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A MAJOR SUSPECT: 1986 Portraiture of Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago Founder DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON as His Eminence TOMAS DE TORQUEMADA, The Grand Inquisitor of Spain in the 14th Annual KING RICHARD'S FAIRE OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN big, musical comedy mystery Grand Scenario "MURDER, THEY QUOTH" by long-time KRF Visual Artist LYNN PHILIYAN. 2017 Photo of Portraiture by GUSTAVO CASAS.

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The Singing Executioners were among the most entertaining performance groups onstage at the 1986 King Richard's Faire of Kenosha, Wi.

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TWO BEGGARS AND A PREZ!: In 1986, Former U.S. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ( at the suggestion of his delighted daughter AMY ) paid a visit to KING RICHARD'S FAIRE OF KENOSHA, WI. with his wife Former FIRST LADY ROSLYN CARTER. What amused the Former Prez the most were the antics of KING RICHARD'S FAIRE Leading Attraction THE MUDDY BEGGERS who really would eat anything!

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This Pair of Popular Street Theatre Performers seen at KING RICHARD'S FAIRE OF CARVER, MASS. in the 1980s were also well-received entertainers at The 1986 KING RICHARD'S FAIRE OF KENOSHA, WI.

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Regarding The Golden Age of King Richard's Faire of Kenosha, Wisconsin[]

King Richard's Faire, an Illinois/Wisconsin renaissance faire existed from 1972 until 1987 and was a live interactive experience set inside a decorated forested area where actors dressed in period costume and fairgoers were active participants in planned and impromptu events.

Actors and musicians in costume roamed the fairgrounds on foot and on horseback creating a variety of performances on the spot such as playing the pipes, live jousts (fencing matches), short plays or reading aloud the "latest writings" of Shakespeare.

Trinkets and snacks were close at hand as maidens roamed the grounds with baskets laden with theme food items which included "magic popcorn" (kettle corn), "jars of mead" (beer) and "sweet water" (Cola). It was commonplace to be jeered at by a jester in a tree or a passing court performer as the actors would encourage fairgoers to interact with them by asking entertaining questions or passing a comment upon approach in a whimsical 16th-century Shakespearean baroque.

In 1972, inspired by the Minnesota Renaissance faire near Shakopee, "Company 7" rock concert promoter Richard Shapiro, and his wife, Bonnie (Harris) Shapiro, parents of journalist, TV host and actress Samantha Harris, first produced a small event in a corn field near Chicago, Illinois.

In 1973 the Faire moved to a wooded farm property near Antioch, IL, east of 45 on Edwards Road. (This early faire (1973-1975) included a "slave market" concept where volunteer participants were "sold" to patron bidders to lug their packages or fetch their food.

1975 and 1976, the Faire was located next to Midlane Country Club , Delany Road, Gurnee, IL. One of the street performances included a sketch called Dante's Inferno. Among the cast members was Michael Dvorak who later became KRF's Music Director, Special Events Coordinator and was responsible for performer scheduling. Also in the cast were members of the original Jongleurs.

In 1977, Greathall, Dick Shapiro's Faire production company, leased the property north of State Line Road. Bristol Renaissance Faire is currently held on the same site.

The Early Years[]

From 1972 to 1978, Richard, King Richard, and Bonnie Shapiro dressed in elaborate royal attire, opened the gates, wandered the site and greeted patrons. John Mills was Artistic Director from 1973 to 1987 (with the exception of 1974)

In a transition toward more theatricality as well as a PR move, actor Jim Belushi was contracted to portray the King. He lasted one weekend.

In 1977 and 1978, the early equestrian Jousts were performed by a southside Chicago group named "Knights of the Silver Sword." The Hanlon-Lees Action Theatre was hired to joust after 1979 and has continued (with one interruption during the Bristol take-over) to this day.

Memorable 1980s King Richard's Faire of Kenosha, Wisconsin Performers[]

For multiple seasons during the 1980s ( when comedy on the stages and streets at the Kenosha, Wisconsin fairesite was King! ) the late and multi-talented Chicago actor-singer-comedian and master puppeteer Ray Nelson ( the Emmy award-winning television producer of WBBM TV's "The Magic Door" and Founder of The Windy City's Puppet Place Theatre ) delighted, amused and charmed audiences with his portrayal of King Richard. Mr. Nelson, a rather large and robust entertainer, became a popular favorite as King Richard among patrons, performers and vendors alike - especially when he would burst into song or break out the puppets!

