Patrick Mayuyu

{{Short description|American actor and choreographer}}

{{Infobox person

| birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S.

| known_for = Spring Awakening

| credits = {{Plainlist|

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| awards = 2022 Best Ensemble Cast at Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival

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Patrick Mayuyu is an American actor and choreographer who appeared in productions of Avenue Q (2015), Melancholy Play (2018), Going to a Place Where You Already Are (2020), and the films MascLooking (2025) and We All Die Alone (2021).{{Cite web |last=Ang |first=Walter |date=2018-08-14 |title=Fil-Am Patrick Mayuyu wins Aubrey Award for choreography |url=https://usa.inquirer.net/14735/fil-patrick-mayuyu-wins-aubrey-award-choreography |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Inquirer |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2018-08-15 |title=Patrick Mayuyu receives Aubrey Award for Spring Awakening choreography |url=https://www.goodnewspilipinas.com/patrick-mayuyu-receives-aubrey-award-for-spring-awakening-choreography/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Good News Pilipinas |language=en-US}}

Personal life

Mayuyu was born and raised in San Diego.

Career

In 2018, Mayuyu co-founded MaArte Theatre Collective, a Fil-Am theater group in San Diego.{{Cite web |last=Ang |first=Walter |date=2018-05-02 |title=MaArte is San Diego's new Fil-Am theater group |url=https://usa.inquirer.net/11978/maarte-san-diegos-new-fil-theater-group |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Inquirer |language=en}} He won an Aubrey Award for his choreography on the musical Spring Awakening at OnStage Playhouse in 2017. Mayuyu choreographed the San Diego State University Color Guard and was also a performance consultant. In 2022, Mayuyu was among the Best Ensemble Cast at Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival for his role in We All Die Alone by Jonathan Hammond.{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-09-19 |title=2022 DTLA Film Festival Announces Award Winners |url=https://dtlaff.com/2022-dtla-film-festival-announces-award-winners/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival |language=en-US}} In 2025, he co-starred with Daniel Franzese in Hammond's short film MascLooking which premiered at Dances With Films.{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=MascLooking |url=https://danceswithfilms.com/masclooking/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Dances With Films}}

Stage credits

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Actor

!Choreographer

!Location

!Notes

2010

|The Rocky Horror Show

|{{n/a}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|OnStage Playhouse

|

2011

|Flower Drum Song: A Musical Revival in Concert

|

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|San Diego Asian American Repertory Theater

|{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |date=2011-03-28 |title=Concert Version of Flower Drum Song Will Play La Jolla Playhouse; New Resident Troupe Named for Fall |url=https://playbill.com/article/concert-version-of-flower-drum-song-will-play-la-jolla-playhouse-new-resident-troupe-named-for-fall-com-177689 |access-date=2025-06-11 |work=Playbill}}

rowspan="2" |2013

|Ching Chong Chinaman

|

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|San Diego Asian American Repertory Theater

|

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

|{{n/a}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|OnStage Playhouse

|

2015

|Avenue Q

|Bad Ideas Bear (Boy)

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Coronado Playhouse, Coronado, California

|{{Cite web |last1=Schoolov |first1=Katie |last2=Accomando |first2=Beth |date=2015-02-06 |title=Warning: 'Avenue Q' Contains Full Puppet Nudity |url=https://www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2015/02/06/warning-avenue-q-contains-full-puppet-nudity |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=KPBS Public Media |language=en}}

2017

|Spring Awakening

|{{n/a}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|OnStage Playhouse

|{{Cite web |last=Becijos |first=Jeanne |date=2017-07-21 |title='Spring Awakening' stirring up teenage emotions in potent OnStage production {{!}} The Star News |url=https://www.thestarnews.com/spring-awakening-stirring-up-teenage-emotions-in-potent-onstage-production/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=The Star-News}}

|Bat Boy: The Musical

|

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Ocean Beach Playhouse, Ocean Beach, California

|

|The Taming of the Shrew

|

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, California

|

|A Chorus Line

|

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Coronado Playhouse, Coronado, California

|

|Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.

