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TOM BOOKER has studied improvisation and sketch at The Second City Training Center and with legendary improv guru Del Close at Chicago’s ImprovOlympic. He is a founding member of Chicago’s Annoyance Theatre and has been a director and instructor at The Second City Training Center in Los Angeles.
{{Infobox Performer
|Name = Tom Booker
|Picture = Tom Booker Pic.jpg
|Theater= [[The Institution Theater]]
|Years = 2008-Present
}}


Tom co-wrote and co-directed (with producing partner Jon Kean) the feature film Kill The Man starring Luke Wilson, which premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. Through Theatre-A-Go-Go!, the L.A. theater company he founded, Tom wrote and directed “Patty, Patty, BANG! BANG! – The Patty Hearst Musical!” and “Up With Puberty!” (co-written with Whose Line Is It Anyway?’s musical director, Laura Hall), and a stage production of Valley Of The Dolls (which starred Kate Flannery of The Office) at New York’s Circle In The Square Theater.
'''Tom Booker''' is an improv performer and director. He co-runs [[The Institution Theater]].


Tom performed in The Annoyance Theatre’s Off-Broadway production of “The Real Live Brady Bunch” at the world famous Village Gate Theatre and at the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles.
== Summary ==
Tom Booker has studied improvisation and sketch at The Second City Training Center and with legendary improv guru Del Close at Chicago's ImprovOlympic. He is a founding member of Chicago's Annoyance Theatre and has been a director and instructor at The Second City Training Center in Los Angeles.
 
Tom co-wrote and co-directed (with producing partner Jon Kean) the feature film Kill The Man starring Luke Wilson, which premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. Through Theatre-A-Go-Go!, the L.A. theater company he founded, Tom wrote and directed "Patty, Patty, BANG! BANG! – The Patty Hearst Musical!" and "Up With Puberty!" (co-written with ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'''s musical director, Laura Hall), and a stage production of ''Valley Of The Dolls'' (which starred Kate Flannery of ''The Office'') at New York's Circle In The Square Theater.
 
Tom performed in The Annoyance Theatre's Off-Broadway production of "The Real Live Brady Bunch" at the world famous Village Gate Theatre and at the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles.


He has appeared in several television shows, a few movies and nearly a hundred commercials.
He has appeared in several television shows, a few movies and nearly a hundred commercials.


He’s a really nice guy. You should meet him.
He's a really nice guy. You should meet him.
 
== Troupes ==
* [[Baxter and Bernard]]
* [[Confidence Men]]
 
== Shows ==
* ''[[Bad Girls in Plaid Skirts]]'' (writer, director, performer [The Bishop])
* ''[[Fuck It's Christmas]]'' (director, performer)
* ''[[Fuck It's Hot]]'' (director)
* ''[[Live TV Tuesdays: Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' (director)
* ''[[Live TV Tuesdays: John Hughes Summer School]]'' (director)
* ''[[Live TV Tuesdays: My So-Called Life]]'' (director)
* ''[[Live TV Tuesdays: Saved by the Bell]]'' (director)
* ''[[Manson: The Musical]]'' (director/Vincent Bugliosi)
* ''[[Mister Morbid's Moonlight Movie Mayhem Madness Massacre]]''
* ''[[Pulp Friction]]'' (director)
* ''[[Thinning the Herd]]''
 
== Media ==
=== Photos ===
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.608955025839847.1073741867.118587218209966&type=3 Photoset] by [[Roy Moore]] of Tom Booker's 50th Birthday Show.
 
== More Information ==
* [http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/thetheftforum/id/2424971 Interview] with Tom on ''[[The Theft Forum]]''.
* [http://yesandrew.com/2014/06/22/the-sunday-interview-tom-booker/ Interview] by [[Andrew Buck]].
 
[[Category:Performers|Booker]]
[[Category:Directors|Booker]]

Latest revision as of 10:48, 18 February 2016


Tom Booker

Tom Booker Pic.jpg

Primary Theater The Institution Theater
Years Active 2008-Present

Tom Booker is an improv performer and director. He co-runs The Institution Theater.

Summary

Tom Booker has studied improvisation and sketch at The Second City Training Center and with legendary improv guru Del Close at Chicago's ImprovOlympic. He is a founding member of Chicago's Annoyance Theatre and has been a director and instructor at The Second City Training Center in Los Angeles.

Tom co-wrote and co-directed (with producing partner Jon Kean) the feature film Kill The Man starring Luke Wilson, which premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. Through Theatre-A-Go-Go!, the L.A. theater company he founded, Tom wrote and directed "Patty, Patty, BANG! BANG! – The Patty Hearst Musical!" and "Up With Puberty!" (co-written with Whose Line Is It Anyway?'s musical director, Laura Hall), and a stage production of Valley Of The Dolls (which starred Kate Flannery of The Office) at New York's Circle In The Square Theater.

Tom performed in The Annoyance Theatre's Off-Broadway production of "The Real Live Brady Bunch" at the world famous Village Gate Theatre and at the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles.

He has appeared in several television shows, a few movies and nearly a hundred commercials.

He's a really nice guy. You should meet him.

Troupes

Shows

Media

Photos

More Information

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