Tyrone is an ASCAP Frederick Loewe Award winning writer, stage and film director, and Broadway/TV actor.
His writing works include Show Way the musical at The Kennedy Center (with Jacqueline Woodson), Strong Inside for Nashville Children’s Theatre (adapted from the New York Times best-selling book Strong Inside by Andrew Maraniss), and Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl’s Baseball Dream at Children’s Theatre of Charlotte (with Nichole Jackson, adapted from the award winning book by Crystal Hubbard). Tyrone worked with writing teams at The Daily Show and The Colbert Report as part of Chris Rock’s Comedy Central Writer’s Program and he has had additional writing commissions with TheatreWorks USA and First Stage Milwaukee (Amplify Series).
As Director: Sharaoke (musical feature film), Un{H}armed, a short film inspired by the 2018 shooting death of Stephon Clark. Un{H}armed was an official selection of film festivals nationwide, including the Hudson Shorts Film Festival, New York Short Film Festival, Big Muddy Film Festival, Harlem International Film Festival, Atlanta Shortsfest, and RKDS Film Festival, to name a few. Tyrone’s stage directing credits include: Douglas Lyons’ Chicken & Biscuits (Bristol Riverside Theatre – Bristol, PA), pay no worship by franscisca da silveira (InterAct Theatre Company – Philadelphia), Harrison David Rivers’ This Bitter Earth (InterAct Theatre Company – Philadelphia), the new musical Letters From May by Kara Cutruzzula and Kristoffer Bjarke (2022 Theatre Now Sound Bites Festival of new musicals – New York City), both the New York and touring productions of Owen and Mzee by Michelle Elliot and Daniel Larsen (Theatre Row – New York City), and readings of the comedy White Ally by Douglas Williams (Bristol Riverside Theatre – Bristol, PA) and the new musical Marathon by Kara Cutruzzula and Kristoffer Bjarke (starring Liz Calloway, Thom Sesma, and Leanna Rae Concepcion) at Open Jar Studios in New York City.
Also a Broadway/TV actor, Tyrone has appeared on Broadway in: Pirates! The Penzance Musical (Tony nomination – Roundabout Theatre Company), Swept Away, Disney’s Frozen.
Broadway Tours: The Book of Mormon and The Lion King (Mufasa Cover).
TV: “New Amsterdam” (Recurring), “The Blacklist”, “Dear Edward”, “Lovecraft Country” (HBO),”FBI: Most Wanted”and “Law & Order: SVU”.
Tyrone founded blacktyashows.com, is a proud graduate of a HBCU (North Carolina A&T State University), frequent volunteer with both Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Broadway Serves. He earned his M.F.A. degree from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
National New Play Network New Play Exchange
tyronelrobinsonnyc.com
blacktyashows.com