Kylan Ritchie is an NYC-based equity actor who grew up in rural Tennessee with a love for stories big enough to follow her to stages across the country. She began performing at the age of ffive, discovering early on that acting wasn’t just a hobby, it was when she felt most at home.

Her career has taken her from the American musical theatre canon to Shakespearean drama and brand-new works. She’s brought warmth and wit to Darlene in Honky Tonk Angels at Riverside Theatre, shared the stage with Tony nominee Jodi Benson as Dainty June in Gypsy, and navigated the raw emotional highs and lows of Natalie in Next to Normal with the Gulf Coast Symphony. Other credits include Cymbeline with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Little House on the Prairie and Scrooge at Cumberland County Playhouse, and the world premiere of Sticks & Stones with Audra McDonald, Javier Muñoz, and George Salazar.

In addition to performing, Kylan has built a strong foundation behind the scenes. Her training includes voice with Sarah Litzsinger, Mike Ruckles, and Erica Aubrey (Belmont University), acting with the Matthew Corozine Studio, the Atlantic Theatre Company, and Scott Logsdon, and has studied dance at various NYC studios and under Anna Perry (Belmont University). She’s a versatile performer with skills in accents, reading music, intricate harmonies, understudy/swing experience, piano, basic guitar, multiple dance styles, and stage combat.

In high school, she apprenticed with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival and worked as an intern at Cumberland County Playhouse, gaining experience in stage management, set design, lighting, and sound. This dual perspective gives her an appreciation for every part of the production process and the collaborative artistry that makes theatre and film work.

Kylan moved to NYC at the ripe age of 18 and has since graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Sociology from APSU at 20 years old, all while pursuing a career in theatre and film.

She’s found that her degree deepened her understanding of people, communities, and human behavior, strengthening her work as an actor. Offstage, she’s a cooking and baking enthusiast, an unshakable optimist, and the type of collaborator who comes to rehearsal with both her homework done and a readiness to play.

For Kylan, the heart of her work is connection—using storytelling, music, and movement to create moments that feel honest, alive, and shared between performer and audience.