Theatre Blog of Darryl Maximilian Robinson

Darryl Maximilian Robinson Comments On The Tragedy Of Gun Violence A Veteran American Theatre Artist Expresses His Point Of View On The Recent Incident In Kansas City, Missouri And It's Effect On The Nation Children as well as Adults in this country should not be demonized and shot for Being Black while pressing the wrong doorbell. Black citizens in this country have endured immeasurable pain and loss due to centuries-old, systemic racism and a current pretense by many extremist politicians and members of our conservative media ( who rush to highlight the absolute worst depictions of our black young people ) that it doesn't exist. This is an old and effective and racist device utilized by some of the members of the news media to engender FEAR. And, most tragically, it is difficult for some in this country ( including disgraced and dishonorable members of LAW ENFORCEMENT ) to get over their lifelong bigotry and hatred and unfounded fear of a race of people diffe...

YOUR HUMBLE SERVANT IN THE THEATRE, DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON, NOTES HIS REVERENCE FOR OUR US LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES! Long ago, and we're talking the 1960s and 1970s, as a school student growing up on the West Side of Chicago ( a place of poverty and street gangs and frequent outbreaks of violence ), one of safest places to be was in a public school. Even the criminal element in the neighborhood refrained from committing the worst of their offenses on school grounds ( during daytime class hours ) because many of them had their own relatives attending there and they did not want to be seen by their own family members displaying their worst behavior. Another place of safety were the local community churches because perps knew they might need a pastor, a deacon or a church elder to speak at trial for them if a judge wanted to know something about a defendant's character or potential to be safely returned to a neighborhood after serving their sentence. Back in the da...

Your Humble Servant In The Theatre, Darryl Maximilian Robinson of The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project, would like to take a moment to address the essential issue of "DAY GIGS"! In a perfect world, a truly talented and gifted performing artist or presenter would have no financial issues or worries of any kind because there would be a relentless and unending stream of show biz job offers and opportunities which would provide SO MUCH WORK FOR THE ARTIST that he or she would never, ever be concerned with obtaining gainful employment outside of their desired or chosen profession. It is therefore important to note that most performers, particularly thespians, do not live in a perfect world. In between acting and directing and writing and designing assignments, most thespians and many film and television industry participants, do have to take an occasional, and sometimes, frequent "Day Gig...