Jared Ritter
Actor | Singer | Musician | Arranger
Hey! How’s it going?
Hello! My name is Jared Ritter! I was raised in the suburbs of Chicago, and I try to keep those small-town Midwest niceties and manners with me wherever I go. I’ve spent the last 10 years training and growing as an actor and musician, looking to bridge the gap between “classic” and “modern” theater.
I’m a huge music nerd, and I’m constantly studying the science and theory of music. I’ve garnered years of experience in studying musical theory, form, and score analysis and I’ve now become a frequent arranger and transcriber. Now, I’ve got information and help to offer others who want to also be a music nerd!
I’m an alumni of Southeast Missouri State University, having just received my BFA in Musical Theatre from the Jeanine Larson Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance this past May. I’m currently based out of Chicago, and I’ll be moving to New York by March of 2025!
What’s Jared doing now?
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FALL 2024
Groundhog Day
WINTER 2025
This is going to be so exciting! This winter, I’m so happy to announce I will be in Theatre 121’s production of Groundhog Day: The Musical, as Fred!
This production is incredibly special to me. Not only is this happening with my childhood theater, where I started performing as a child, but the original movie Groundhog Day was filmed in my hometown way back in 1990.
This process has been so exciting and electric so far, and it’ll be a phenomenal last theatrical experience before I move to New York in the spring.
The ticket link is right below!
Baby’s first professional show! I was so, so thrilled to be be a part of PrideArts’ production of [title of show] this past September, understudying the role of Jeff!
I was lucky enough to get two guaranteed performances with the principal and understudy cast, and it really was the best first professional experience I could’ve asked for!
SUMMER 2024
The Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival
It was so thrilling to work with the Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival this summer as the Events Manager on the 2024 Organizing Staff. I’ve had such a great time attending the festival the past two years, and it was an honor to be a member of the staff this year.
In addition to being the Event Manger, I had the pleasure of reading the role of Jim Horne in the staged reading of Anna Watts’ A List of Happenings at 1016 14th Street (Not Necessarily in Chronological Order) on Monday May 27, and also directing the staged reading of This Time Around by Daniel Repp during the Short Play readings on Saturday, June 1st.
For more information on the festival, click the button below!
Get in touch
Have any questions? Want to collaborate on anything? Send Jared a message and he’ll respond as soon as he can!
