Evelyn D Tyler

Tucker Hall, Room #452

Mondays • 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Wednesdays/Fridays • 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

THE 2000 Introduction to Theatre • Face to Face & Online-DATES/TIMES TBA
TPP 1700 Voice and Diction • DATES/TIMES TBA

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Professor Evelyn D. Tyler is a creative artist from South Carolina who enjoys bringing ideas to life for herself and for others. Outside of FAMU, Tyler specializes in baked goods, custom jewelry and clothing. She enjoys traveling throughout the country and abroad as well as spending time with family.

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• Developing & Facilitating Workshops
  
• Directing
  
• Properties Designs
  
• Costuming
  
• Baking
  
• Jewelry Making

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• Associate Professor • 2021 - Current
  Florida A&M University, Tallahassee FL
  
  
• Assistant Professor • 2015 - 2021
  Florida A&M University, Tallahassee FL
  
  
• Visiting Assistant Professor • 2013 - 2015
  Florida A&M University, Tallahassee FL
  
  
• Adjunct Professor • 2010-2013
  Florida A&M University, Tallahassee FL
  
  
• Teachmosphere Cast Supervisor • 2008-2010
  Holy Land Experience, Orlando, FL
  
  
• Teachmosphere Cast Member • 2007-2008
  Holy Land Experience, Orlando, FL

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PUBLICATIONS:

• E. D. Tyler, “NBTF’s Triumphant Return” Black Masks Magazine (2022) Vol 28 1: 9 & 15
  
• E. D. Tyler, “Post Script” Black Masks Magazine (2018) Vol 23 5: 9
  
• E. D. Tyler, "Journeying to Black Theatre Holy Ground" Black Masks Magazine (2017) Vol 23 4: 14-15

GALLERIES:

• Home Is Where the Art Is Exhibit, Foster-Tanner Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Fl
  
• Paintings: Eye Sea the World, Mar-Kus & From the Sea to the Apple Tree, Foster Tanner Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Fl
  
• Pottery from The Arts Collection by E. Tyler, Foster Tanner Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Fl

PRESENTATIONS:

• Presenter: The Making of Chicken and Biscuits Stage Props, International Black Theatre Festival, Winston-Salem, NC
• Presenter: Stage Properties: Measuring with your eyes and building with your hands, United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Seattle, Wa
• Presenter: Stage Properties: Measuring with your eyes and building with your hands. International Collegiate Theatre Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Presenter: A Writer’s Journey at FAMU’s Write Your Way Up Series: Write your way to great places and spaces. Tallahassee, Fl
• Presenter: Extracting & Hand Building Properties for the Stage. Act Well Your Part Workshops Day, Leon High School, Tallahassee, Fl
• Co-Presenter, Faculty Preparation for Establishing a Study Abroad Proposal, Sino-American International Research Conference, Tallahassee, Fl
• Panelist, 2017 Women of Color in Education and Extension Empowerment Summit, FAMU Extension, Tallahassee, Fl
• Co-Presenter: Your Gift Matters Workshop, Prophetic Music and Worship Conference, Havana, Fl
• Co-Presenter: FAMU Faculty-Led Study Abroad Seminar, CSSAH’s Resource, Recess, Dine and Develop Program, Tallahassee, Fl
• Presenter: The Prop Master Within: A Practical Guide to Prop Making Workshop, Florida Theatre Conference, Sante Fe College, Gainesville, Fl
• Presenter: Prop ‘til You Drop: Propping Workshop, Florida Theatre Conference, Gainesville, Fl
• Presenter: Properties in Play Workshop, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Americus, Ga
• Presenter: Prop ‘til You Drop: Propping Workshop, Southeastern Theatre Conference, Lexington, Ky

 

PRODUCTIONS:

• Director of The Wiz, Ten Minute Play Festival, Sweet Mama Stringbean, Paul Robeson Loyalty to Convictions, Three Little Birds, The Long Goodbye, Sing On, Ms. Griot, FAMU Essential Theatre, Tallahassee, Fl

• Director of Majesty, Metropolitan Cathedral of Truth, Havana, Fl

• Director of Sing On, Ms. Griot Stage Reading, National Theatre of Ghana, Accra
  
  

• Prop Master for Sunday Dinner, Pipeline, Two Trains Running, Single Black Female, STEAM, Dissonance, A Cool Drink of Water, The Waiting Room, Hands Up!, School Girls, King Hedley II, The House of Jean Rene’, In the Red and Brown Water, Sugar Ray, 33rd Edition of the FAMU Connection, Sing On, Ms. Griot, Skeleton Crew, Mississippi Delta, 32nd Edition of the FAMU Connection, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Dark Legends in Blood, Change It Up!, Radio Gulf, Akeelah and the Bee, Kokayi, 31st Edition of the FAMU Connection, Blues for An Alabama Sky, Detroit ’67, No Exit, The Burglary, The Dumb Waiter, Kissing the Blarney Stone, Celebration, 30th Edition of the FAMU Connection, Gem of the Ocean, Black Nativity and The Things Parents Say, Black Nativity, The Colored Museum, Five Guys Named Moe, and Josiah Returns, FAMU Essential Theatre, Tallahassee, Fl
  
  
• Properties Designer for Fences, Portland Playhouse, Portland, Or
  
  
• Costumer for Romeo & Juliet, STEAM, Dissonance, The House of Jean Rene', Redemption Song, Kokayi, Celebration, The Things Parents Say, Rising Star, The Creation, FAMU Essential Theatre, Tallahassee, Fl
  
  
• Actress in Pages of My Heart, Vol. 2, New Vision Film

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• Excellence in Direction from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for The Wiz by William F. Brown
  
  
• $2,000 Travel Grant Recipient (FAMU)
  
  
• The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 54, Certificate of Achievement in Directing for Sweet Mama Stringbean by Beth Turner
  
  
• The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival National Award: The Citizen Artist Award
  
  
• The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival National Award: Special Achievement in the Production of a Musical
  
  
• Excellence in Technical Production from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for King Hedley II by August Wilson
  
  
• Excellence in Direction from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for Sing On, Ms. Griot by Beth Turner
  
  
• Florida Theatre Conference Distinguish Career “Volunteer of the Year” Award
  
  
• $500 Professional Development Grant Recipient (FAMU)
  
  
• Essential Theatre Golden Ticket Award Recipient

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• THE 2000 Introduction to Theatre
  
• TPP 1700 Voice and Diction
  
• TPA 2290L Theatre Production Lab
  
• ORI 2000 Oral Interpretation
  
• ORI 4310 Readers Theatre
  
• THE 2931 Special Topics in Theatre: Design & Technology
  
• TPP 2190L Creative Works I

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