In 1986, veteran and award-winning Chicago stage actor Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( a future 1997 Joseph Jefferson Citation Award Winner as Best Actor for his performance as Sam Semela in The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago revival production of Athol Fugard's "Master Harold And The Boys" and a future 2015 / 2016 Los Angeles ELATE Season Ticket Holder Award Nominee as Best Actor for for his performance as Ernest in the 2016 Emmanuel Lutheran Actors Theatre Ensemble - ELATE revival of Tad Mosel's "Impromptu ") was cast by Artistic Director John Mills and comedy writers Patty McKenny and Doug Frew to create the role of The Grand Inquisitor Of Spain, Tomas de Torquemada in "Murder, They Quoth," KRF's big musical-comedy-mystery Grand Scenario. In the summer seasons of 1988 and 1989, Mr. Robinson would return to the fairesite ( under the new Bristol Renaissance Faire management and with the full support of Entertainment Director Michael Dvorak ) to portray Shakespearean actor and time-traveler, His Most Revered Lordship, Sir Richard Drury Kemp-Kean, in his critically-praised, original one-man show of Shakespeare and time-travel comedy, "A Bit Of The Bard" upon the intimate and lovely Minstrel's Glen Stage, and to serve as Director and Instructor of Shakespearean Theatre (utilizing trained classical theatre students in seven scenes by the bard around the faire grounds throughout the festival day) for the newly formed Bristol Theatre Academy. Now, nearly three decades after his wonderful and insightful King Richard's Faire / Bristol Renaissance Faire acting training and teaching experience, Darryl Maximilian Robinson returned to the Windy Theatre Community this past fall in the marvelous dual roles of Chairman William Cartwright and The Mayor Sapsea in The Saint Sebastian Players' 2018 revival of Tony Award-winning Composer / Lyricist / Book Author Rupert Holmes' brilliant Solve-It-Yourself Musical Whodunit "The Mystery of Edwin Drood ( based on the final and unfinished novel by 19th-century English literary master Charles Dickens ) at the lovely, 100-year-old-plus St. Bonaventure Catholic Church in the Windy City's historic Lakeview neighborhood.

During the years of The Grand Scenario being a centerpiece of entertainment at the Kenosha, Wisconsin fairesite, some of the most striking and effective costumes seen at King Richard's Faire were the work of skilled Costume Designer Richard D. Weber, who proved not only a wiz at wardrobe for the large court of King Richard, but a wonderful actor-singer-comedian and swordsman. Mr. Weber became noted at KRF in Kenosha and KRF in Carver, Mass. for his outstanding portrayal of Sir Percival Degage'.

The Chicago Branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) also performed scheduled Tourneys on foot, with the combatants wielding rattan swords in full contact, unrehearsed competitions. Among that cast were Dean Calin (Robin Balagan), Eric Forsberg (Erik the Dark), Andrea Dubnick (Sonja of Prague), and Maria Kumpf (Maria the Mad).

A KING RICHARD'S FAIRE OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN PERFORMER ALUM'S UPDATE!: Most recently, during an extended year-long visit to his original hometown of Chicago, Darryl Maximilian Robinson garnered attention for his well-received portrayal of the marvelous dual roles of Mr. William Cartwright, Your Chairman of The Music Hall Royale and The Mayor Thomas Sapsea of Cloisterham, England in skilled Director / Music Director Robert-Eric West's 2018 Saint Sebastian Players of Chicago Revival Production of Rupert Holmes' classic Tony Award-winning Best Musical Mystery Whodunit The Mystery of Edwin Drood presented at the lovely, more than a century old St. Bonaventure Church in the West Lakeview neighborhood of The Windy City. Mr. Robinson's performance was critically-praised, documented earlier this year by Wikipedia, and in November of 2019: The Year of Chicago Theatre, captured for him a 2019 Chicago BroadwayWorld.com Regional Theatre Award Nomination for Best Performer In A Musical or Revue ( Resident Non-Equity ). The SSP Revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood received a grand total of Seven 2019 Chicago BroadwayWorld.com Regional Theatre Award Nominations including: Best Performer In A Musical or Revue ( Resident Non-Equity ) for Sarah Myers for her fine portrayal of Edwin Drood and Miss Alice Nutting; Best Direction of A Musical or Revue ( Resident Non-Equity ) for Robert-Eric West; Best Choreography ( Resident Non-Equity ) for Tamara Drew; Best Costume Design ( Resident Non-Equity ) for Sandra Leander; Best Set Design ( Resident Non-Equity ) for Emil Zbella; and Best Ensemble of A Musical ( Resident Non-Equity ) for THE ENTIRE CAST! Those who love musical theatre performance in The Windy City that would like to honor and support the work of Mr. Robinson and his fellow nominees of Rupert Holmes' brilliant but seldom performed stage classic with their votes for this critically-praised Non-Equity professional theatre production may do so by visiting: BroadwayWorld.com Chicago Regional Theatre Awards Voting!

