Tom Schuch*
Board Vice-President
Company Co-Executive Director
tom@motherroad.org
Tom Schuch, a New Mexico native, sees in the birth of the Mother Road Theatre Company a necessary and exciting artistic collaboration with an eclectic group of accomplished theatrical artists and a vision of an on-going entrepreneurial adventure. He sees this gathering of artists in many ways to be prophetic, but also its essence and mission to be truly genuine.

What brought Tom to this group is simple. He is one of the members, like the others, brought together for one purpose----to produce and create great theatre. He brings to this tribe a life of experience spanning not only years of acting and producing theatre and educational programs but also a thorough background in business. From the first time he stepped on the boards in junior high to his current position with MRTC, Tom has dedicated his life to the pursuit of entrepreneurial enterprise and artistic excellence.

Tom has appeared in numerous films including BLOOD THINNER THAN WATER written and directed by Alan Arkin, MALL COP, DOUBTING THOMAS, the television series WILDFIRE, a variety of national commercials and more than 60 plays. Tom began his training at the University of Washington, a national leader in theater training, and over the years studied at the Harvey Lembeck Comedy Improv Workshop in LA and helped found the performance groups SURELY YOU JEST Comedy Improv Troupe and SHAKESPEARE-ON-THE-HALFSHELL.

Finally, while working along side the MRTC founders to create a vibrant theatre company, he serves as the president of the NM Branch of Screen Actors Guild, and is a member of Actors Equity Association and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Through his company, Spoli Productions, Tom performs and produces his international tour of the one-man show EINSTEIN: A STAGE PORTRAIT by Willard Simms, produces Alan Arkin's workshop Crossing the Chasm from Theatre to Life: A Forum in Improvisation, and teaches acting at the Santa Fe Community College.

* Member Actors' Equity Association