT Hall of Fame as Theatre Educator of the Year.