Podcasts Culture Harvey at the Undisclosed Location Tom Ridgley - episode 13

Tom Ridgley - episode 13

Published: Sept. 18, 2018, 6:44 p.m.

Tom is the Executive Producer of the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, previously as co-founder of Waterwell Theater in New York he directed Hamlet, Blueprint Specials, Goodbar, and The Persians, among others. He’s presented work at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Old Globe, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, as well as Yale, Johns Hopkins, Indiana and Trinity College. Tom’s productions have won DFW Theater Critics Forum and ECNY Awards and been nominated for CT Critics Circle, IT and New York Magazine Culture Awards. He was associate/assistant director with Joe Mantello (The Last Ship, Chicago & Broadway), Tony Taccone (The Tempest, OSF), Daniel Sullivan (As You Like It, Shakespeare in the Park) and Barry Edelstein (Timon of Athens, Public Theater). Till 2017 he oversaw the Drama Program at the Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS) public middle and high school in Manhattan, providing world-class training to exceptional 6-12th graders.