Hi! My name is Tyler and I love Shakespeare. I love Shakespeare so much I teach it to my students at Inskip Elementary where I coach and teach theater through the University of Tennessee's University Assisted Community Schools program, and co-founded a company (called Seventy Thirty Creatives) with a goal (one of many) to produce entertaining, engaging and accessible Shakespeare to East Tennessee.

Oh, and my dog's name is Prince Hal.

Late in the fall of 2016 I made the choice to chase my dream. So I decided that I'd apply to and audition for the premier Shakespeare conservatory in the country: the Stella Adler Shakespeare Intensive.

So I did. And about an hour ago I received an email telling me I'd been accepted.

Wow.

Teaching children, running an entertainment startup and participating in the local theater community is the most fulfilling work in my life. It's also the hardest, most time consuming, and unfortunately not incredibly lucrative.

So I need your help!

The goal amount includes the tuition and most of my rent and utilities while I'm gone. I'm going with the goal of growing to become the best educator, director, performer and producer possible with the hope of continuing to enrich my community and create world class opportunities to the artists around me.