Walter Tabayoyong

Walter was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois where he studied at the American Conservatory of Music, the Chicago Academy for the Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago, DePaul University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was in a string quartet with his siblings and toured the US and played at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila with Cecile Licad. He danced with the Joel Hall Dancers for several seasons touring internationally and was a guest artist with numerous regional companies. He has been in productions of West Side Story, Miss Saigon, Guys and Dolls and many others in both Chicago and Los Angeles. He was one of the founding members in Chicago of the Asian sketch comedy group Stir Friday Night.