Video: Darryl Maximilian Robinson As Drake In 'Loiter Squad'! at The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project
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HIS NAME WAS DRAKE!
Chicago-born and Los Angeles-based stage performer and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson is not noted for his forays into rap music or hip-hop culture. Indeed, an experienced, classically-trained, Shakespearean actor and musical theatre vet ( examples of which can be found at his You Tube channel ), providing a comedic portrayal of one of the world's most popular rappers would be one of the farthest things from his mind as a role choice. But 10 years ago, Mr. Robinson's mind was changed.
Chicago and St. Louis, Missouri theatre acolytes are far more familiar with Darryl Maximilian Robinson in the 1980s performing his critically-praised role of Sir Richard Drury Kemp-Kean in his original one-man show of Shakespeare and time-travel comedy 'A Bit of the Bard' ( at such venues the Windy City's Red Lion Pub and Wisconsin's Bristol Renaissance Faire ) or his well-received direction and performance as King Henry II in the Excaliber Productions, Ltd. 1992-1993 revival of James Goldman's 'The Lion In Winter' ( the first documented staging of the play with a multiracial cast ) at the fondly remembered Wabash Triangle Cafe ( just outside of University City ) or for his performance as Sam Semela in his Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago revival staging of South African playwright Athol Fugard's 'Master Harold And The Boys' at the much-missed Heartland Cafe Studio Theatre in Rogers Park ( for which he received both a 1997 Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Award for Outstanding Actor In A Principal Role In A Play and a 1997 Chicago Black Theatre Alliance Award nomination as Best Leading Actor In A Play ).
And Los Angeles playgoers are far more likely to recall Mr. Robinson "spitting" the lyrics of Gilbert and Sullivan during his critically-praised performance as Major-General Stanley in a 2014 135th Anniversary revival staging of 'The Pirates of Penzance' produced by The San Pedro Theatre Club ( which, for the record, is the only club Mr. Robinson has willingly frequented in the last decade ) than any public recitation he may have made of 'I'm On One.' Mr. Robinson will more likely be noted for his 2010 LA stage debut as the old Shakespearean actor Henry Albertson in a 50th Anniversary revival of Tom Jones' and Harvey Schmidt's 'The Fantasticks' produced by The Tribe Productions at The Complex Theatre as part of the first-ever Hollywood Fringe Festival or his well-received portrayal of the debonair, but aging leading man Ernest in Tad Mosel's classic one-act of Life In The Theatre 'Impromptu' presented as part of a bill of works entitled 'Just 4 Fun' at North Hollywood, California's Lincoln Stegman Theatre ( for which Mr. Robinson won a 2015 / 2016 Los Angeles ELATE Season Ticket Holder Award nomination as Best Actor ).
Ever being in a professional acting situation where ( as a older performer ) he would be asked to mimic or lampoon a highly-talented, much-younger, cultural icon was not something Darryl Maximilian Robinson expected. But the Hollywood professional acting community is quite different from the one Mr. Robinson trained in and has come to know and work in. And "when papa needs a new pair of shoes," sometimes an actor simply takes the work that's offered. Which is how on Wednesday December 7, 2011, Darryl Maximilian Robinson found himself in a small green-screen studio space in Burbank, CA., in front of a tv director and a rap group calling itself "The Odd Future" being specifically instructed on how to make fun of the acclaimed and popular rapper Drake for an upcoming episode of a new live-action / animated comedy series that would air on Adult Swim of The Cartoon Network called 'Loiter Squad.'
And after that recorded "green screen" session veteran and award-winning Chicago And Los Angeles stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson made his national television debut On May 6, 2012 in Adult Swim's "Loiter Squad," Episode 1.7 with a comedic cameo appearance as Drake!
And though he has yet to play a major or significant television or film role on-screen, veteran and award-winning stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( The Founder of the multiracial, non-Equity professional chamber theatre The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and the ESC Los Angeles Archival Project ) has made multiple appearances as A Guest Actor on the Los Angeles-based internet performing arts interview television show 'The Actor's Choice' with veteran entertainment journalist and host Ron Brewington where he frequently discusses his work around the country in The Theatre and The Performing Arts.
For those who might enjoy a comedic and brief entertainment blast from the past, a Fan Copy of Darryl Maximilian Robinson as Drake is available for viewing on You Tube.
Ages: Family Friendly 10 and Older.
On May 6, 2012 Chicago-born and Los Angeles- based veteran stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson made his national television debut with a comedic cameo as the rapper Drake in Episode 1.7 of Adult Swim's 'Loiter Squad.'
Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project Founder Darryl Maximilian Robinson has appeared in over 250 live theater and literary arts presentations around the country during his 48-year involvement in The Performing Arts.
