Daryl L. Stewart is an actor, director, performing + teaching artist and arts advocate. A proud New Jersey native, Stewart's work as an actor has entertained audiences nationwide; in New York productions of La Strega, Step Show (NYMF) and Revolution (Robert Moss Theater). Stewart's theater credits include 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, and Disney's Aida. TV/Film credits include Lipstick Jungle (NBC), School Spirits (SYFY) and 106 & Park (BET). Stewart's self produced original one man show "Fully Versatile" premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizon, NYC.
In 2014, The Montclair Times dubed Stewart "a new voice that will fill the rafters of the theater". His solo performance credits include Tammany Hall, The Village Underground, The Yale Club, Gizzis (NYC), Cohoes Music Hall, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Harvard Club, Encore Cabaret and more. Under the tutelage of Dr. Ronald High, Stewart is known for his bluesy tenor range, sassy stage persona and rhythmic improvisation.
As a director and choreographer, Stewart has staged new and canonical theatrical works including stage productions of The Amen Corner, Once On This Island, Disney's The Lion King Experience, Guys and Dolls, The Jungle Book, Seussical, High School Musical, Once Upon A Mattress, Curtains, Into The Woods, Annie, Hairspray, Black Broadway: A Musical Review and This Wonderful Life.
Stewart is a theater teaching artist at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, New Jersey. There he has collaborated with several dozen schools, groups and arts organizations teaching, curating and creating musical theater, dance and drama programs. In 2013, Stewart collaborated with Emmy Award winner Ray Chew choreographing The Spotlight Gala, one of the nations largest live events.
Stewart teaches the Johnny Mercer Program, a five school middle school theater residency focused on musical theater script and songwriting and serves as a lead teaching artist for the internationally recognized Disney Musicals in Schools program. A sought after visiting artist and lecturer, Stewart has given talks and led arts workshops at Williams College, Cicely Tyson School of the Performing Arts, RISE Academy, Paulo Friere Charter School, The Pingry School, Mary Help of Christians Academy, St. Benedicts Preparatory High School and Seton Hall University - School of Law.
Stewart is a proud alumnus of New York University, Papermill Playhouse Conservatory & NY Conservatory for Dramatic Art (Professional Division). He is the 2018 recipient of the Eulace Peacock Unsung Hero Award, a 2014 Urban League Honoree for the Arts, a recipient of the NYU Wasserman Award for Service in the Arts and a citizen artist with the US Department of Arts and Culture. He co-founded and served as co-artistic director of Vanguard Theater Company (2015-2017). He currently resides in New Jersey.
In 2014, The Montclair Times dubed Stewart "a new voice that will fill the rafters of the theater". His solo performance credits include Tammany Hall, The Village Underground, The Yale Club, Gizzis (NYC), Cohoes Music Hall, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Harvard Club, Encore Cabaret and more. Under the tutelage of Dr. Ronald High, Stewart is known for his bluesy tenor range, sassy stage persona and rhythmic improvisation.
As a director and choreographer, Stewart has staged new and canonical theatrical works including stage productions of The Amen Corner, Once On This Island, Disney's The Lion King Experience, Guys and Dolls, The Jungle Book, Seussical, High School Musical, Once Upon A Mattress, Curtains, Into The Woods, Annie, Hairspray, Black Broadway: A Musical Review and This Wonderful Life.
Stewart is a theater teaching artist at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark, New Jersey. There he has collaborated with several dozen schools, groups and arts organizations teaching, curating and creating musical theater, dance and drama programs. In 2013, Stewart collaborated with Emmy Award winner Ray Chew choreographing The Spotlight Gala, one of the nations largest live events.
Stewart teaches the Johnny Mercer Program, a five school middle school theater residency focused on musical theater script and songwriting and serves as a lead teaching artist for the internationally recognized Disney Musicals in Schools program. A sought after visiting artist and lecturer, Stewart has given talks and led arts workshops at Williams College, Cicely Tyson School of the Performing Arts, RISE Academy, Paulo Friere Charter School, The Pingry School, Mary Help of Christians Academy, St. Benedicts Preparatory High School and Seton Hall University - School of Law.
Stewart is a proud alumnus of New York University, Papermill Playhouse Conservatory & NY Conservatory for Dramatic Art (Professional Division). He is the 2018 recipient of the Eulace Peacock Unsung Hero Award, a 2014 Urban League Honoree for the Arts, a recipient of the NYU Wasserman Award for Service in the Arts and a citizen artist with the US Department of Arts and Culture. He co-founded and served as co-artistic director of Vanguard Theater Company (2015-2017). He currently resides in New Jersey.
