PLAYWRIGHT, TOM CAVANAUGH

Tom Cavanaugh received his M.F.A. Playwriting from the Actors Studio Drama School in 2000.  Tom's full-length play, BEHOLD, 2010 finalist, the New American Playwrights Program at Utah Shakespeare Festival and won a 2011 Pickering Award for Excellence in Playwriting.  ADAM & YOSHI, full-length play was a finalist in McKinney Repertory Play Competition, Texas and 2013 New American Playwrights Program Utah Shakespeare Festival. 2014, Tom's full-length play, INLAND EMPRESS, premiered in Los Angeles and THE FIELD a short play by Cavanaugh premiered at CTI Theatre Festival in Missouri.  2018, Tom won the Artists & Playwright Festival at The Know Theatre in Binghamton, NY with his short, ROCKS ON THE PLAYA.  Tom’s screenplay of BEHOLD won Best Feature Screenplay at the 2020 Bowery Film Festival in N.Y.C.  2021, Tom's Zoom show, NOW, NOW, NOW… , won BEST NATIONAL SHOW at Pittsburgh Fringe, Best LIVE-STREAM SHOW at Big Sky Fringe, won an OVATION AWARD at Hollywood Fringe. Tom was one of twelve selected playwrights at the 2023 PLAY LAB at The William Inge Theatre Festival. 2022, Tom's short film, SERVICE ME  won Best Comedy at the LA Independent Film Channel Festival in Los Angeles, Best Relationship Short Film at the Silicon Beach Film Festival, Best Short Short at the New York Long Island Film Festival and Best North American Short Film at the NY Independent Cinema Awards. Cavanaugh's short play, MOM & MOM was a finalist at Pittsburgh New Works Play Festival in Pennsylvania. 2024, INLAND EMPRESS was published by Next Stage Press. BEDBUGGERS, Toms' full length screenplay won the Grand Prize for Drama at the 2024 Fade In Awards in Hollywood, California and was a Semi-Finalist at the screenplay competition at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival in Germany and the Vail Film Festival in Colorado. Tom is a member of The Actors Gym, New Ambassadors Theatre Company, Naked Angels Theatre Company and the We Make Movies film collective.