Stage & Film Director
Ain’t Misbehavin’ the Fats Waller Musical
The REV Theatre
Auburn, NY
Director: Tyrone L. Robinson
Choreographer: Chloe Davis
Scenic Design: Kyle Dixon
Lighting Design: José Santiago
Costume Design: Tiffany Howard
Hair & Makeup Design: Karine Ivey
Sound Design: Don Hanna
Ain’t Misbehavin’ is a sizzling celebration of Fats Waller’s music — songs that he made famous in a career that ranged from uptown clubs to downtown Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood and concert stages around the world.
This Bitter Earth
By Harrison David Rivers
InterAct Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA
Director: Tyrone L. Robinson
Scenic Design: Colin McIlvaine
Lighting Design: Shannon Zura
Costume Design: Katherine Fritz
Sound Design: Larry Fowler
Projection Design: Taj Rauch
Intimacy Director: Colleen Hughes
A deep love is challenged by divisive political realities. Jesse, an introspective black playwright, finds his choices called into question when his boyfriend, Neil, a white Black Lives Matter activist, calls him out for his political apathy. As passions and priorities collide, this couple is forced to reckon with issues of race, class and the bravery it takes to love out loud.
Chicken & Biscuits
By Douglas Lyons
Bristol Riverside Theatre
Bristol, PA
Director: Tyrone L. Robinson
Scenic Design: Chris Haig
Lighting Design: José Santiago
Costume, Hair & Makeup Design: Ramaj Jamar
Sound Design: Larry Fowler
Rivaling sisters, Baneatta and Beverly, are burying their father—but it’s the non-stop family drama that might be the death of them. When a mysterious guest reveals a family secret at the church altar, things really go crazy . . . and even Baneatta can’t deny the truth.
Un{H}armed (short film)
Written and Directed by Tyrone L. Robinson
Producers: Tyler Martin and Tyrone L. Robinson
Cinematographer: David Grauberger
Editor: Samuel Emerson Morgan
Composer: Kanoa Wolfe-Doblin
A case of mistaken identity leads to a life-threatening encounter between a young Black man and law enforcement. The talk his mother once had with him spares his life.
Preview
Set photos by Emily Grauberger
Sharaoke (musical feature film)
Screenplay by Ken Ocasio Score by Luca Millard-Kish, Joseph Lim, and Ken Ocasio
Producer: Ken Ocasio Director: Tyrone L. Robinson Choreographer: Danai Avloniti First Assistant Director: Wenji Yu Director of Photography: Safi Rauf First Assistant Camera: Meagan Watchel Editor: J. Warner Sound Mixer: Jay Villas Boas Boom Operator: Sarah Smith Gaffer: Nicole Bula Grip: Solange Sai Script Supervisor: Gavin Portillo Wardrobe Supervisor: Sheel Yerneni
After discovering his girlfriend's infidelity at karaoke night, an artist wrestles with whether to ruin the evening with his reaction or to let the epiphany silently destroy him.
Trailer
Step Kids (proof of concept short film)
Concept, Book, Music & Lyrics by Tyrone L. Robinson
Additional Music & Lyrics by Postell Pringle
Producers: Dolores Pereira, Ty-Gabriel Jones, and Tyrone L. Robinson
Director: Tyrone L. Robinson
Choreographer: James Alonzo White
First Assistant Director: Dolores Pereira
Director of Photography: Jacob Hiss
Sound Mixer: Jay Villas Boas
Gaffer: Nicole Bula
Key Grip: Juno Pinzon
Script Supervisor: Gavin Portillo
Wardrobe Coordinator: Jolene Richardson Hair/Makeup: Mara Trefzger
At an all-Black school, the most coveted spot isn’t on the basketball team or in the marching band—it’s on the All-Stars, the school’s elite step dance team. Each year, tryouts are brutal, with only the best earning a place. This year, the competition is fiercer than ever, as a diverse group of students—each with their own struggles, dreams, and reasons for stepping—battle for a coveted spot.
