Troyer was born in Nebraska but most of his childhood was spent in Dardenne Prairie, Missouri near St. Louis. Although he loves the big city, he is a Midwestern boy at heart. Troyer was bitten by the theatre bug at the age of 11 and quickly became passionate about bringing characters to life. He took voice, dance, and acting lessons, to better his ability on top of the endless rehearsals. Many summers were spent at the Muny where he would dream of making his passion a career. All of his earlier hard work led to his acceptance to The Hartt School's BFA Music Theatre program where he graduated in May of 2017. Troyer then moved to NYC for a short period of time before he left to be in The National Tour of The Wizard of Oz. Now that the tour is over, he is back in the city auditioning and working towards his goals.