About

Tyler J. Sanderlin (he/they) grew up in San Diego, California, where he spent every possible moment loving the theatre. After beginning to perform there at 9 years old, SD is where they met the incredible mentors who inspired their love for this art form. Tyler now spends most of his year in Ohio, earning a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Theatre at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. When not performing, you can occasionally find Tyler in the back of house as a theatrical lighting designer. Outside of theatre, Tyler is a college admissions tour guide, avid Goodwill thrifter, professional pepperoni pizza critic, and TikTok doom scroller.

 

  Since the moment he turned 18, he started performing professionally both at home in SD and around the Cleveland area. Their passion for the art form only grows more and more every day, and their love of sharing their passion with others continues to shine through in their work. Tyler has performed in regional and community houses doing musicals, cabarets, and other various mediums of performance, of which 4 performances were nominated for Best Performer in a Musical in the Broadway World Awards: The Prom (Barry Glickman), Urinetown (Bobby Strong) [150k+ views on YouTube], Seasons (Max) and Seussical (Horton).  These companies include Broadway San Diego (2023 and 2024 Broadway San Diego Awards Finalist), La Jolla Playhouse (WoW Festival 2023), Great Lakes Theatre (Macbeth), Cygnet Theatre (From Page to Stage), Beck Center for the Arts (Mean Girls, Joseph...Dreamcoat), CCAE Theatricals (Rising Stars 2023), San Diego Musical Theatre (Matilda, Urinetown), Oceanside Theatre Company (Seasons), Groundworks Theatre (Miscast Cabaret, Much Ado about Casting Cabaret), Moonlight Stage (Seussical, Freaky Friday, Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins), Oberlin (Fun Home, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Haymarket), Ovation Theatre (The Prom, Something Rotten!), Ritz Theatre Company (Freaky Friday, A Night of Stars Cabaret), Scripps Theatre Arts (Newsies), Del Norte Theatre (Big Fish, Little Shop of Horrors) and other various local companies (Seussical, Tuck Everlasting, Singing in the Rain, Wizard of Oz, James and the Giant Peach, Into the Woods, High School Musical, Beauty and the Beast, Annie, Peter Pan, Godspell, Shrek)