DARYL L. STEWART
Daryl L. Stewart is an award winning actor, director, producer, performing and teaching artist. A proud New Jersey native, Stewart's work as an actor includes memorable roles in Five Guys Named Moe, My One and Only, Ragtime, Little Shop of Horrors, The Wild Party, Leader of the Pack, Carousel, Into The Woods, Oliver Twist, Disney's Aida and New York productions of La Strega, Step Show (NYMF) and Revolution (Robert Moss Theater). TV/Film credits include Lipstick Jungle (NBC), School Spirits (SYFY). Stewart will star as Preacher Oedipus in film adaptation of The Gospel At Colonus, streaming this January through the streaming app, ShowTix4U.
Recently nominated by Broadway World Award for Best Cabaret (2021), Stewart's solo performance and cabaret credits include The Triad Theatre, Tammany Hall, The Village Underground, The Yale Club, Gizzis, Cohoes Music Hall, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Harvard Club, Encore Cabaret and more. Stewart's original one man show "Fully Versatile" is currently in development was most recently presented in an invited presentation at Playwright Horizon.
As a theatre maker, producer, director and choreographer, Stewart's credits including productions of 13 The Musical, Simply Simone: The Music of Nina Simone, Step Show: The Musical, Hear Her Roar: An Evening of Performance Art, The Amen Corner, Once On This Island, Disney's The Lion King Experience, Guys and Dolls, Once On This Island Jr., Shrek Jr., Frozen Jr., The Jungle Book, Seussical, High School Musical, Once Upon A Mattress, Curtains, Into The Woods, Annie, Step Show: A New Musical, Hairspray, Son Of God, Black Broadway: A Musical Review and This Wonderful Life. His new children's musical series AN INCOMPLETE HISTORY OF BROADWAY will be released on the streaming platform vala this spring. His I.G.T.V. dance series, DANCING THROUGH THE PANNY has garnered thousands of views, likes and shares.
Stewart currently works at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, New Jersey. At NJPAC, he is directly responsible for teaching, developing, curating and creating theater and dance programming and initiatives. His most notable work at NJPAC is with the Johnny Mercer Musical Theatre Writing Program, a five school theater residency focused on musical theater script and songwriting and the internationally recognized Disney Musicals in Schools program. He also collaborated with Emmy award winner Ray Chew co-directing The Spotlight Gala performance - one of the nations largest live events.
Stewarts speaking engagements have included lectures, panels and performances at Williams College, Shepherd University, Monmouth University (Conference on Race), East Side High School, Cicely Tyson School of the Performing Arts, RISE Academy, Paulo Friere Charter School, North Star Academy, Academy of the Performing Arts at UCTVS, The Pingry School, Mary Help of Christians Academy, Burnet Middle School, Union High School, St. Benedicts Prep and Seton Hall University - School of Law.
Education: New York University (BA/Cert), Papermill Playhouse Conservatory & NY Conservatory for Dramatic Art. Stewart is the 2018 recipient of the Eulace Peacock Unsung Hero Award, an Urban League YP Honoree for the Arts, a recipient of the NYU Wasserman Award for Service in the Arts. He served as the Chief Visionary Officer (CVO) leading programming and programs at Arthouse Linden, a pop up arts incubation experiment in Downtown Linden. He cofounded Vanguard Theater Company with Janeece Freeman Clark in 2015. Currently, Stewart owns and operates Daryl Stewart Productions/Stewart Ventures LLC., a black owned full service storytelling and production company. He is a proud associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and a board member of DSF Foundation Inc. He resides in New Jersey.
Daryl L. Stewart is an award winning actor, director, producer, performing and teaching artist. A proud New Jersey native, Stewart's work as an actor includes memorable roles in Five Guys Named Moe, My One and Only, Ragtime, Little Shop of Horrors, The Wild Party, Leader of the Pack, Carousel, Into The Woods, Oliver Twist, Disney's Aida and New York productions of La Strega, Step Show (NYMF) and Revolution (Robert Moss Theater). TV/Film credits include Lipstick Jungle (NBC), School Spirits (SYFY). Stewart will star as Preacher Oedipus in film adaptation of The Gospel At Colonus, streaming this January through the streaming app, ShowTix4U.
Recently nominated by Broadway World Award for Best Cabaret (2021), Stewart's solo performance and cabaret credits include The Triad Theatre, Tammany Hall, The Village Underground, The Yale Club, Gizzis, Cohoes Music Hall, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Harvard Club, Encore Cabaret and more. Stewart's original one man show "Fully Versatile" is currently in development was most recently presented in an invited presentation at Playwright Horizon.
As a theatre maker, producer, director and choreographer, Stewart's credits including productions of 13 The Musical, Simply Simone: The Music of Nina Simone, Step Show: The Musical, Hear Her Roar: An Evening of Performance Art, The Amen Corner, Once On This Island, Disney's The Lion King Experience, Guys and Dolls, Once On This Island Jr., Shrek Jr., Frozen Jr., The Jungle Book, Seussical, High School Musical, Once Upon A Mattress, Curtains, Into The Woods, Annie, Step Show: A New Musical, Hairspray, Son Of God, Black Broadway: A Musical Review and This Wonderful Life. His new children's musical series AN INCOMPLETE HISTORY OF BROADWAY will be released on the streaming platform vala this spring. His I.G.T.V. dance series, DANCING THROUGH THE PANNY has garnered thousands of views, likes and shares.
Stewart currently works at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, New Jersey. At NJPAC, he is directly responsible for teaching, developing, curating and creating theater and dance programming and initiatives. His most notable work at NJPAC is with the Johnny Mercer Musical Theatre Writing Program, a five school theater residency focused on musical theater script and songwriting and the internationally recognized Disney Musicals in Schools program. He also collaborated with Emmy award winner Ray Chew co-directing The Spotlight Gala performance - one of the nations largest live events.
Stewarts speaking engagements have included lectures, panels and performances at Williams College, Shepherd University, Monmouth University (Conference on Race), East Side High School, Cicely Tyson School of the Performing Arts, RISE Academy, Paulo Friere Charter School, North Star Academy, Academy of the Performing Arts at UCTVS, The Pingry School, Mary Help of Christians Academy, Burnet Middle School, Union High School, St. Benedicts Prep and Seton Hall University - School of Law.
Education: New York University (BA/Cert), Papermill Playhouse Conservatory & NY Conservatory for Dramatic Art. Stewart is the 2018 recipient of the Eulace Peacock Unsung Hero Award, an Urban League YP Honoree for the Arts, a recipient of the NYU Wasserman Award for Service in the Arts. He served as the Chief Visionary Officer (CVO) leading programming and programs at Arthouse Linden, a pop up arts incubation experiment in Downtown Linden. He cofounded Vanguard Theater Company with Janeece Freeman Clark in 2015. Currently, Stewart owns and operates Daryl Stewart Productions/Stewart Ventures LLC., a black owned full service storytelling and production company. He is a proud associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and a board member of DSF Foundation Inc. He resides in New Jersey.
