Actor/Director
Tom Mula is delighted to be back at his “home down by the bay” for his 20th season. His acting performances include Chicago, Heroes, Cabaret, and The Mystery of Irma Vep. Shows he has directed include Amadeus, Lion in Winter, Greetings, and the world premiere Making God Laugh. Peninsula Players premiered Tom’s play Bob Almighty, which was written for Bob Thompson. Tom was the Goodman Theatre’s resident Scrooge for seven seasons. Other Chicago credits include Jefferson Awards for his performance in Hot Mikado and his play The Golem and Nicole Hollander’s Sylvia’s Real Good Advice. Tom is a full-time faculty member at Columbia College. He is also the author of the bestselling book/ award-winning play Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol. His new book, Hackers of Oz, was awarded a Silver Medal in this year’s Wishing Shelf Awards.
2014 Roles: Director for The Tin Woman; Rogers in Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None.
2009 Roles: Director for The Lady With All The Answers; Director for Around The World In 80 Days
2008 Roles: Director for Greetings!; Senator Norval Hedges in Born Yesterday; Matthew Skipps in The Lady’s Not For Burning
2007 Roles: Director for Angel Street; Director for Be My Baby
2006 Roles: Frederick/Phillip in Noises Off; Herr Schultz in Cabaret
2005 Roles: Others in The Uneasy Chair; Director for Red Herring; Andreas in Tom, Dick and Harry
2003 Roles: Roy in The Odd Couple; Thomas Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons; Stanley Gardner in Caught in the Net
2002 Roles: Hennesey/Captain in Dames at Sea; Roger Hopewell in Musical Comedy Murders of 1940; Harry the Spanner in Shady Business
2001 Roles: Morman McDonald in Cash on Delivery; Dr. Einstein in Arsenic and Old Lace; Pishchik, a landowner, a homeless man in The Cherry Orchard
2000 Roles: Mr. Mayhew, a solicitor in Witness for the Prosecution; The Reverand Arthur Humphrey in See How They Run; Yvan in Art
1999 Roles: Dr. Bradman in Blithe Spirit; Dr. Hubert Bonney in It Runs in the Family
1998 Roles: Inspector Lord in Spider’s Web; Quartermaster Bates, of the Orduna in Rain; Sprules, a butler in Tons of Money; Bellomy, the Girl’s Father in The Fantasticks
1996 Roles: Major Murray Hillgrove in The Enchanted Cottage; Vic Johnson in Funny Money
1993 Roles: Nicodemus Underwood, Lord Enid Hillcrest, Alcazar in Mystery of Irma Vep