Myrton is an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Indian Tribe located in Browning, Montana. He was raised near Lake Tahoe, California, by his mother Lillian with his two siblings. Myrton attended Western Michigan University on a full athletic scholarship, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, an MFA in film production from the University of Southern California, an MA in Performance Studies from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, and a PhD in Theater and Performance Studies from Stanford University.
