INFORMATION
Life Before College and Education
Mylo Johnson was born in raised in Brecksville, Ohio, a small suburb about fifteen minutes directly south of Cleveland. He was enrolled into The Ohio State University in 2018 and attended, switching majors twice – once per semester – until now. Mylo currently is perusing a dual major in design and arts management as well as minors in theatre and musical theatre and architecture. He stays busy on campus by being a part of Off The Lake Productions (OTL), working alongside the OSU Theatre Department, organizing arts festivals, working out at the North Recreational Center, practicing music, auditioning everywhere, and trying to find freelancing voice acting gigs for some extra cash.
- Semesters at OSU:
- Autumn 2018 – on track for major in mechanical engineering
- Spring 2019 – on track for dual major in architecture and arts management, minor in theatre
- Autumn 2019 – on track for dual major in design and arts management, minors in theatre and musical theatre
- Spring 2020 – on track for dual major in design and arts management, minors in theatre, architecture, and musical theatre (if time allows it)
INTERESTS
Theatre
Ever since his junior year of high school, Mylo has been involved in drama. He became a thespian the very year he started theatre, involving himself in many productions as well as working behind the scenes in set building, painting, electrical work, costume construction, and dramaturgy. Mylo plans to continue his theatrical career as far as it can carry him, hoping one day to self-produce his own personal theatre that would double as a center for arts education in hopes to inspire a younger generation and continue the vision of spreading important messages through live performance. He also participates in many smaller theatre-oriented projects such as the New Works Lab, workshops, freelance film projects, and freelance voice-over/voice acting work.
- Previous performances:
- Judge Hawthorn – The Crucible
- Prince Dauntless – Once Upon A Mattress
- Elwood P. Dowd – Harvey
- Cinderella’s Prince – Into the Woods
- Sammy – Michael von Siebenburg Melts Through the Floorboards
- Cooper – Really Really
- Snout (Wall) – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Lemml/Lou – Indecent
- Upcoming performances:
- Jason Dean (JD) – Heather’s
- Tim / Freddie (understudies) – Noises Off
Music
Hand-in-hand with theatre, Mylo loves music! He plays (and is learning) a variety of instruments in order to increase his roster of skills in this field. He writes poetry and lyrics and is aiming to produce some form of product within the next year. He thoroughly enjoys all kinds of music from heavy metal to lo-fi to jazz to folk. Mylo’s favorite genre is progressive rock, his favorite band is Yes and his favorite solo artist is Dodie Clark.
- Instruments learned:
- trumpet – 8 years – advanced
- voice – 4 years – intermediate
- ukulele – 3 years – intermediate
- guitar – 2 years – beginner
- sousaphone – 1 year – beginner
- piano – 1 year – beginner
Creation
Finally, Mylo loves to get his hands dirty and make things. He has had a knack for creation since he was a child fiddling with construction paper, making his own personal cards for his loved ones when he couldn’t afford the ones in the store. Since then, Mylo has developed various levels of creation in several mediums. The largest stride of improvement came from creating theatrical sets in high school with his director. Mylo’s largest unprompted creation is his personal tarot card set, made entirely of cardstock and collages of 1949 LIFE magazine snippits. He also enjoys making stickers digitally and sells some of his work on RedBubble and Etsy for some extra pocket money. Another hobby of his is modeling and photography, meticulously planning out shoot locations, themes and wardrobe, working in tandem with his talented photographer friend, Katy Bilek, in editing and retouching the photos. More than anything, Mylo loves to make people feel in awe. He gains utter and total satisfaction from putting himself to the side just to create happiness in another’s eyes. His goal is to intrigue and invite in people with his work, hopefully inspiring other people to realize their passions and following them with all their might.