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Darryl Maximilian Robinson upon his return to his adopted home town of Los Angeles, recently called upon his classical theatre and renaissance faire training roots and presented and recorded modern-dress,"Street Theatre" video renditions of The Bard's "Saint Crispin's Day" Speech ( as The King ) from Henry V and "Seven Ages of Man" Speech ( as Lord Jaques ) from As You Like It for his current theatrical endeavor The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project. Two versions of both of these classic speeches may currently be viewed on You Tube.


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Darryl Maximilian Robinson Rehearses Bard's St. Crispin's Day Speech At LA's Lincoln Heights Jail!


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Darryl Maximilian Robinson Presents Bard's St. Crispin's Day Speech In LA ( The Inside Rendition )!


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Darryl Maximilian Robinson Performs "The Seven Ages of Man" In Lincoln Heights of Los Angeles!

HIS ACTS BEING SEVEN AGES!: Veteran and award-winning Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles stage actor and play director DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON as LORD JAQUES from WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S "AS YOU LIKE IT" evokes "THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN SPEECH"! 2020 Photography and Videography by GUSTAVO J. CASAS for THE EXCALIBER SHAKESPEARE COMPANY LOS ANGELES ARCHIVAL PROJECT.

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Darryl Maximilian Robinson Unfolds The Bard's "Seven Ages of Man" Speech In LA, Take Two!-1

Here Is The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project Horizontal Second Take Of Darryl Maximilian Robinson Performing The Classic "Seven Ages of Man" Speech From "As You Like It'! 2020 Photography and Videography by GUSTAVO J. CASAS for THE EXCALIBER SHAKESPEARE COMPANY LOS ANGELES ARCHIVAL PROJECT.


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PLAYING A DICKENS OF A PAIR OF ROLES IN A REVIVAL OF A TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL MYSTERY CLASSIC!: King Richard's Faire ( Kenosha, Wisconsin )/ Bristol Renaissance Festival Alum, Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago Founder, Los Angeles-based theatre artist and Joseph Jefferson Citation Award-winning actor DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON had a musical theatre performer's field day on the occasion he returned to his hometown of Chicago and appeared for the first time in 17 years ( to wonderful reviews ) and played the marvelous dual roles of The Chairman Mr. William Cartwright of The Music Hall Royale and The Honorable Mayor Thomas Sapsea in skilled director / music director ROBERT-ERIC WEST'S 2018 revival staging of multi-talented composer, lyricist, book author RUPERT HOLMES' Tony Award-winning, CHARLES DICKENS' novel-based Best Musical Mystery Whodunit "THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD" presented by THE SAINT SEBASTIAN PLAYERS CHICAGO at the lovely, more than a century old ST. BONAVENTURE CHURCH in the Lakeview neighborhood of The Windy City. Photo by SSP Production Set Designer and Decorator EMIL ZBELLA.

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YOUR CHAIRMAN & YOUR MAYOR ENCOURAGES YOU TO VOTE AT CHICAGO'S MUSICAL COMEDY MYSTERY REVIVAL EVENT OF THE YEAR!: Joseph Jefferson Citation Award Winner and Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago Founder, Artistic Director & Producer DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON returned to The Windy City Stage this fall with his critically-praised portrayal of the marvelous dual roles of THE CHAIRMAN MR. WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT & THE HONORABLE MAYOR THOMAS SAPSEA in THE SAINT SEBASTIAN PLAYERS OF CHICAGO Revival Production of RUPERT HOLMES' wonderful Tony Award-winning, Solve-It-Yourself Best Musical Whodunit "THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD" presented at the lovely 100-year-old-plus ST. BONAVENTURE CHURCH, 1625 West Diversey, Chicago, IL. 60614. The Kenosha, Wisconsin King Richard's Faire & Bristol Renaissance Faire Alum earned fine notices and enthusiastic audience approval for his work in "DROOD". 2018 Photo of Darryl Maximilian Robinson as The Chairman Mr. William Cartwright & Mayor Thomas Sapsea in "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" by Production Set Designer & Decorator EMIL ZBELLA.

