Joan Ryan

Joan's four-octave range has led to numerous leading theater roles including the Los Angeles premier of the hit musical Ruthless!, Little Shop of Horrors, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Footlose, Nunsense, Angry Housewives, Triumph of Love, Nite Club Confidential, and the West Coast premiere of Stephen Sonheim's Anyone Can Whistle. She has also been featured in the annual star-studded S.T.A.G.E. fund-raising shows benefiting Aids Project L.A. She has performed her critically acclaimed one woman show to sold out houses in New York, Los Angeles, and around the country, and her self titled debut album continues to remain a bestseller. Variety shows include Forever Young with Jason Alexander and Kirstie Alley, and One Night Only with Steve Carell, Forest Whitaker and Eric McCormack. She made her debut at the Hollywood Bowls in Leonard Bernstein's Mass. Television audiences know Joan from her role as Tinal Pallodrino, the crazy music and arts teacher, on the iconic series Sa