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 Tyler Herman

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  ACTOR      DIRECTOR      TEACHER

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SEPTEMBER 2026

Industry reading of my play, The Last Jew In London at Round House Theatre, an intimate take on A Christmas Carol. The culmination of 1.5 years in the DC Construction Crew, a playwriting cohort.

September 28, 5pm

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DECEMBER 2026-JANUARY 2027

Acting as Cobweb, u/s Puck in 

A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare Theatre Company,

directed by Simon Godwin,

Puppetry by Basil Twist.

December 4 - January 10

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APRIL-MAY 2027

Assistant Directing Peter and the Starcatcher at Olney Theatre Center, under the direction of Benjamin Ismail. Magic and Transformation in the round for the whole family!

April 29 - June 6

SEP 26   - Acted in a The Challenger, an upcoming Amazon series starring Kristen Stewart and Will Arnett

JUL 26   -  Performed "A Surprise Engagement" with Cupboards Cabaret at District Fringe

JUN 26  -  Performed and Devised "Day in the Life" with Clown Cabaret

MAR 26 - Acted in "A Latina in DC" short film

JAN 26   - Reading of my play, Rhinoceros, a hyper-modern adaptation, with Avant Bard

DEC 25  - Directed (and Music Directed) Chanukah in the Dark at Theater J

OCT 25  - Performed and Devised two acts for Clown Cabaret in DC

OCT 25  - Directed and Acted in a reading of The Verdi Verdict by Murry Sidlin at the Czech Embassy

AUG 25  - Acted in my first feature film, "House Party Massacre" written and directed by Draven ColdDECEMBER 2026-JANUARY 2027

MAR 25 - Directed a Birhday Party Pippin at Walt Whitman High School

OCT 24  - Asst Directed Prayer for the French Republic  at Theater J, directed by Hayley Finn

SEP 24   - Directed The LiaI at Montgomery College 

JUN 24  -  Acted in The Hatmaker's Wife at Theater J, directed by Dan Rothenberg

What's that over there? My bio?!

ABOUT

 

I am a Jewish artist, educator, and activist/troublemaker based in the Washington, DC area, home of the Nacotchtank and Piscataway people, who still live here and steward the land. I challenge problematic artistic practices and interrogate what it means to create art and live a balanced life. This is an ongoing practice, and I work on it in every rehearsal room, audition room, classroom, and liminal space.

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I grew up in Silver Spring, MD and developed a taste for pineapple juice, board games, and putting on plays. After studying Theatre, Dance, and Music at Cornell University, I returned to DC where I specialized in highly physical and comedic work. I helped to found Faction of Fools Theatre Company, a company devoted to adapting Commedia dell'Arte for modern audiences with productions like Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol, and Our Town. I acted in and directed over twenty foolish plays and productions with them in addition to working all around town.

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From 2015-2018, I had the great logistical and financial privelige of pursuing my MFA at Brown University/Trinity Rep's MFA Programs in Acting and Directing, where I studied acting, directing, playwriting, and producing. I also served as Artistic Director of "Romp Of Otters", Brown/Trinity's Graduate Theater Community.

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Currently, in addition to working as an actor, director, and intimacy, fight, and movement choreographer, I run the theatre department at Walt Whitman High School, managing budgets of over 100k and over 600 theatre artists throughout a season. I teach at Montgomery College, Imagination Stage, Ford's Theatre, and more.

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I currently live and work in the DMV with my wife and artistic partner-in-crime, Sarah, 3 spitfire children, and, yes, a bookshelf full of board games.

TYLER HERMAN

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