About Us

Tom is proud to be the Head Theatre Director at SCHS where he enjoys working with amazing students and department colleagues in a supportive and creative environment. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in performance from Stephen F. Austin State University and his Masters of Fine Arts in performance from the University of South Carolina. Before moving back to Texas, he spent 22 years as an actor performing professionally at the North Carolina Shakespeare

Festival, Classic Theatre Alliance in Augusta, Georgia, The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC, Trustus Theatre in Columbia, SC, and was a seven-year company member with the South Carolina Shakespeare Company. He also spent 3 years as a member of the professional improv comedy troupe the We're Not Your Mother players. Some of his acting credits include, Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Leontes in A Winter's Tale, Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors, Starbuck in The Rainmaker, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, The Chorus in Henry V, Gene in Side Man, Eddie Carbone in A View from the Bridge, Jerry in Betrayal, Richard Hennay in The 39 Steps and he originated the role of Actor 3 in Stephen Belber's The Transparency of Val. Tom has also taught theatre classes at the University of South Carolina, Newberry College, Midlands Technical College, Central Carolina Community College and Lee County High School.