Mark Gizel, Kathy Klages, Tonya Pinkins, Darryl Maximilian Robinson, Karen Corboy and Jeff Sefton in the 1977 Chicagoland High School Theatrical Troupe production of Guys and Dolls.

A FUTURE KING RICHARD'S FAIRE ALUM IN A HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL...FOR REAL!: Talented young actors MARK GIZEL as NATHAN DETROIT and KATHY KLAGES as MISS ADELAIDE, Future 1993 Broadway Best Featured Actress In A Musical Tony Award Winner TONYA PINKINS as MISS ADELADE, Future 1997 Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Outstanding Actor In A Principal Role In A Play Award Winner DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON as NATHAN DETROIT, KAREN CORBOY as MISS ADELAIDE and JEFF SEFTON as NATHAN DETROIT all pose for A REHEARSAL PUBLICITY PHOTO for THE 1977 CHICAGOLAND HIGH SCHOOL THEATRICAL TROUPE multicultural, all-student revival production of ABE BURROWS' & FRANK LOESSER'S "GUYS AND DOLLS" directed by NICK JASON & J. J. STAMM at THE WHITNEY M. YOUNG MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. Mr. Robinson played Nathan Detroit in this staging nine years before he made his debut as TOMAS DE TORQUEMADA in the musical-mystery Grand Scenario "MURDER, THEY QUOTH!" at Kenosha, Wisconsin's KING RICHARD'S FAIRE. 1977 CHICAGOLAND HIGH SCHOOL THEATRICAL TROUPE "GUYS AND DOLLS" Rehearsal Publicity Photo by IRVING M. STEIN.

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Chicago Theater - Best Plays Week of November 7, 2018

Award-winning Stage Actor and Play Director DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON, Founder of The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago at L A's Union Station.

A FORMER KING RICHARD'S FAIRE AND BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE ACTOR REVEALED: In 1986, award-winning stage actor and play director DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON ( The Founder of the multiracial, non-Equity professional classical and contemporary chamber theatre THE EXCALIBER SHAKESPEARE COMPANY OF CHICAGO ) was featured as His Eminence TOMAS DE TORQUEMADA in "MURDER, THEY QUOTH" The Musical Comedy Mystery Grand Scenario of the 14th Annual KING RICHARD'S FAIRE OF KENOSHA, WISCONSIN written by PATTY McKENNY and DOUG FEW and staged by KRF Artistic Director JOHN T. MILLS. In 1988 and 1989, Mr. Robinson would return to the Kenosha fairesite under the new management of THE BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE to present and star as HIS MOST REVERED LORDSHIP, SIR RICHARD DRURY KEMP-KEAN in his critically-praised, original one-man show of Shakespeare and time-travel comedy "A BIT OF THE BARD" at The Minstrel's Glen Stage and to serve as the faire's first Director and Instructor of Shakespearean Theatre for BRF's newly-formed BRISTOL THEATRE ACADEMY. 2018 photo of DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON at LA's Union Station by DANNY BELROSE.

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A WELL-RECEIVED SHAKESPEAREAN ONE-MAN SHOW ONSTAGE IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN: 1989 Chicago Reader Photo of Darryl Maximilian Robinson as Sir Richard Drury Kemp-Kean in A Bit of the Bard at The Minstrel's Glen Stage of The King Richard's Faire and Bristol Renaissance Faire of Kenosha, Wi. by Robert Levy.

