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ESC's Darryl Maximilian Robinson as Theatre Don Maximiliano Recommends A Visit To The DTLA Library!

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ESC'S DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON APPEARS FOR THE 3RD TIME AS THEATRE DON MAXIMILIANO, WHO CELEBRATES THE SCOTUS DECISION TO ALLOW MAIL-IN ELECTION BALLOTS, AND RECOMMENDS ACTORS, DIRECTORS AND WRITERS VISITING THE CENTRAL BRANCH OF THE LOS PUBLIC LIBRARY TO READ PLAYS FOR FREE UNTIL ... Written and recorded and performed by Darryl Maximilian Robinson, The Founder, Artistic Director and Producer of The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project, on Wednesday September 16, 2027, this short, comedic monologue features Theatre Don Maximiliano on the balcony of his private residence in LA rejoicing at the news that The Supreme Court of The United States will not interfere with mail-in ballots, and that it is such a beautiful day in The City of Angels that artists with limited financial means should indulge their intellectual pursuits by perusing Free-To-Read plays and literary classics at the Downtown Central Branch o...
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ESC Actors Darryl Maximilian Robinson and Danny Belrose Share A Labor Day Guitar Practice and Theatre Don Maximiliano Improv at Belrose Place!

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ESC'S DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON ASSUMES THE ROLE OF THEATRE DON MAXIMILIANO TO EXPLAIN TO ESC'S DANNY BELROSE SOME THINGS REGARDING THE MYSTERIOUS DONNIE CUSAMANO! After enjoying a very satisfying Labor Day holiday meal with his long-time friend and professional colleague Danny Belrose at LA's Cypress Express restaurant, Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project Founder, Artistic Director and Producer Darryl Maximilian Robinson spent some time improvising his way into a new character creation: Theatre Don Maximiliano. And he comments on the elusive Donnie Cusamano! Recorded and edited on Monday September 7, 2026 as a bit of Labor Day entertainment ( which also included a fine, lively and extended Guitar Practice) by longtime ESC Creative Team Member, photographer, videographer and fellow Chicago stage veteran Danny Belrose ( a 2000 Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Award Winner for Best Ensem...
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Director Darryl Maximilian Robinson Notes The ESC's 1998 Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Award-Winning Revival of O'Neill's LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT at The Heartland Cafe Studio Theatre

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ESC'S DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON REMEMBERS A 1998 CHICAGO JOSEPH JEFFERSON CITATION AWARD-WINNING REVIVAL OF EUGENE O'NEILL'S "LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT" AT CHICAGO"S INTIMATE HEARTLAND CAFE STUDIO THEATRE OF ROGERS PARK! "Danielle Gordon, playing the wife Mary, is a marvel. O'Neill wrote his mother into this play, and Gordon gives a sustained, quality performance that is unique and fulfilling as the lady who must accept her drug addiction because without it, life, as a woman following a "famous actor," has offered nothing real in pleasure." -- Lawrence Dunn, The Chicago Citizen, August 7, 1997. "Highly-talented Robinson, who also directs the drama, plays James Sr. as larger than life - a vast ego of a man, continually speaking lines from his successful onstage appearances, driven by an over-weening professional ambition, a penchant to control his family, and a miserly streak so broad it is destroying ...
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