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Tommy Crawford is an actor, musician and Drama Desk-nominated composer.



As an actor, recent productions include Veil'd (The Women's Project), One Man, Two Guvnors (Florida Studio Theatre), SeaWife (White Heron Theater; Naked Angels / South Street Seaport), MetroCards (Youngblood / Ensemble Studio Theater), Heresy and These Seven Sicknesses (The Flea), and Ex Machina (NY Fringe). Tommy has appeared in readings, workshops, concerts, and productions at numerous New York and regional venues, including The Flea (where Tommy was a member of the resident acting company The Bats from 2009-2012), Ensemble Studio Theater, Joe's Pub, Naked Angels, New York Stage & Film, Northern Stage, The Cape Cod Theater Project, The Lark, New York Theater Workshop, The Cell, Ars Nova, Theater Row, The Invisible Dog, and Galapagos Art Space. Tommy has also been featured in several independent feature films and short student films.

Recent theater composing/songwriting credits include SeaWife (2016 Drama Desk Nomination, Outstanding Music in a Musical, with The Lobbyists; Liz Carlson dir.); From Cold Lake, an episodic radio play set in small-town Minnesota (The PIT, Colin Waitt dir.); and The Burial at Thebes (UCSD/La Jolla Playhouse, Sarah Wansley dir.). Arranging and music direction credits include SeaWife and Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, which Tommy radically re-imagined for the stage with director Michael Moran, adding a full score of contemporary and traditional a cappella folk and spiritual music. This production premiered with the MFA program at UCSD and then was remounted in Oakland, CA with site-specific company Ubuntu. Current projects include Cry Eden, a vital reimagining of the Cain and Abel story (with Patrick Barrett and Sarah Wansley); The World Tree, a solo show about a children's television host suffering from a terminal illness (with David Jacobi); an adaptation of Brecht’s Galileo (with Sarah Wansley); and The Golden Spike, a new piece with The Lobbyists and Don Nguyen about labor and the Transcontinental Railroad.

Tommy is music director, a co-founder, and a principal songwriter of NYC folk band / theater troupe The Lobbyists. The Lobbyists’ music has been workshopped with New York Stage & Film, Ars Nova, the Rhinebeck Writer's Retreat, and the Cape Cod Theater Project.

Tommy is a member of the Ensemble Studio Theater and a graduate of Yale University. Tommy lives on the Upper West Side with his wife, director Sarah Elizabeth Wansley, his sourdough starter, and many many instruments.

Tommy Crawford STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
59E59 Off-Broadway Premiere, 2019
Paul McCartney

[Off-Broadway]
Flea Theater Production, 2012
Performer


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Northern Stage Announces WAITRESS, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST And More for 2024/25 Season


Discover the exciting 2024/25 season announced by Northern Stage, featuring five main stage productions including SISTERS, Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, KING JAMES, THE VERMONT FARM PROJECT, and WAITRESS. The season also promises new works and musical events.

Northern Stage to Open Ghost Light Coffee Bar; Grand Opening to Feature Tommy Crawford


Northern Stage will open Ghost Light Coffee Bar, a pop-up coffee shop at the Barrette Center for the Arts. Enjoy live music by Tommy Crawford on October 9th. Read more here.

Northern Stage Announces 2023/24 Season


Northern Stage has announced its 2023/24 Season, offering four main stage productions in the Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts, plus vibrant outdoor concerts, visionary education programming, engaging developmental work, and much more! This season is one that will bring to life intimate, personal stories that speak to the world and our infinite universe and embrace life and what makes us human. 

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN Comes to Northern Stage This Month


Northern Stage’s joyous holiday tradition returns with the world premiere production of The Railway Children, a new American adaptation of Edith Nesbit’s beloved British classic children’s novel with new music and lyrics by Jane Shaw and Mark Hartman (A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie; The Wanderers at Roundabout.

AROUND THE CAMPFIRE WITH THE LOBBYISTS Now Streaming


The Drama Desk Award-nominated Indie folk band and theater collective The Lobbyists (SeaWife) have today debuted the all-new audio play series Around the Campfire with The Lobbyists. 

VIDEO: Shea Grant Performs A MACBETH Monologue for SCENE AT TWO RIVER Series


Shea Grant performs a monologue from the Two River production of A Little Shakespeare: Macbeth, reminding us all to use time spent with family wisely, and not to make any rash decisions related to the Scottish throne while we're at it.

