Theatre Blog of Darryl Maximilian Robinson

2011 FLASHBACK TO BEING A "SCAREACTOR" UNDER A FULL MOON! Your Humble Servant In The Theatre, Darryl Maximilian Robinson, Takes You Back 13 Years To Behind-The-Scenes At The Universal Studios Hollywood Historic House of Horrors! Though the acting gig required no memorization of dialogue, though his performance would be truly audience-interactive and hugely improvisational, though several props and costume pieces would be cumbersome and heavy ( and quite slippery once the sweating started! ), for Halloween Horror Nights 2011 at The Historic House of Horrors at Universal Studios Hollywood, Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project Founder and lifelong Theatre Artist Darryl Maximilian Robinson was one of several actors given the opportunity to play the title role of Lawrence Talbot / The Wolfman in "The Wolfman: The Curse of Talbot Hall" which was a Featured Maze Event. Working as a "Scareactor...

In 1984, the very first African-American stage actor to appear in the leading role of Sir Thomas More in any production of Robert Bolt's acclaimed play "A Man For All Seasons" was cast. The role of Sir Thomas More was played by Chicago-born and stage-trained actor Darryl Maximilian Robinson. 40 years ago this October, in the fall of 1984, while serving as a Guest Professional Director and Instructor for The University Players of The University of Missouri-St.Louis-UMSL, skilled AEA veteran actor and Theatre Project Company of St. Louis Member John Grassilli needed a strong dramatic actor that could handle the rich, lush language of Robert Bolt's greatest script and the leading role of Sir Thomas More for his revival staging of "A Man For All Seasons". "Darryl Maximillion Robinson leads the play in the role of Sir Thomas More. Robinson is an extroverted craftsman who constantly displays his talents. A well-spoken man of experience, 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...