Mark E. Swinton

Kid rapper and pint-sized powerhouse Young Dylan will join theNickelodeon family with the premiere of the brand-new live-action series, TylerPerry's Young Dylan, on Saturday, Feb. 29, at 8:30 (ET/PT).Executive produced, directed and written by Perry, the series follows a family whose world is turned upside down when their nephew, Young Dylan (Dylan Gilmer), an aspiring hip-hop star, moves in unannounced. MichelleSneed is also an executive producer, with Will Areu and Mark E. Swinton serving as producers.The series is currently in production at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Ga.

Mark E. Swinton's Guess Who Showed Up at Dinner, the raucous musical about meddlesome family and head-over-heels love, is heading to stages across America. The crowd-pleasing comedy, led by Cassi Davis (Tyler Perry's House of Payne and The Paynes), Palmer Williams, Jr. (Tyler Perry's House of Payne and The Haves and The Have Nots), Tony Hightower (Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run and The Haves and The Have Nots) and Chandra Currelley-Young (Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Big Happy Family) will be entertaining urban audiences with a national tour this winter and spring that will include a stop in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre with 3 performances only on March 9 and 10. The show is produced, written and directed by Mark E. Swinton.