Tom Jacobson

Librettist Playwright Lyricist
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Tom Jacobson has had more than 100 productions of his plays, including Plunge at Son of Semele Ensemble, Tar at Playwrights Arena, Mexican Day at Rogue Machine Theatre Company, Sperm at Circle X Theatre Company, The Orange Grove at Playwrights Arena, and the award-winning Bunbury, Tainted Blood, Ouroboros and The Friendly Hour at The Road Theatre Company.  The Twentieth-Century Way premiered at The Theatre @ Boston Court (five Ovation Award nominations, four Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle nominations, one GLAAD Award nomination, Fringe Festival Award for Outstanding Production of a Play, PEN Center Award for Drama) and moved Off Broadway to Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre.  Making Paradise:  The West Hollywood Musical was produced by Cornerstone Theater Company (Critic's Choice in Back Stage West).  He has been a co-literary manager of Boston Court, a founding member of Playwrights Ink, and a board member of Cornerstone and Boston Court. Recent productions include the world premieres of The Chinese Massacre (Annotated) at Circle X and House of the Rising Son at Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA (Critic's Choice in Back Stage West and Los Angeles Times, nominated for a GLAAD Award and winner of two Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards), Captain of the Bible Quiz Team at Rogue Machine (Top Ten Stage Raw, Drama Critic’s Circle Award), The Devil’s Wife at Skylight Theatre, and Walking to Buchenwald at Open Fist.  Film:  Prairie Sonata (based on The Friendly Hour).  Opera: Hopscotch, commissioned by The Industry.