We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Tyler Tafolla. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Tyler below.
Tyler, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?
Every project I’ve worked on has some meaningful aspect for me and I definitely tend to leave a part of myself (sometimes unintentionally) in each of the projects I work on. My musical “Seasons” definitely feels the most personal just because of the fact that I was going through much of what happens in that show in my late teens and early 20’s. Seasons is about six friends who within the span of six years go through many of the ups, downs and milestone seasons on a young person’s life. They eventually all go their separate ways and are left wondering how they got to where they are now. I definitely could relate to that when I was first entering real adulthood. Those are very forming years where you realize who you want to be in this world and I’ve just now within the last five/six years myself have truly realized what I want to do and who I want to be in this life.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I am a Musical Theatre Composer, Playwright, Director, Actor and Producer. I write musicals, perform and do a lot of other creative things in between. I love writing original musicals that take you to other worlds and lands you haven’t experienced before. I love writing shows about characters that feel larger than life and will take you on an adventure. I am a huge fan of rich and powerful storytelling and I feel blessed to be able to do that for a living.
We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.
Any story of a musical theatre writer finishing a musical, let alone getting it produced, is a story of resilience. Because of just how hard it is to get one on its feet and how long the process takes to create a musical. It can take literal years to have what’s been floating around in your head make its way in front of an audience. It takes time, effort and a village to make these ideas come to life, but I’ve discovered it’s worth it, every step of the way. And more likely than not, the journey getting there can be more fun then the outcome itself.
We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?
As far as my experience goes with social media, it’s been in some cases the lifeline for my musicals having any sort of life. I know there are many negative aspects when it comes to social media in general, but when it’s come to my work, it’s sometimes been the only way people know what I’m working on or producing. More likely than not, it is through social media where people hear that I’m working on a new project, where people listen to what I’ve written, where people see an audition post I’ve made, where people see an advertisement for a show I’m working on, etc. In the day and age where there’s so much information flying by, consistent and quality social media marketing is the thing that keeps me in the zeitgeist of the conversation.
Contact Info:
- Website: tylertafolla.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tatafolla/
- Facebook: facebook.com/TylerATafolla
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ_tR7Qk0jcah9wew4KNzfw