TOM MCSWEENEY c.s.a
DIRECTOR
Ruby Theatre, Hollywood 1995
Class of 77
Clara and the Gambler
Money Talks
Disneyland It Ain't
Beached
Callendar's Wilshire, Los Angeles 1993
From This Moment On (also wrote)
The Dining Room
Cloud Nine
View from the Bridge
The Prognosis is Marriage
The Tangled Snarl
Minnesota Moon
Botticelli
The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, West Hollywood 1988
Once Upon a Mattress
Becca
Birdbath
Scenes from the Masters
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Margo Albert Theatre, Plaza de la Raza, East Los Angeles 1985
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
Casa Laguna Inn, Laguna Beach 1984
A Little Stephen Sondheim (also wrote)
Kenneth C Beck Center for the Performing Arts, Lakewood 1983
Oliver!
Cinderella
Scenes from the Masters (adaptation as well)
Dr. Cook's Garden
Treasure Island (adaptation as well)
The Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland 1983
Nicholas Nickelby (assistant to the director)
* first American production
Kobacker Hall, Bowling Green 1978-1983
Ruddigore
The Crucible (opera) *
Broadway Melody of 1980 (also wrote)
Broadway Melody of 1981 (also wrote)
Broadway Melody of 1982 (also wrote)
Side Door Cafe, Bowling Green 1978-1983
Freshman Follies (also wrote)
Broadway Melody of 1981 (also wrote)
The Magical Music of Walt Disney (also wrote)
Bowling Green State University Department of Theatre 1978-83
Our Town
Oedipus in Wonderland
The Pajama Game *
Fiddler on the Roof *
Pippin *
Lakewood High School, Lakewood 1978-83
The Miracle Worker
The Red Peppers
The Lesson
Pirates of Penzance
The Gondoliers
* denotes assistant director/staging director
PERFORMER
The Cassandra Gaylor Theatre, Hollywood 1986
The Prognosis is MarriageCount
Laguna Moulton Theatre, Laguna Beach 1984
Tales of Fanny Keenan Wyatt Earp
The Enchanted Hills Playhouse, Summer Stock, Lake Wawasee 1981
Man of La Mancha Sancho
Oliver! Dodger
Oklahoma! Will
The Fantasticks Matt
Showboat Frank
Kiss Me Kate Bill Calhoun
The Time of Your Live Nick
PinocchioCandlewick
The Huron Playhouse, Summer Stock, Huron, 1980
Fiddler on the RoofMotel
Cinderella Herald
California Suite Mort
Bowling Green State University Department of Theatre 1978-93
Imaginary Invalid Apothecary
Antony and CleopatraEros
The Miser La Merlouche
The Rainmaker H.C.
PippinChorus
The Pajama GameChorus
You're.. Charlie Brown Linus
Oedipus in WonderlandOriginal Cast
Bowling Green State University College of Music 1978-83
Some Pig (opera version of Charlotte's Web)Templeton
Trial By JuryChorus
CarmenChorus
Broadway Melody of 1980 Collegiates
Broadway Melody of 1981 Collegiates
Broadway Melody of 1982 Collegiates
Victor Borge ShowCollegiates
Miss BGSU Pageant Collegiates
Rich Little ShowCollegiates
The Best of BroadwayCollegiates
The Berea Playhouse, Summer Stock, Berea 1976-79
Dracula Renfield
The Mousetrap Paravicini
1776 Courier
Cabaret M.C.
Once Upon a Mattress Dauntless
PinocchioCandlewick
The Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival Cleveland 1973-78*
* spent seven seasons as an apprentice/actor/assistant director King John Arthur Taming of the Shrew Grumio (u/s)
Midsummer Night's Dream Puck (u/s)
Ah! Wilderness Tommy
Huntington Playhouse Bay Willage 1974-83
She Loves Me Arphad
Barnum Tom Thumb
Hello Dolly! Barnaby
The Music Man Marcellus
How to Succeed in Business...Finch
A Funny Thing...ForumHero
Gemini Francis
Lakewood High School, Lakewood, Ohio 1974-78
Arsenic and Old Lace Einstein
Life with FatherClarence Jr.
