Shaun Taylor-Corbett
{{short description|American actor, singer and writer (born 1978)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shaun Taylor-Corbett
| birth_name = Shaun Michael Taylor-Corbett
| image = Shaun Taylor-Corbett.JPG
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Shaun Taylor-Corbett in 2014
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|10|6}}
| birth_place = Jennersville, Pennsylvania{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/shaun-taylor-corbett-vault-0000043614|title=Shaun Taylor-Corbett -Playbill|website=Playbill|access-date=2016-04-24}}
| alma_mater = University of Delaware
| years_active = 2003–present
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|Singer|Writer}}
}}
Shaun Michael Taylor-Corbett or I’Pyooksisstiiko’om{{cite web |title=Between Two Knees |url=https://pacnyc.org/whats-on/between-two-knees/ |website=Pac NYC |access-date=11 August 2024}} (born October 6, 1978){{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/shaun-taylor-corbett-vault-0000043614|title=Shaun Taylor-Corbett -Playbill|website=Playbill|access-date=2016-04-24}} is an American actor, singer and writer. Taylor-Corbett is known for his roles in Jersey Boys (2nd National Tour), In the Heights by Lin Manuel Miranda,{{cite web |title=Shaun Taylor-Corbett |url=https://www.amasmusical.org/distant-thunder?pgid=lzb9vkjb-8f6d5760-9058-4ee9-ab25-4c67708841fd |website=Amas Musical Theatre }} and Between Two Knees by The 1491s.{{cite web |last1=Rabinowitz |first1=Chloe |title=Photos: First Look at The 1491s BETWEEN TWO KNEES at Perelman Performing Arts Center |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Photos-First-Look-at-The-1491s-BETWEEN-TWO-KNEES-at-Perelman-Performing-Arts-Center-20240208 |website=Broadway World |access-date=11 August 2024}} He also stars as 'Darrell Walters' in the musical he co-created, Distant Thunder,{{cite web |last1=Vanek |first1=Jessica |title=Q&A with Shaun Taylor-Corbett (Distant Thunder) |url=https://lyrictheatreokc.com/qa-with-shaun-taylor-corbett-distant-thunder/ |website=Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma |access-date=11 August 2024}} and is a prolific audiobook narrator with credits including There There by Tommy Orange, The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones,{{cite web |title=Shaun Taylor-Corbett |url=https://lyrictheatreokc.com/people/shaun-taylor-corbett/ |website=Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma |access-date=11 August 2024}} and Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse.{{cite web |title=Black Sun Audiobook |url=https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781508283065-black-sun |website=libro.fm |access-date=11 August 2024}}
Early life
Shaun Michael Taylor-Corbett was born on October 6, 1978 in Jennersville, Pennsylvania, and is the only son of choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Music Executive Michael Corbett. He has three sisters.{{cite web|url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/incredible-wonder-and-magic-distant-thunder-rolling-toward-broadway|title=Incredible Wonder and Magic Distant Thunder Rolling Toward Broadway}} Indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com Retrieved 2021-07-19 He was raised in Rockville Centre, New York. I’Pyooksisstiiko’om is mixed-race and of Blackfeet, Scandinavian, and Black{{cite web |title=Between Two Knees |url=https://www.seattlerep.org/plays/past-seasons/2020s/202223-season/between-two-knees/ |website=Seattle Rep |access-date=11 August 2024}} descent.
Taylor-Corbett graduated from the University of Delaware, where he sang for an a cappella group called the University of Delaware YChromes. He was also the vice president of the university's World Peace Club and was an honors student. He received vocal training from Shirley Callaway.
After college, Taylor-Corbett joined The New York Public Theater, where he performed Shakespeare. He also joined the Harrington Theater Arts Company and appeared on the soap opera All My Children many times. Taylor-Corbett also played Romeo in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey.{{Cite web|url=http://www.udel.edu/PR/Messenger/03/2/giive.html|title=Give this grad a Hi-5|website=www.udel.edu|access-date=2016-04-24}}
Career
In 2003, Taylor-Corbett joined the American counterpart to the Australian kids' show of the same name. In Hi-5, his segment is Shapes in Space, where he would play with play objects, as if they were real life objects, like a giant pyramid and a tunnel. Taylor-Corbett would also explain the functions of shapes as well as performing three songs in each show: solo and as part of the Hi-5 band.{{Cite web|url=http://web.poptower.com/shaun-taylor-corbett.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127202354/http://web.poptower.com/shaun-taylor-corbett.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-11-27|title=Shaun Taylor-Corbett pictures, bio, movies|website=web.poptower.com|access-date=2016-04-24}}
Taylor-Corbett left Hi-5 in 2006 to further pursue his performing career. He played Juan in the hit Off-Broadway musical Altar Boyz from July 3, 2006 – May 6, 2007.{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/95723/hi-5-star-shaun-taylor-corbett-heads-to-altar-boyz-in-july/|title=Hi-5 Star Shaun Taylor-Corbett Heads to Altar Boyz in July|website=Broadway.com|access-date=2016-04-24}} He also appeared on Broadway in the play In the Heights.{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Shaun-Taylor-Corbett-to-be-Honored-by-Association-on-American-Indian-Affairs-20141104|title=Shaun Taylor-Corbett to be Honored by Association on American Indian Affairs|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=2016-04-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.theimproper.com/theater/668/shaun-taylor-corbett-climbs-new-heights-on-broadway/|title=Shaun Taylor-Corbett Climbs New 'Heights' on Broadway|website=TheImproper.com: Theater News|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/exclusive-native-american-musical-distant-thunder-readies-for-the-stage-see-and-hear-it-first-com-364692|title=Exclusive! Native American Musical Distant Thunder Readies for the Stage – See and Hear It First {{!}} Playbill|website=Playbill|access-date=2016-04-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/152621/jon-rua-and-shaun-taylor-corbett-set-to-return-to-in-the-heights/|title=Jon Rua and Shaun Taylor-Corbett Set to Return to In the Heights|website=Broadway.com|access-date=2016-04-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gardenstatejournal.com/content/gsj-interviews-distant-thunder-writer-shaun-taylor-corbett-8551.html|title=GSJ Interviews Distant Thunder writer, Shaun- Taylor Corbett-GSJ Staff- Garden State Journal|website=www.gardenstatejournal.com|access-date=2016-04-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://stageraw.com/2016/02/16/vieux-carre-theater-review/|title=Vieux Carré|website=STAGE RAW – ARTS IN L.A. – SERVED FRESH|access-date=2016-04-24}}
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External links
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