Ryan and Amber met at the Round Barn Theatre in Nappanee, IN in 2014. Amber was working as a costume designer at RBT, and Ryan was cast in "Little Shop of Horrors". The first time they met was when Amber did Ryan's fitting for a bum on Skid Row and made him wear a trash bag. In the next show they played the married couple Vi & Shaw Moore in "Footloose". Since they were the boring grow-up characters in the show they had a lot of time to get to know each other backstage.