Garland
Lyons has been performing since he was 14 years old, when he appeared
in his first play, The Imaginary Invalid. Since then, he has
lived and performed up and down the West Coast including stops in Seattle,
Los Angeles and now Portland, where he has been involved in the theatre
community since 2001. Recent roles include Buddy Tally in Talley and
Son at Profile Theatre Project and Captain Jaggery in True Confessions
of Charlotte Doyle at NW Children’s Theatre. Other local credits
include Orsino in Twelfth Night, Mr Seymour in Hor D’Oeuvres
for Stark Raving Theatre, and Avery in Treatment. He is also
a mentor in Artist Repertory Theatre’s Actors-To-Go program. Favorite
roles include Lyle Vial in In Perpetuity Throught the Universe,
Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Leo Davis in Room
Service. He has appeared in a number of independent films and the
pilot for the short-lived NBC sitcom Emeril. Garland graduated
from the University of Washington with a BA in Drama and Psychology.