Wayne Pyle is a popular actor and writer. His interests include a variety of theatrical, television, and film ventures.
He hosts the Hudson Valley Casting Call podcast where he discusses issues pertaining to the entertainment industry in Hudson Valley.
Where did Wayne Pyle go to high school?
The Professional Theatre Training Program, or P.T.T.P., at the University of Delaware is where Pyle received his MFA in acting.
During his three years at the P.T.T.P., he performed at national and international theatre festivals as well as Shakespeare festivals across the country.
He founded the American Shakespeare Theatre Company after completing graduate school, which produced and toured Taiwan with a production of “Hamlet” in 2000. A documentary about the incident that aired on the Sundance Channel was co-produced by him and titled “Within a Play.”
He worked with the improv comic group ComedySportz while living in Philadelphia, and he appeared in a few minor supporting roles in movies like Unbreakable. In 2001, while pursuing a career in regional theatre, he was chosen to play Simba in the show’s first National Tour of Disney’s “The Lion King” in 2001, playing Ed the hyena and filling in for Timon and Zazu.