Personal stakes collide, friendships form, and secrets are laid bare. As the final cut approaches, the dancers realize that step is more than competition—it’s legacy, history, and pride.
With electrifying choreography, pulsating hip-hop beats, and raw emotional storytelling, Step Kids is an explosive celebration of movement, resilience, and the communities that form when people come together to create something bigger than themselves.
Little Shop of Horrors
Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Music by Alan Menken
Garden Theatre
Winter Garden, FL
Pre-Production/Approach: Tyrone L. Robinson
Director/Choreographer: Kyli Rae
Musical Director: John B. deHaas
Scenic Design: Robert F. Wolin
Lighting Design: Erin Miner
Costume Design: Jolene Marie Richardson
Hair & Makeup Design: Mark Adam Rampmeyer
Sound Design: Jesse R. Munro
Synopsis
The classic musical comedy re-imagined for a contemporary audience. To pay homage to both the original Roger Corman film (1960) and the original funky, downtown, Off-Broadway production, we leaned into cinematic gestures when possible (The Garden Theatre is a restored Depression Era movie house) and kept the focus on truthful, honest storytelling as Ashman's script suggests. Audiences loved the production and it quickly became a hit of the season!
Letters From May
Book & Lyrics by Kara Cutruzzula
Music by Kristoffer Bjarke
Theatre Now New York
Sound Bites Festival of New Musicals
Kaufman Music Center / Merkin Hall
New York City, NY
Synopsis
Letters From May is a musical that tells the story of artist May Dalton and her journey from humble beginnings to fame and her eventual downfall over the course of sixty years.
Love, Uncensored (Concert)
Director: Tyrone L. Robinson
Starring: Wilkie Ferguson, III and
Featuring: Joshua Henry
Triad Theatre
New York City, NY
Synopsis
A concert celebrating the highs and lows of love...and everything in between. Featuring Broadway’s Joshua Henry and starring Wilkie Ferguson, III pop tunes were re-imagined and standards were crooned by a cast of some of Broadway’s finest artists.
pay no worship
By francisca da silveira (world premiere play)
InterAct Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA
Director: Tyrone L. Robinson
Scenic Design: Colin McIlvaine
Lighting Design: Lily Fossner
Costume Design: Ariel Wang
Sound Design: Ryk Lewis
Props Design: Philadelphia Scenic Works
“Extraordinary. . . its emotional impact is profound and its message is as essential as the Earth itself.”—Talkin’ Broadway
Synopsis
Born and raised on Fogo, a tiny African Island, cousins Martin and Jose live at the base of a giant volcano and struggle to make a living in the precarious wine industry that has been the main source of their family's income for generations. While one refuses to give up on tradition and is content to continue living a simplistic rural life, the other longs for a visa to America in order to pursue a higher education. Both dreams and volcanoes are at risk of erupting as the cousins fight for opportunity, understanding, and their lives when a tropical storm headed toward the island threatens to destroy everything they know.
Readings, Workshops, New Work Development
Marathon
Book & Lyrics by Kara Cutruzzula
Music by Kristoffer Bjarke
Open Jar Studios New York, NY
Synopsis
Marathon is a journey of endurance, hope, and finding connection over 26.2 miles.
White Ally
By Douglas Williams
Bristol Riverside Theatre
Bristol, PA
Developed as part of the America Rising New Works Series
Synopsis
Over the course of one tense evening inside a Brooklyn apartment, ideologies and political views clash as Tiana and Wyatt, two childhood friends recently reacquainted, discuss race, privilege and white fragility.
pay no worship
By francisca da silveira
Developed at The Playwrights’ Center Minneapolis, MN
Synopsis
Born and raised on Fogo, a tiny African Island, cousins Martin and Jose live at the base of a giant volcano and struggle to make a living in the precarious wine industry that has been the main source of their family's income for generations. While one refuses to give up on tradition and is content to continue living a simplistic rural life, the other longs for a visa to America in order to pursue a higher education. Both dreams and volcanoes are at risk of erupting as the cousins fight for opportunity, understanding, and their lives when a tropical storm headed toward the island threatens to destroy everything they know.
