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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. | 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 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. | 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. | ||
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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:Performers|Booker]] | ||
[[Category:Directors|Booker]] | [[Category:Directors|Booker]] | ||
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| 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
- 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
More Information
- Interview with Tom on The Theft Forum.
- Interview by Andrew Buck.