The Miracle WorkerJames
The MousetrapParavicini
Music ManMayor Shinn
The GondoliersDuke
Bye Bye BirdieHarvey
Oliver!Artful Dodger
The Diary of Anne FrankPeter
Kenneth C Beck Center for the Performing Arts, Lakewood 1968-83
The Amorous Flea Alain (Best Supporting Actor-Clevland Critics Circle 1983)
Most Happy FellaHerman
Philemon Andos
Sweeney Todd Tobias
A Little Night Music Frid
Brigadoon Harry Beaton
The Miracle Worker Jimmy
Take Me Along Richard
Peter Pan Michael
Camelot Mordred
Sound of Music Kurt
Gypsy Tulsa
The Music Man Winthrop
King and I Louis
Mame Patrick
Rip Van WinkleKing of the Midgets
Hans BrinkerVoostenwalbert
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
April 1994 - present
Casting Director/Owner
TOM MCSWEENEY CASTING
October 1988 - April 1994
Casting Director/Partner
HENDERSON/MCSWEENEY CASTING
3025 W. Olympic Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90403
(310)828-7477
May 1987 - October 1988
Assistant to Theatrical Agent
INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE MANAGEMENT
8942 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(310)550-4000
April 1986 - May 1987Director of Children's Theatre
LEE STRASBERG THEATRE INSTITUTE
7936 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(213)650-7777
May 1985 - April 1986
Public Relations Director
PLAZA DE LA RAZA CULTURAL CENTER
FOR THE ARTS & EDUCATION
3540 N. Mission Road
Los Angeles, CA 90031
(213)223-2475
December 1985 - April 1986
Programs Coordinator
ARTS CONSORTIUM OF LOS ANGELES
244 S. San Pedro Road
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(213)661-2176
January 1985 - December 1985
Production Manager
ALEX COLON PRODUCTIONS
Post Office Box 1221
Studio City, CA 91604
(818)763-6060
August 1983 - January 1985
Director of Childen's Theatre
KENNETH C BECK CENTER for the PERFORMING ARTS
17801 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, OH 44107
(216)521-2540
August 1983 - November 1983
Assistant to Artistic Director
GREAT LAKES SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
1501 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44131
(216)241-5490
September 1982 - June 1983
Teacher - Undergraduate Acting Program
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
Bowling Green, OH 43403
(419)372-2222
June through October 1976 - 1980
Actor, Apprentice
GREAT LAKES SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
1501 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44131
(216)241-5490
EDUCATION
Offered Teaching position and scholarship to:
MASTERS PROGRAM at PURDUE UNIVERSITY in 1987.
September 1978 - August 1983
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
B.A. in Communications
Bowling Green, OH 43403
Majors: Theatre, Directing
Graduate with Honors 1983
Minors: English, Radio, TV, Film, Journalism
Scholarship recipient 4 years
September 1974 - June 1978
LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
High School Diploma
14100 Franklin Blvd.3.5 Grade Point Average
Lakewood, OH 44107
September 1971 - June 1974
HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Graduate
1210 Clifton Blvd.
Lakewood, OH 44107
September 1965 - June 1971
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Graduate
1660 Clifton Blvd.
Lakewood, OH 44107
TRADE SCHOOLS/APPRENTICESHIPS
September 1968 - June 1972
KENNETH C. BECK CENTER for the PERFORMER ARTS
Graduate
17801 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, OH 44107
June 1972 - June 1976
GREAT LAKES SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
Apprentice
1501 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44131
June 1979 - September 1979
THE HURON PLAYHOUSE
Actor/Apprentice
325 Ohio Street
Huron, OH 43422
June 1980 - September 1980
ENCHANTED HILLS PLAYHOUSE
Actor/Apprentice
10 Snow White Drive
Lake Wawasee, IN 23544
November 1983 - March 1984
NORTH AMERICAN CINEMA CORPORATION
Apprentice/Intern
Terminal Tower 18th Floor
Cleveland, OH 44116
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ACTION IN ACTING WORKSHOP
Burbank, CA
THIRD STAGE WORKSHOPS
Burbank, CA
ONE ON ONE WORKSHOP
No. Hollywood, CA
TVI ENTERPRISES
Sherman Oaks, CA
TAKE ONE WORKSHOP
Los Angeles, CA
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD SHOWCASE
Los Angeles, CA
REEL PRO'S WORKSHOP
Sherman Oaks, CA
RAMONA RHODES WORKSHOP
Los Angeles, CA
MARGO MANNING ENTERPRISES
Phoenix, Az
Dallas, TX
New Orleans, LA
ACTORS WORKSHOP of LAGUNA
Laguna Beach, CA
WAYNE DVORAK WORKSHOPS
Los Angeles, CA
CHENEY WINSLOW WORKSHOPS
San Diego, CA
Studio City, CA
Seattle, WA
Vancouver, BC
IN THE ACT WORKSHOPS
San Francisco, CA
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