TOM ROWAN is a playwright, author, and director. His produced plays include Kiss and Cry (GLAAD Media Award Nomination), The Second Tosca (produced in NYC at the 45th Street Theatre and at the Arvada Center in Colorado), Faye Drummond (productions in San Antonio, Texas, and Long Island City), and The Blue Djinn (Best Short Play in the Fresh Fruit Festival, 2014). Most recently, his David’s Play was seen in the 2019 NY Fringe Festival. His work has been published by Next Stage Press and Smith & Kraus. Tom has held commissions from The Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Maryland Opera Studio, where his libretto for the opera The Young King (music by Martin Hennessy) was heard in concert in 2017. He has an MFA in Directing from the University of Washington in Seattle and was awarded a Fall Directing Fellowship by the Drama League of New York. His many directing credits include A Little Night Music, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Denver Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Director), Landscape of the Body (Westword Award for Best Director), Master Class, and the fortieth anniversary New York production of A Chorus Line (Queens Kudos Award for Best Director of a Musical, 2016). Tom is the author of the books A Chorus Line FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Broadway’s Singular Sensation, and Rent FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About Broadway’s Blaze of Glory, both published by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. He has taught at the Stella Adler Studio and the Lee Strasberg Institute.