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Heart of a Dog
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"But the most amazing performance is by the marvelously canine Ryan Shams, who wears nothing but little bikini briefs at first, and then the garish outfit of the sordid, seedy man-dog he has become. It's a masterful performance, and he's hilarious throughout (Shams will be much missed when he graduates this spring)."
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–Pat Launer, KPBS-FM San Diego Public Radio
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"Ryan Shams performance as Sharik/Sharikov [in Heart of a Dog] is the funniest creation in recent memory."
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–Jeff Smith, San Diego Weekly Reader
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Mother Courage
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"Ryan Shams' puppy-dog innocence lends Swiss Cheese, the honest son with the double-digit IQ, a sharp pathos once he falls into trouble over a missing cashbox."
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–Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times
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"Also a strong physical presence: Ryan Shams as Swiss Cheese; he's a living demonstration of the Brecht maxim that during wartime virtues are fatal."
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–Anne Marie Welsh, The San Diego Union-Tribune
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The Nightshade Family
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"Shams, a terrifically physical actor, simply sprawls on the sofa and explodes beyond his own boundaries, splattering over Hannah's life."
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–Janice Steinberg, The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Moliere: A Cabal of Hypocrites
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"Ryan Shams is hilarious as the deadly, patched, paranoid swordsman, One-Eye."
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–Pat Launer, KPBS-FM, San Diego Public Radio
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The Salacious Uncle Baldrick
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"The Salacious Uncle Baldrick [is] a shameless and frequently amusing gloss on Moliere with at least a dozen fart jokes... Fortunately, director Matt Cowart has assembled a cast (gorgeously attired by Lex Liang) that can maintain a semblance of period-appropriate style amidst all the nonsense, led by the supremely poised Josh Perilo as the titular bawd. Uncle Baldrick enters the home of his long-suffering brother Ephraim (Richard Robichaux) in an attempt to quash the marriage of his comely niece, Lucy (Christy Pusz), to the dastardly Jaquass (Ryan Shams, who's quite good)."
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–Eric Grode, Broadway.com
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The Mystery of Irma Vep
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"What a find! Shams is delightfully coy as Lady Enid Hillcrest, and just downright hilarious as the wooden-legged Nicodemus."
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–Gail M. Burns, The Chatham Courier
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Fully Committed
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"Shams' Sam emerges as a sweet, endearing young man who is simply trying to hold his own in a world that seems singularly determined to pay him little notice...He gets good mileage out of his affecting depiction of the relationship between Sam and his father in a performance that, overall, is as boldly theatrical as it needs to be without, at the same time, taking for granted the play's underlying human dimension. Fully Committed is a grace note in a 20th anniversary season at the Theater Barn..."
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–Jeffrey Borak, Berkshire Eagle
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"His [Shams' performance in Fully Commiteed] is a veritable tour de force acting job, effortlessly and inventively executed...Shams' timing is impeccable and the pacing...perfect."
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–Charles Kondek, The Independent
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