Tom writes extensively on contemporary performance, publishing articles in Comparative Drama, Theatre Survey, The Semiotic Bridge, and New Art Examiner on subjects as varied as John Jesurun, George Coates, Robert Wilson, and David Saunders. He is a contributor to the anthologies “Apocalypse Then and Now” (subject: Thornton Wilder) and “Ibsen: Critical Essays,” for which he translated Peter Szondi’s seminal work “Ibsen.” Tom’s book “Tactical Measures: The Interaction of Drama and Music” establishes a cross-artistic critical vocabulary with which to discuss Shakespeare and Wellmer, Brecht and Adorno, Beckett and Schopenhauer, and Wilson and Pavis. He has directed, musical directed, and composed for over 70 productions in the past 30 years, centering work in the Bay Area (TheatreWorks, California Shakespeare Festival, Climate Theatre), Connecticut (Goodspeed Opera House), and nationally as an advisor and consultant for the NEH and NEA, respectively. Tom’s ongoing work includes premiere staging of Ofer Ben-Amots’s chamber opera “The Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds” (Montreal, Denver, Big Sky) and articles on media studies for ASTR Journal, both online and in print format. He is currently working on two projects: the libretto to Ofer Ben-Amots’s chamber opera “The Gospel According to Mark” and a book on the birth and evolution of technodrama in the Bay Area.