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RETURNING TO A STAGE NEAR YOU IN A DICKENS OF A TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL MYSTERY: Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Award-winning Actor and Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago Founder DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON will assume the marvelous dual roles of MR. WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT, CHAIRMAN OF THE MUSIC HALL ROYALE and The Honorable MAYOR THOMAS SAPSEA in the 2018 SAINT SEBASTIAN PLAYERS OF CHICAGO ( Oct. 26th through Nov. 18th ) revival of multi-talented Composer / Lyricist / Book Author / Orchestrator RUPERT HOLMES' wonderful Tony Award-winning SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MUSICAL WHODUNIT "THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD" ( based on the final and unfinished novel by 19th-century English literary master CHARLES DICKENS ) being presented Fridays and Saturday Evenings at 8:00 pm and Sunday Afternoons at 2:00 pm in the lovely and intimate Black Box Theatre of ST. BONAVENTURE CHURCH, 1625 West Diversey, Chicago, IL. 60614. Image courtesy of www.saintsebastianplayers.org.

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REHEARSING A NEW RENDITION OF A TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL WHODUIT!: Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago Founder and Joseph Jefferson Citation Award Winner DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON as THE CHAIRMAN MR. WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT & THE HONORABLE MAYOR THOMAS SAPSEA rehearses a scene with skilled and award-winning Saint Sebastian Players Acting Copmpany Member ERIC PRAHL as DURDLES & MR. NICK CRICKER for the new Oct. 26th through Nov. 18th of 2018 revival production of RUPERT HOLMES' Tony Award-winning Best Musical Whodunit "THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD" ( based on the final and uncompleted novel by CHARLES DICKENS ) directed and music-directed by multi-talented stage veteran ROBERT-ERIC WEST at the lovely 100-year-old-plus ST. BONAVENTURE CHURCH, 1625 West Diversey, Chicago, IL. 60614. Tickets and info on Mr. Robinson & Mr. Prahl in "THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD" may be obtained at ( 773 ) 404-7922 or www.saintsebastianplayers.org.

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Darryl Maximilian Robinson Performs Rudyard Kipling's "IF" On Sunset Blvd In Hollywood!-2

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Darryl Maximilian Robinson as The Chairman Mr. William Cartwright & Cast Go Off To The Races!

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The Actor's Choice - John Ruskin and Darryl Maximilian Robinson 9-19-16

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Darryl Maximilian Robinson as the Butler at Glendale Centre Theatre.

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Darryl Maximilian Robinson as Major General Stanley-0

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Darryl Maximilian Robinson as Major General Stanley in Pirates of Penzance Act 2

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A SHAKESPEAREAN IN LINCOLN HEIGHTS!: 2016 Photo of Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago Founder and Los Angeles-based Theatre Artist DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON in LA by JONATHAN MACHORRO ( Almighty Johnnyy ).

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A VETERAN STAGE ACTOR IN LA!: 2016 Photo of Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago Founder and Los Angeles-Based Theatre Artist DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON in LA by JONATHAN MACHORRO ( Almighty Johnnyy ).

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A WISCONSIN KING RICHARD'S FAIRE AND BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE ALUM IN HIS AWARDS ROOM!: 2017 Photo of Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago Founder and Los Angeles-based Theatre Artist DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON displaying his 1997 Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Award for Outstanding Achievement By An Actor In A Principal Role In A Play for his performance as SAM SEMELA in the ESC's 1997 revival of ATHOL FUGARD'S "MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS" presented at The Heartland Cafe Studio Theatre in The Windy City by Los Angeles Visual Artist and Photographer J.L. WATT.

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A TRULY LOVELY ACTING HONOR!: Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago Founder and Los Angeles-based Theatre Artist DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON ( an alum of both KING RICHARD'S FAIRE & THE BRISTOL RENAISSANCE FAIRE of Kenosha, Wisconsin ) is winner of a 2015 / 2016 ELATE SEASON TICKET HOLDER AWARD NOMINATION as Best Actor for his performance as ERNEST in the 2016 EMMANUEL LUTHERAN ACTORS THEATRE ENSEMBLE - ELATE revival of TAD MOSEL'S "IMPROMPTU" as part of its bill of one-acts entitled "JUST 4 FUN" presented at THE LINCOLN STEGMAN THEATRE of North Hollywood, CA.

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RETURNING TO "THE ACTOR'S CHOICE"!: Host RON BREWINGTON, Actor BRANDIN STENNIS and returning Actor DARRYL MAXIMILIAN ROBINSON ( a King Richard's Faire and Bristol Renaissance Faire Performer Alum ) appeared on the Dec. 30, 2019 You Tube edition of the internet performing arts program "THE ACTOR'S CHOICE" streamed live and recorded in Burbank, California.

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Show Card Logo of "The Actor's Choice."

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