Veteran and Award-winning Chicago-born and Los Angeles-based Theatre Artist and Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project Founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Actor Darryl Maximilian Robinson shares information and insights regarding his more than five decades of involvement in The Performing Arts.
Darryl Maximilian Robinson appeared as The Reverend Sykes in a 2011 LA Theatre Award-winning Revival of Christopher Sergel's Stage Adaptation of Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" at The Glendale Centre Theatre!
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TALKIN' ABOUT TOM ROBINSON'S TROUBLES: Veteran and award-winning stage
actor DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON as THE REVEREND SYKES and talented
young actress CAMILLE GIBNEY as MISS JEAN LOUISE "SCOUT" FINCH
discretely discuss the upcoming trial of Tom Robinson in DIRECTOR DIEDRA
CELESTE MIRANDA'S 2011 Glendale Centre Theatre of Glendale, Ca.(
in-the-round ) staging of playwright CHRISTOPHER SERGEL'S adaptation of
HARPER LEE'S literary classic "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD." Photo by RAIN
GIBNEY.
Appearing As The Reverend Sykes In Playwright Christopher Sergel's Effective Adaptation of Harper Lee's Classic Tale To Kill A Mockingbird,
Darryl Maximilian Robinson Had The Joy Of Working With One of The
Finest Directors And Casts That Could Be Found Working On A Stage In Los
Angeles
"...Darryl Maximilian Robinson brings Reverend Sykes' Baptist preacher-ness to dynamic life..." -- Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA, Feb. 9, 2011.
"Other noteworthy performances were given by Kyle Kelley, who
plays the just, if not always lawful Sheiff Heck Tate, and Darryl
Maximilian Robinson, whose "Amen, Sister!" portrayal of the Reverend
Sykes was right on. Preach it, Brother!" -- Jackie Houchin, The American Chronicle, Feb. 7, 2011.
In the winter of 2011, veteran and award-winning stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson had one of his best LA theatre experiences when he was cast as The Reverend Sykes in skilled and committed Director Diedra Celeste Miranda's critically-praised and five-time Stage Scene LA "Scenie" Award-winning production of effective playwright Christopher Sergel'sTo Kill A Mockingbird presented in-the-round at the popular Glendale Centre Theatre of Glendale, California.
Mr. Robinson was delighted to play the role of the passionate Baptist
preacher in a well-staged production of Sergel's well-written adaptation
of the Harper Lee classic tale of childhood memories and
heart-wrenching racism in the deep south during The Great Depression.
Miranda brilliantly staged the work in-the-round and cast the work
equally as well. Playing the Reverend Sykes, Mr. Robinson was pleased to
work with highly-talented young actors Camille Gibney as Scout, Liam Johnson as Jem and Carter Thomas as Dill. Skilled actress Marianne Lewis
as Calpurnia was another performer Mr. Robinson enjoyed working with
under Ms. Miranda's strong direction. And when not rehearsing, Mr.
Robinson was very pleased to watch and observe the exceptional work of Thor Edgell
( who received a 2011 Stage Scene LA Theatre Award for Outstanding Lead
Actor In A Play ) for his strong and powerful performance as Atticus
Finch, Nick Cimiluca ( who received a 2011 Stage Scene LA Theatre
Award for Outstanding Featured Actor In A Play ) for his effectively
engaging performance as Boo Radley, and the touching Deosick Burney, who moved audiences and critics with his portrayal of the doomed Tom Robinson. The 2011 Glendale Centre Theatre staging of To Kill A Mockingbird ( which was staged during the 50th anniversary celebration of Harper Lee's
Pulitzer Prize-winning book ) also won 2011 Stage Scene LA Theatre
Awards for Outstanding Costume Design and Outstanding Sound Design, and
the inspired Diedra Celeste Miranda received a 2011 Stage Scene
LA Theatre Award for Outstanding Director of A Play. Mr. Robinson
considers his participation in playwright Christopher Sergel's stage adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird a highlight of his Los Angeles theatre experiences.
WATCHING
A SMALL SOUTHERN TOWN'S TRIAL OF THE CENTURY!: Joined (l-r) by talented
young actors CARTER THOMAS as DILL, LIAM JOHNSON as JEM and CAMILLE
GIBNEY as SCOUT, DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON appeared as THE REVEREND
SYKES in Director DIEDRA CELESTE MIRANDA'S 2011 GLENDALE CENTRE THEATRE
staging of Playwright CHRISTOPHER SERGEL'S adaptation of HARPER LEE'S
"TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD". Photo by RAIN GIBNEY.
Veteran and award-winning stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson, Founder, Artistic Director, Producer and Principal Performer of both the multiracial chamber theatres, The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project, provides a new and interesting addition to his series of "street theatre"-style renditions of classic poems and dramatic speeches from great literary masters by presenting an edited version of Duke Prospero's "We Are Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On" Speech from Act IV of William Shakespeare's romantic fantasy "The Tempest" just outside of Gate 11 of the bustling construction site of the highly anticipated new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art at Exposition Park in Los Angeles. The video rendition is greatly assisted by talented and noted fellow actor Danny Belrose, who provides production editing, videography and still photography for Darryl Maxi
Introduction To The Stage Career of Veteran and Award-winning Theatre Artist Darryl Maximilian Robinson Born in Chicago in 1960 and currently celebrating 50 years of involvement in The Performing Arts, Darryl Maximilian Robinson is a veteran and award-winning stage actor, play director, theatre producer and private acting instructor who has appeared onstage or been involved behind-the-scenes in more than 250 theatrical and literary arts productions around the country. He is best known for touring performances as His Most Revered Lordship, Sir Richard Drury Kemp-Kean, the hero of his original one-man show of Shakespeare and time-travel comedy "A Bit of the Bard" and for his 15 years of work as The Founder, Artistic Director and Producer of the multiracial, non-union professional, classical and contemporary chamber theatre, The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago. Mr. Robinson during the course of his initial training in The Theatre as a teen and early professional
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