Tom Cavanaugh is known for his questions as a student in the audience on Inside The Actors Studio. Known in the L.A. Independent Theatre Community as the Producer/Director of the 2017 Best Solo Performance at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, Under the Jello Mold. His first short film, The Shift won awards in several film festivals and received a five star rating at the 2007 Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival. A two time Finalist in the New American Playwrights Program at the Utah Shakespeare Festival.
Tom Cavanaugh received his M.F.A. in playwriting from the Actors Studio Drama School in 2000. Tom's full length play, BEHOLD was a 2010 finalist New American Playwrights Program at Utah Shakespearean Festival and won a 2011 Pickering Award for Excellence in Playwriting. His full length, ADAM & YOSHI was a finalist in McKinney Repertory Play Competition, Texas, finalist 2013 New American Playwrights Program Utah Shakespearean Festival and won 2012 Make the House Roar Prize at Lionheart Theater, Georgia. 2014, INLAND EMPRESS, Tom’s full length play, World Premiered, The Lounge Theatre, Los Angeles. 2017 MISTER PICMAN, premiered at the Short & Sweet Play Festival, Hollywood, CA, & Theatre of Note’s Alternative Acts. THE FIELD by Cavanaugh premiered at The CTI Theatre Festival in Independence, MO. In 2018, Tom’s short play, COYOTE was listed by Theatre of Action in Los Angele’s Plays About Immigration.