VIDEO: Tommy Crawford Performs A Song from Musical TWELFTH NIGHT for Scene at Two River Series


Tommy Crawford sat down to performs a song from the musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night for the Scene at Two River Series. Hear 'Oh Mistress Mine' here.

VIDEO: Get a First Look at TWELFTH NIGHT at Two River Theater in This All New Trailer


Two River Theater presents Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, directed by Sara Holdren with original music composed by the band/theater collective The Lobbyists. Get a first look at the cast in action in the all new trailer!

2020 Johnny Mercer Writers Colony At Goodspeed Participants Announced


In what has become an annual ritual, a total of 40 established and emerging composers, lyricists, and librettists will converge on the Goodspeed campus from mid-January through mid-February 2020 to participate in the Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals. The writing teams, representing 15 new musicals, will populate the campus, creating a truly exciting environment for discovery and inspiration.

Photo Flash: First Look At TWELFTH NIGHT At Two River Theater


Two River Theater presents Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, directed by Sara Holdren with original music composed by the band/theater collective The Lobbyists. 

Ensemble Studio Theatre Has Released Details for the 2020 FIRST LIGHT FESTIVAL


ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (EST) (William Carden, Artistic Director) and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Doron Weber, Vice-President, Programs) have announced details for the 2020 First Light Festival, part of the EST/Sloan Project to develop plays exploring science and technology.

BWW Interview: Hannah Rose Caton in TWELFTH NIGHT at Two River Theater


Two River Theater is now presenting William Shakespeare's romantic comedy 'Twelfth Night' directed by Sara Holdren with original songs composed by the band/theater collective, The Lobbyists. Performances will be in Two River's Rechnitz Theater through Sunday, February 2. Broadwayworld.com had the pleasure of interviewing Hannah Rose Caton who plays Viola in the show.

Two River Theater Presents TWELFTH NIGHT Starring Joey McIntyre


Two River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, will kick off the new year with Shakespeare's romantic comedy Twelfth Night, directed by Sara Holdren with original songs composed by the band/theater collective The Lobbyists. Performances will begin in Two River's Rechnitz Theater, 21 Bridge Avenue, on Saturday, January 11 and continue through Sunday, February 2. The opening night performance is Friday, January 17 at 7pm. Tickets are available from 732.345.1400 or tworivertheater.org. Two River Theater's 2019/20 Season Sponsor is Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center. Twelfth Night is sponsored by Monmouth University.

Ensemble Studio Theatre Announces 2019-20 EST/Sloan Project Commissions


ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (EST) and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Doron Weber, Vice-President, Programs) along with the EST/Sloan Project, are pleased to announce new EST/Sloan commissions for the 2019-2020 season.

Jenn Colella, Jennifer Damiano, and More Join NAMT's FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS


National Alliance for Musical Theatre announces final casting for the 31st Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS, which takes place on Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25, 2019 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues).

NAMT Kicks-Off Festival Of New Musicals With THE 46TH MINUTE


The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will kick-off this year's Festival of New Musicals at The Green Room 42 (at the Yotel, 570 10th Ave) with The 46th Minute concert on Wednesday, October 23 at 7 PM.  This concert is open to the public and tickets starting at $22, can be purchased by visiting TheGreenRoom42.poptix.com. 

Photo Flash: Theater-Making Band The Lobbyists Announce Their New Collective At Fall Gala


Theater-making band The Lobbyists announce their new collective at fall gala with appearances by DAVE THOMAS BROWN (Book of Mormon, Heathers), KIM BLANCK (Octet), CHRISTOPHER SEARS (Only Yesterday), BANDITS ON THE RUN, and others!

Erika Henningsen, Kristolyn Lloyd Among Initial Casting of FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS


National Alliance for Musical Theatre announces preliminary casting and additional programming for the 31st Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS, which takes place on Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25, 2019 at New World Stages

Directors And Musical Directors Announced For This Year's FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS


National Alliance for Musical Theatre (Betsy King Militello, Executive Director) is thrilled to announce this year's directors and musical directors for their 31st Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS, which takes place on Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25, 2019 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues). The Festival events will kick off on Wednesday, October 23, with the return of The 46th Minute Concert at The Green Room 42.

BWW Review: ONLY YESTERDAY-A Fascinating Show that Brings Lennon and McCartney Together Again


'Only Yesterday' written by Bob Stevens and directed by Carol Dunne is an enthralling show now being performed at 59E59 Theaters through September 29. It brings together two of the Beatles, Paul McCartney and John Lennon in an imaging of a night they spent together stranded in a motel by a hurricane when they were on an American tour.

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