Performer. Pragmatist. Prestidigitator.

Hey, I'm Tony.

Designer by trade, performer by heart. Chicago → NYC → NJ.

Tony Patryn
Nice to meet you

Designer. Performer. Producer.

Twenty-plus years making things — for screens, for print, and for the stage.

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At the desk

The pragmatist.

An artist since I could hold a pencil, I've been a graphic designer for over 20 years — working with agencies and companies on award-winning campaigns, and getting in on the ground floor of several successful startups.

Front-end, branding, print, illustration — if it needs to be designed, built, or made to make sense, that's my wheelhouse.

On stage

The performer.

Before all that, I was a regular emcee at showcases and cabarets around New York City and Chicago — writer and creator of Safe Travels: a Jukebox Musical, and creator and former board member of the Elmwood Park Community Theater.

  • Off-Broadway — Mushnik / Ensemble in Drunk Musicals; Bruno in Truffles
  • Regional — Rocky in Aven'U Boys (Midwest Premiere)
  • Mick Jagger in We Will Rock You (US Premiere)
  • Nick in In My Life (Midwest Premiere)
  • Orin Scrivello, DDS in Little Shop of Horrors
Behind the curtain

The producer.

I'm Vice-President on the Board of Directors for the Off-Broadway theater Playhouse 46 in NYC. I co-created and ran the monthly showcase The Campy Cabaret, and for five years (until COVID squashed everything) I was writing, producing, and directing the next generation of Broadway talent.

Alumni went on to star in:

Hadestown · Wicked · The Color Purple · Almost Famous · Bat Out of Hell · Americano! · & more

Chicago » NYC » NJ. If you need me, you can find me at the nearest karaoke bar.

Let's make something.

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