| Thomas Edward West has worked in
the theatre for over 25 years as a playwright, librettist, director,
artistic administrator and educator.
He has written the books for I Married Wyatt Earp (co-written with Sheilah
Rae), Peter Schlemiel, Tom Sawyer (lyrics by Alison
Hubbard), Class Clown (also with Oler and Hubbard), and The
Play’s the Thing (also co-lyrics with Robert Waldman). He has had
many plays, adaptations and translations produced Off-Broadway and in
Regional Theatre, and, with Vincent Sardi, wrote the coffee table book Off
The Wall At Sardi's.His lyrics (in French) were heard as an
"offstage noise" in The Heiress on Broadway and he has
served as "Play Doctor" for The Acting Company and Equity
Library Theatre.
He has directed over fifty professional
productions, been the Artistic Director of the Asolo Touring Theatre
(where he directed productions of Macbeth, his own musical Plain
Folk and Wiley and the Hairy Man) Associate Artistic Director of the Asolo Theatre
Center (FL) (where he directed Scapino, The School For Wives,
and Christopher Durang's A History of the American Film.) He is currently Artistic Director of Ariel Repertory Theatre
Company in New York.
Mr. West has taught at Lawrence University, Cedar Crest College,
The Asolo/FSU Conservatory, and Queensborough Community College. He is a
member of The Dramatists Guild and the Society of Stage Directors and
Choreographers (SSDC).
Mr.
West is represented by: Ms. Patricia McLaughlin
Beacon Artists Agency
208
West 30th Street, Suite 401
New York, New York 10001
Phone: 212-736-6630
Fax: 212-898-2245
email: beaconagency@hotmail.com |
