TYLER TAFOLLA

Writer | Producer | Performer | Director | Puppeteer 

 

WRITING

 

Dead Moose | Book, Music, Lyrics 

Oceanside Theatre Company MainStage | 2026 Season 

City Heights Performance Annex, San Diego | 2025 Staged Reading 

 

Scott Robbins and the Traveling Show | Book, Music, Lyrics 

AMDA Los Angeles Artist’s Lab Workshop 2017 |

[ First Ever Full Length, Original, Student Written Musical Produced at AMDA Los Angeles ]

NY Theatre Festival Summerfest 2017 | Nominated Best Musical & Best Score

Rockwell Table and Stage Los Angeles | 2018 Staged Reading 

Hillcrest Center of the Arts Thousand Oaks, CA | Young Artist Forever | 2019 Production  

Groundworks Theatre Arts San Diego, CA | 2019 Production

GROW @ The Wallis Los Angeles | 2019 Writers Workshop Participant 

Manhattan School of Music | 2020 Virtual Production 

Musical-Podcast Radio Play | Streaming on Youtube | 2020 

Diversionary Theatre San Diego, CA | 2022 Production 

Music Featured in the 2018 Film “Cold Brook” | Dir. William Fichtner

 

Seasons: A New Musical Song-Cycle | Book, Music, Lyrics

Cast Album | 2020 | Streaming on all Music Platforms | Broadway Records

54 Below NYC | 2022 Album Release Concert 

Hollywood Majestic Los Angeles | 2022 West Coast Premier 

Oceanside Theatre Company MainStage | 2023 Season 

 

DanceLand | Book, Music, Lyrics | 2023

City Heights Performance Annex, 2023 San Diego Production 

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Catching Up! | One Man Show 

2019 Rockwell Table & Stage Performance

2024 City Heights Performance Annex, San Diego Performance 

 

Legoland California Annual Star Awards 2024 | Script & Songs 

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PERFORMING & PRODUCING 

 

The Pacific Pals | The Aquarium of the Pacific | Voiceover, Puppeteer & Music Supervisor | 2024-Present

 

The Muppet Scriptmas Carol | Music Director & Musician | Dynasty Typewriter | 2025 | Dir. Matt Wilkie

 

Disney+ | “Not Just a Goof” Documentary | 2024 | Vocalist

 

Movin' Right Along: An All Star Tribute to Jim Henson | 2024- Present | Producer, Director & Puppeteer

 

Noah Sunday-Lefkowitz Presents "Calling All Dreamers: A Celebration of Disney Parks Music" | 2024-Present | Producer/Performer 

 

"Jolly Holidays with Noah" | 2025 | Performer/Puppeteer | Prod. Brock Powell

 

"Magic Dance" | 2026 | Short Film | Producer & Editor

 

Sesame Place San Diego | "Welcome to Our Street" | 2022 | Show Host | Dir. John Tartaglia 

 

Swazzle | Los Angeles Zoo | Puppeteer | 2019 | Dir. Rachel Herrick 

 

Legoland California Resort | Entertainment | 2023-Present | Performer/Parade Dancer/Voiceover

 

Sesame Place San Diego | Entertainment | 2022-2024 | Puppeteer/Performer/Costume Character/Parade Dancer

 

Sea World San Diego   |   Entertainment   |   2012-2022  |   Performer/Costume Character/Biff

 

World Entertainment   |   Cirque Electrique   |   2019  |   Performer

 

Jim Henson Company   |   "Splash and Bubbles"   |   2016-2017  |   Pre-Production/PA

 

DIRECTING

 

Oceanside Theatre Company | Dead Moose | 2026 

 

The Green Room 42 New York | Movin' Right Along: An All Star Tribute to Jim Henson | 2025

 

54 Below New York | Seasons: A New Musical Song-Cycle | 2022

 

Legoland California | Star Awards | Music Video & Video Content | 2024

 

City Heights Performance Annex | DanceLand | 2023

 

Oceanside Theatre Company | Seasons: A New Musical Song-Cycle | 2023

 

Hollywood Majestic | Seasons: A New Musical Song-Cycle | 2022

 

Diversionary Theatre | Scott Robbins and the Traveling Show    |   2022  

 

Salomon Theatre: Point Loma Nazarene University | Woman in the Woods | 2022

 

New York Theatre Festival: Summerfest |   Scott Robbins and the Traveling Show   |   2017  |  

 

Rockwell Table and Stage |   Scott Robbins and the Traveling Show   |   2018  |  

 

National Youth Theatre Company San Diego   |   Tuck Everlasting   |   2020  |  

 

National Youth Theatre Company San Diego   |   Godspell   |   2019  |  

 

THEATRE

 

San Diego Musical Theatre | Seussical the Musical | 2026 | The Grinch/ Puppeteer | Dir. Van Angelo & Xavier J. Bush 

 

Teatro San Diego   |   West Side Story  |   2023  |  Riff | Dir. Michelle Alves

 

Diversionary Theatre   |   Scott Robbins and the Traveling Show    |   2022  |   Scott Robbins

 

Cupcake Theater  |  Avenue Q   |   2016   |   Princeton/Rod | Dir. Michael Sobie

 

 

VIDEOGRAPHY

 

Moonlight Amphitheater | 2022-Present | Production Videographer/Editor 

 

Cygnet Theatre | 2023 | Production Videographer/Editor

 

San Diego Musical Theatre | 2025-Present | Production Videographer/Editor

 

UC San Diego | ArtPower/Epstein Family Amphitheater |  2022- 2025 | Production Videographer/Editor

 

KPBS San Diego | “Wonderland” & “Dining Out with Noah” | Videographer & Editor

 

Blindspot Collective | 2025-Present | Production Videographer/Editor

 

Oceanside Theatre Company | 2024- Present | Production Videographer/Editor

 

TRAINING

 

AMDA Los Angeles   |   Musical Theatre   |   Joel Bishoff, Brooks Almy, John Sloman

 

AMDA Los Angeles   |   Acting   |   Chris Salzar, Paul Perry

 

AMDA Los Angeles   |   Music Theory  |   Nick Petrillo, Kathryn Lounsbery, Doug Mattingly

 

AMDA Los Angeles   |   On-Camera   |   Adam Silver, Cain Devore

 

AMDA Los Angeles   |   Voice   |   John DeLuise

 

 

SPECIAL SKILLS

Puppetry, videography & editing, snap, whistle, moonwalk, guitar, piano, harmonica.