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ESC's Darryl Maximilian Robinson Celebrates 45th Anniversary of His Debut at Enchanted Hills Playhouse of Syracuse, Indiana

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1997 CHICAGO JOSEPH JEFFERSON CITATION AWARD WINNER DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON FOR "MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS" AT THE MUCH-MISSED HEARTLAND CAFE STUDIO THEATRE OF ROGERS PARK RECALLS TWO WONDERFUL 1980S SUMMERS ONSTAGE AT THE ENCHANTED HILLS PLAYHOUSE OF SYRACUSE, INDIANA!: Long before 52-year-long Chicag-born and stage-trained thespian Darryl Maximilian Robinson, Founder, Artistic Director and Producer of the multiracial theatre groups The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project would be honored ( in the 1990s ) for his work in The Windy City, he was blessed to be honored for his stage work at a more rural area of his beloved Midwest. "The News-Sentinel's first seasonal Reviewer's Recognition Award to a local or area thespian is bestowed upon Darryl Maximilian Robinson, a 6-foot-4-inch, 150-pound young professional whose stage presence, charisma and talent say to both intuit...

ESC's Darryl Maximilian Robinson Celebrates 40th Anniversary of His 1986 Outdoor Theatre Debut In MURDER, THEY QUOTH at KING RICHARD'S FAIRE of Kenosha, Wisconsin!

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ESC'S DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON NOTES THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS OUTDOOR THEATRE PERFORMANCE DEBUT AS HIS EMINENCE, TOMAS DE TORQUEMADA, THE GRAND INQUISITOR OF SPAIN IN PATTY MCKENNY'S AND DOUG FREW'S "MURDER, THEY QUOTH!", THE MUSICAL COMEDY GRAND SCENARIO OF THE 1986 14TH ANNUAL KING RICHARD'S FAIRE OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN! There's Nothing Like A Good Role On Stage In A Musical Mystery!: One of the true pleasures of having spent some 52 years in The Arts is looking back on some of one's favorite stage roles. Though this stage actor, play director, intimate house producer and classics text adaptor has been blessed to appear in established comedies and dramas and musicals and original new works and several noted classics, there were only three occasions ( over a span of 250 productions and presentations at multiple locations around the country ) in which this stage actor played A Principal Role in A MUSICAL MYSTERY. All three of which were w...