Welcome to my internet home. The following is a list of general biographical data designed to give you a fuller picture of my professional career.
- SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor/Chair Emeritus, State University of New York Fredonia, Department of Theatre and Dance. Academic CV .
- Professional actor and director.
Member of Actors' Equity Association. I work primarily within the Buffalo NY theatre community. I have a career-long interest in Shakespeare. Professional acting/directing resume. - I was born in NYC, raised on the south shore of Long Island, had a 6-year sojourn in Nebraska, and have lived in western NY since 1986.
- I am migrating to Micro.blog for all my digital content as of November 2024. My Wordpress site www.tomloughlin.com will eventually deprecate and be moved here once my contract with my current ISP expires.
- I am a passionate baseball fan. The NY Yankees have been my team since I was 7 years old. I occasionally write about the Yankees and the baseball season in general.
- I am teaching myself how to write haiku. Some of my work appears here. If you'd like to read more of my work, contact me.
- Due to my unwillingness to offer my personal information to unscrupulous corporations in this "surveillance capitalism" climate, I attempt to keep as low an internet presence as possible in a quixotic attempt to preserve what little personal privacy is left to any of us. Other than this blog, I do not maintain any social media presence. Email remains the best way to contact me. Email is therivertao at duck dawt com. Please email me for any further contact information.
- This blog operates under a Creative Commons License. I use an Attribution/Non-commercial/No Derivative form of the license, which means that you are allowed to download my work and share it with others as long you credit me, but you can’t change the work in any way or use it commercially. See the Creative Commons link in the footer for more information. Because I use this license, I consider this a platform for sharing and not publishing. If you wish to use any of my work commercially (such as a print publication that is for sale), and/or would like to compensate me for such use, please email me. Compensation is not, however, a prerequisite for commercial use.
- I enjoy hiking, camping, riding my ebike and my Honda Trail 125, and traveling in my RV. I don't get to do enough of any of this.
Current projects
- I host a bi-weekly podcast for the 1891 Fredonia Opera House in Fredonia NY. Notes from the Aisle Seat covers events at the Opera House, as well as happenings in the arts scene in northern Chautauqua County. New episodes drop every other Wednesday. Give it a follow! Here's the latest episode:
- I'm invested in Take 5 Studios in Rochester NY (run by my son Eric). We recently produced a 5-actor staged reading of MacBeth from Thursday-Saturday Oct. 26-28, 2023. We are currently considering our future options. In the meantime, check out the website if you're interested in classes or one-on-one coaching and are in the Rochester area.
- Occasional volunteer gigs with the Brainstormers of Western NY.
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Notes from the Aisle Seat, a podcast I produce for the 1891 Fredonia Opera House
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"...a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more.."