Darryl Maximilian Robinson who appeared as Drake in the May 6, 2012 episode of 'Loiter Squad,' 1.7 has appeared frequently on the internet performing arts interview television show 'The Actor's Choice' with veteran entertainment journalist and host Ron Brewington.
Seen here in a 1993 touring performance of his one-man show of Shakespeare and time-travel comedy 'A Bit of the Bard' , ESC Founder and Artistic Director Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( who made his 2012 national television debut with a comedic cameo portrayal of Drake in Adult Swim's 'Loiter Squad ' ) is a longtime interpreter of classic plays and literary works as well as being an experienced musical theatre performer.
Two years after appearing as Drake in Adult Swim's 'Loiter Squad', Episode 1.7. ESC Founder Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( left ) as Major-General Stanley and Actor/Director/ Choreographer Drew Fitzsimmons ( right ) as The Pirate King starred in the 2014 San Pedro Theatre Club's 135th Anniversary Revival Production of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Pirates of Penzance'. Photo by John Millenkoop.
'Loiter Squad's Drake Darryl Maximilian Robinson made his LA and Hollywood stage debut in the role of the old Shakespearean actor Henry Albertson opposite Stacy Lynn Baker as Mortima in the 2010 Tribe Productions' 50th Anniversary Revival of Tom Jones' and Harvey Schmidt's classic romantic musical 'The Fantasticks' at The Complex Theatre as part of the first-ever Hollywood Fringe Festival. Photo courtesy of The Tribe Productions.
Nearly 20 years before making his national television debut as Drake in Adult Swim's 'Loiter Squad', Darryl Maximilian Robinson produced, directed and starred in multiracial cast stagings of plays in St. Louis, Missouri. Seen here on the Jan. 1993 cover of the performing arts news magazine Intermission are Director Darryl Maximilian Robinson as King Henry II and Phillip Watt as Prince John in the 1992-1993 Excaliber Productions, Ltd. multiracial cast revival of James Goldman's 'The Lion In Winter' which was staged at St. Louis' then-popular Wabash Triangle Cafe. Photo by Carl Valle.
'Loiter Squad's Drake, Darryl Maximilian Robinson won both a 1997 Chicago Joseph Jefferson Citation Award for Outstanding Actor In A Principal Role In A Play and a 1997 Chicago Black Theatre Alliance Award nomination for Best Leading Actor In A Play for his performance as Sam Semela in The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago revival of South African playwright Athol Fugard's 'Master Harold And The Boys' staged at the intimate Heartland Cafe Studio Theatre in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. 1997 ESC Archival Photo by ESC Dramaturg and Playwright Jeff Helgeson.
Joined by ( from left ) Casey Krubiner as Winnifred, Joey Trezise as Tony and Lucy Krubiner as Lora, 'Loiter Squad's Drake, Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( center-left ) appeared as the debonair and aging leading man Ernest in Tad Mosel's classic one-act of life in The Theatre 'Impromptu' as part of an evening of short works entitled 'Just 4 Fun' at North Hollywood's Lincoln Stegman Theatre for which Darryl Maximilian Robinson won a 2015 / 2016 Los Angeles Elate Season Ticket Holder Award nomination for Best Actor. Photo courtesy of Elate.
Playing a very different musical role than his tv cameo role of Drake in Adult Swim's 'Loiter Squad', Darryl Maximilian Robinson appeared as Major-General Stanley along with Jennifer Sperry as his favorite daughter Mabel Stanley and Chris Yeschenko as the reformed pirate Fredric in the 2014 San Pedro Theatre Club's 135th Anniversary Revival Production of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Pirates of Penzance'. Photo by Ruth Featherstone.
Though millions of tv viewers saw his comic cameo portrayal of superstar rapper Drake on Adult Swim's 'Loiter Squad' Episode 1.7, veteran stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson considers playing Major-General Stanley in the 2014 San Pedro Theatre Club's 135th Anniversary Revival of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Pirates of Penzance' his #1 favorite LA stage role. Photo by John Millenkoop.
Seen as Drake in Adult Swim's Loiter Squad, veteran actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson was most recently cast as Mayor George Shinn in the 2022 revival of Meredith Willson's 'The Music Man' presented at The Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena. Photo by Eric Michael Hernandez. Costume design by Tamarah Ashton.
Seen as Drake in Adult Swim's Loiter Squad, veteran actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson was most recently cast as Mayor George Shinn in the 2022 revival of Meredith Willson's 'The Music Man' presented at The Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena. Photo by Eric Michael Hernandez. Costume design by Tamarah Ashton.
Seen as Drake in Adult Swim's Loiter Squad, veteran stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson was most recently cast as Mayor George Shinn in the 2022 revival of Meredith Willson's The Music Man presented at The Fremont Centre Theatre in South Pasadena. Photo by Eric Michael Hernandez. Costume design by Tamarah Ashton.
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