|{{n/a}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, California

|

|Scrooge: The Musical

|{{n/a}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

|

rowspan="3" |2018

|A Man of No Importance

|{{n/a}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|Coronado Playhouse, Coronado, California

|

Melancholy Play

|Frank

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, California

|{{Cite web |last=Lowerison |first=Jean |date=2018-11-16 |title=An alluring melancholy |url=https://sdnews.com/an-alluring-melancholy/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408192042/https://sdnews.com/an-alluring-melancholy/ |archive-date=2025-04-08 |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=SDNews.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Jeff |date=2018-11-21 |title=Pessimistic, paralyzed, and sexy {{!}} San Diego Reader |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2018/nov/21/theater-pessimistic-paralyzed-and-sexy/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=San Diego Reader |language=en}}

Xanadu

|{{n/a}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|OnStage Playhouse

|{{Cite web |last=Launer |first=Pat |date=2018-07-15 |title=Take a Perfectly Wacky Musical Trip to Hilarious 'Xanadu' at OnStage Playhouse |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2018/07/14/take-a-perfectly-wacky-musical-trip-to-hilarious-xanadu-at-onstage-playhouse/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Times of San Diego |language=en-US}}

rowspan="2" |2019

|The Hour of Great Mercy

|Joseph

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, California

|

Carrie: The Musical

|{{n/a}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|OnStage Playhouse

|{{Cite web |last=Becijos |first=Jeanne |date=2019-10-17 |title=Devilish fun on tap at OnStage just in time for Halloween |url=https://www.thestarnews.com/devilish-fun-tap-at-onstage-just-in-time-for-halloween/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=The Star-News |language=en-US}}

2020

|Going to a Place Where You Already Are

|Angel

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|OnStage Playhouse

|{{Cite web |last=Becijos |first=Jeanne |date=2020-01-31 |title='Going to a Place Where You Already Are' is heaven sent |url=https://www.thestarnews.com/going-to-a-place-where-you-already-are-is-heaven-sent/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=The Star-News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Launer |first=Pat |date=2020-01-20 |title=Heaven on Earth Is a 'Place Where You Already Are' at OnStage Playhouse |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2020/01/19/heaven-on-earth-is-a-place-where-you-already-are-at-onstage-playhouse/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Times of San Diego |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Hebert |first=James |date=2020-01-12 |title=OnStage Playhouse looks at mortality and more with Bekah Brunstetter's 'Going to a Place' |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2020/01/12/onstage-playhouse-looks-at-mortality-and-more-with-bekah-brunstetters-going-to-a-place/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250611184359/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2020/01/12/onstage-playhouse-looks-at-mortality-and-more-with-bekah-brunstetters-going-to-a-place/ |archive-date=2025-06-11 |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Donald H. |date=2020-01-29 |title=Roberta meets her Angel at the OnStage |url=https://www.sdjewishworld.com/2020/01/29/roberta-meets-her-angel-at-the-onstage/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=San Diego Jewish World |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Coddon |first=David L. |date=2020-02-03 |title=OnStage Playhouse delivers a smart and tender 'Going To A Place Where You Already Are' |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2020/02/03/onstage-playhouse-delivers-a-smart-and-tender-going-to-a-place-where-you-already-are/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408074047/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2020/02/03/onstage-playhouse-delivers-a-smart-and-tender-going-to-a-place-where-you-already-are/ |archive-date=2025-04-08 |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}

2024

|Fun Home

|{{n/a}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|New Village Arts, Carlsbad, California

|{{Cite web |last=Kragen |first=Pam |date=2024-02-08 |title=New Village Arts' moving 'Fun Home' tackles tough subjects with grace |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/02/08/new-village-arts-moving-fun-home-tackles-tough-subjects-with-grace/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}

Accolades

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!Event / Festival

!Year

!Award

!Title

!Result

!Ref.

Aubrey Awards

|2018

|Best Choreography

|Spring Awakening

|{{won}}

|

Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema

| rowspan="2" |2022

| rowspan="1" |Best Actor - Short Film

| rowspan="2" |We All Die Alone

|{{nom}}

|

Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival

|Best Ensemble Cat

|{{won}}

|

References

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