American Musical and Dramatic Academy - Musical Theatre
Director at Freelance Stage Director
Thomas James
O'Leary
Greater Los Angeles Area
Tom O'Leary, aka Thomas James O'Leary, is a stage director and actor from NYC who now makes his home in Los Angeles, where he teaches musical theatre performance at AMDA College and Conservatory of Performing Arts in Hollywood. Having worked on Broadway with The Phantom of the Opera (title role for 2 1/2 years) and Miss Saigon (original cast for two years) and national tours, Les Mis, Chess, Phantom, he has also performed on screen and on stage in LA, including Take Me Out at the Celebration Theatre for which he won numerous awards. His most recent directing credits include the world premiere of Dusty de los Santos at the Katselas Theatre and The Escape Artist's Children at Celebration Theatre. He is currently codirecting one of the first full-score productions of Les Miserables in Southern California, with the California Youth Conservatory Theatre in San Diego.
Codirector
Codirecting one of the first full-score productions of Les Miserables in the Southern California .
Actor
Played lead role of Henry Pulling in Travels with my Aunt, directed by David Dean Bottrell.
Actor
Received 2010 LA Weekly Theatre Award for Supporting Male Performance for Take Me Out (Mason Marzac)
Director
Directed world premiere production of "The Escape Artist's Children" by Steven Harper.
postgrad
Acting and Directing
BFA
Acting
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