Tom Wells

PRESENT POSITION  (2018)

Education Director - San Francisco Shakespeare Festival

Designated Linklater Teacher (2015-Present)

Professional Actor/Director/Education Artist (2000-Present) 

EDUCATION 

BFA Acting Drake University 2000
National Theater Institute 97 (Acting Program), 99 (Advanced Directing Program)
Linklater Voice Training (Kristin Linklater, Andrea Haring, Christine Adaire)
IPA, Dialects (Gillian Lane-Plescia, Christine Adaire)
Education Artist Training (Shakespeare & Co.)
Barry Method Stage Combat Training (Shakespeare & Co.)
Shakespeare Text Training (Shakespeare & Co. Month Long Intensive, Shakespeare & Co. Summer Performance Institute, Shakespeare & Co. Chicago Weekend Intensive) 

 RECENT PROFESSIONAL VOCAL COACHING EXPERIENCE (2015)

Alls Well That Ends Well          Stage Left Theatre 

James and the Giant Peach       Filament Theatre Ensemble 

Many Upon a Time                    J. Lindsay Brown Dance 

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

2012-2015     Faculty Member at The Acting Studio Chicago; Voice & Movement for Adults. Acting for Teen Bootcamp. 

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Voice, Movement, and Text for Shakespeare and Early Modern Theatre Practitioners

VASTA Member since (2014-Present)