Daryl D. Brooks

Daryl D. Brooks

Daryl D Brooks is a Chicago based Director, Writer and producer. Daryl has been with the Black
Ensemble Theater for over 20 years and is currently the Producing Managing Director. His
musical revue, You Can’t Fake the Funk: A Journey Through Funk Music, premiered at Black
Ensemble Theater and earned him an African American Arts Award, Black Theater Alliance
Award, and the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best  Musical/Revue. His production Men of Soul
also received multiple awards and nominations including the Chicago Broadway World
nomination for Best Director for a Musical/Revue, a Jeff Award Nomination for Best Director of
a Review, and was selected for production at The National Black Theater Festival. He has
directed over fifty productions and some credits include; Black Pearl: A Tribute to Josephine
Baker, Women of Soul, Time Machine: A Tribute to the 80’s, HITT Records(Black Ensemble
Theatre), Memphis!, Pump Boys and Dinettes (Porchlight Musical Theatre), Million Dollar
Quartet (Theatre At the Center), Akeelah and the Bee and Fast Food Chain (Adventure Stage
and Northwestern Settlement) Color Purple, Dreamgirls (Phoenix Theater Company) Assasins
(Theo Ubique) Sunday In The Park With George, Pippin!(Columbia College Chicago) and many,
many more! Daryl is a proud member of the Sarah Siddons Artistic Council. In 2019 Daryl
received the Chicago Defender’s Men of Excellence Award for building diversity and equity
within the Chicago theater community. He was also named one of New City Stages 50 Players
in Chicago in 2022 and 2024. His most important role to date is being a father to his wonderful,
Tik Tock loving daughter Maya!