Theatre Blog of Darryl Maximilian Robinson

"It is hard to do well to a masterpiece, and the StagePlayers' production of "Othello" was a success. The acting in the major roles, with the professional actor Darryl Robinson heading the cast as Othello, was what has become the rule in the F-Wing." -- Dave Guyett, "View Two: Let's see Iago's wrath," The Print of Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Centerstage, Pages 10-11, April 3, 1984. One of the most rewarding Shakespearean roles Mr. Robinson had the priviledge of playing was the title role of Othello, The Moor of Venice in a March 1984 revival with The Stageplayers of Northeastern Illinois University of Chicago that was effectively and handsomely directed by Dr. James Barushok, a long-time professor of theatre at the F-Wing of UNI. A technical highlight of that production was talented Set Designer Silvano Burgoni's white-columned, revolving set. And the sight of future West Coast stand-up comedian Anthony Griffin as the wo...

As All Hallow's Eve approaches, a local stage veteran is pleased to share an Encore Video Presentation of a poem by the late, great American literary giant Edgar Allan Poe that is quite suitable and appropriate for the mood of the season. Chicago-born and LA-based Thespian Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( a 1997 Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Award Winner as Outstanding Actor In A Principal Role In A Play for his work with his multiracial chamber theater The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago in Athol Fugard's 'Master Harold And The Boys' and a 2015 / 2016 Los Angeles Elate Season Ticket Holder Best Actor Award Nominee for his work at North Hollywood's Lincoln Stegman Theatre in Tad Mosel's classic one-act of life in The Theatre 'Impromptu' ) last year released a new video theatre version of Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem 'The Conqueror Worm' In Los Angeles. As an experienced stage performer, adaptor and director of the wor...

Your humble servant in The Theatre, Darryl Maximilian Robinson, provides notes and photos on the April and May of 2012 Smiley Face And The Frown Entertainment Group's LA world premiere production of "Rest For The Weary Spirit." Worlds collide at a seedy motel in "Rest For The Weary Spirit," a gritty new drama from playwrights Chicago area playwrights Mark Mason and Ellen Chambers and west coast director J.P. Rapozo. At the sleazy Hideaway Motel in small-town Illinois, a different drama unfolds in every room: a bride-to-be waits not for her wedding but for a male prostitute, a lead singer of an all-female Sam Cooke tribute band wakes up next to a stranger, and a conservative pundit concocts sinister plans for the next chapter in American history. Filled with sordid sex, lost loves and shattered dreams, "Rest For The Weary Spirit" is a grim snapshot of modern America aimed at mature audiences. The 2012 Smiley Face and The Frown En...