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Darryl Maximilian Robinson Celebrates 28th Anniversary of His 1997 Chicago Jeff Award Victory for Athol Fugard's MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS

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TODAY'S 1997 THEATRE AWARD HONOR FLASHBACK!: In January of 1997, Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago Founder Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( with the great assistance of ESC Co-Producer, Co-Designer and Dramaturg Jeffrey Wayne Helgeson ) produced, directed, designed and starred as Sam Semela ( opposite talented fellow actors Kevin Heckman as Hally and Gregory Christopher Armstrong as Willie ) in the ESC revival production of acclaimed South African playwright Athol Fugard's powerful anti-apartheid drama "Master Harold And The Boys" at The Heartland Cafe Studio Theatre in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. In June of 1997, The ESC revival of Fugard's work was nominated for and received a significant Chicago theatre award. "One never thought a that a production of Athol Fugard's "Master Harold...And The Boys" could exceed the production in which James Earl Jones starred as Sam Semela until the Excaliber Shakespeare Company c...
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Darryl Maximilian Robinson Celebrates 15th Anniversary of His Hollywood Stage Debut in THE FANTASTICKS at The Complex Theatre!

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RECALLING THE ROLE OF AN OLD SHAKESPEAREAN ACTOR IN A 50TH ANNIVERSARY REVIVAL PRODUCTION OF "THE FANTASTICKS"!: A Chicago-born and stage-trained veteran actor and play director, your humble servant in The Theatre, Darryl Maximilian Robinson, has won awards for his critically-praised stage roles including: The 1981 Fort-Wayne News-Sentinel Reviewer's Recognition Award as Outstanding Thespian of the Season for his performances in professional summer stock ( particularly as Fagin in Lionel Bart's classic musical "Oliver! ) at northern Indiana's Enchanted Hills Playhouse of Syracuse; a 1992 St. Louis / St. Charles, Missouri Area Harpooners of the Sea Unicorn Certificate of Honourary Membership Award for his staging and performance in the the title role of Excaliber Productions Ltd. in St. Louis mounting of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem!" at The Gateway City's Midtown Arts Center; and both a 1997 Chicago J...
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