Theatre Blog of Darryl Maximilian Robinson

"Darryl Robinson leads the talented cast, playing the prosecuting district attorney with style and wit." -- John K. Adams, The Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier, June 7, 2017 Veteran Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson, who received a 2015 / 2016 Los Angeles Elate Season Ticket Holder Award Nomination as Best Actor for his performance as the debonair, but aging, leading man Ernest in Tad Mosel's "Impromptu" as part of the Elate staging of four one-acts entitled "Just 4 Fun" returned to the stage of the Lincoln Stegman Theatre of North Hollywood in the late spring of 2017 to play District Attorney Flint, a prosecutor deeply involved in the case of "The People of The State of New York vs. Karen Andre" in The Emmanuel Lutheran Actors Theatre Ensemble - ELATE revival of Russian-American author and playwright Ayn Rand's 1935 classic Broadway courtroom drama "Night Of January 16

Chicago-born and stage-trained African-American actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( a winner of a 2022 Making The World Happening Award for his numerous online theatre-related offerings at Allevents.in and a 1997 Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Outstanding Actor In A Principal Role In A Play Award Winner for his critically-praised performance as Sam Semela in The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago revival of Athol Fugard's "Master Harold And The Boys" at The Heartland Cafe Studio Theatre in the Rogers Park neighborhood of The Windy City ) reflects on the 32nd anniversary year of his direction and performance as the very first black actor to play King Henry II in a multiracial cast revival of James Goldman's historical comedy-drama "The Lion In Winter" presented by his Non-Equity professional chamber theatre Excaliber Productions, Ltd. in 1992 at the intimate Wabash Triangle Cafe in St. Louis, Missouri and in 1993 at the lively Red