Tom Cavanaugh
@tomcavs
For tickets to the BEDBUGGERS READING go to www.gsff.org
A File Clerks dreams take flight. ✈️ Watch the 30-sec trailer for FLIGHT TIME (6-min short, APn3 Asbury Park prompt)! "Just because we can't fly doesn't mean we can't create." #IndieFilm #ShortFilm
7 plays. One night. 🎭 Catch excerpts of brand-new works at the Brook Arts Center this Sunday, Aug 2 @ 5PM! Free admission + free wine/cheese reception. 🍷 ✉️ RSVP: tomcav136@gmail.com #NJTheatre #FreeEvents
🎭 The Brook Writers Group presents 7 new staged readings! 📅 Sun, Aug 2 @ 5PM 📍 The Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook, NJ 🎟️ FREE + Post-show wine & cheese reception! ✉️ RSVP: tomcav136@gmail.com
Back at my creative home base! 🎭 Hear a free staged reading of my new play "I SAW THE LIGHT"—about a minister losing faith after a near-death experience on the altar. 📅 Wed, July 22 @ 7:15 PM 📍 TADA! (15 W 28th St, NYC) ✨ Free & open to the public!
🐾 BARKLEE hits 106.7 Lite FM! 📻 Our high-strung service dog who thinks he's a general just caught the attention of The Cubby & Christine Morning Show! Big thanks to the American Theater Group for an amazing reading. Broadway, he’s ready. Let’s do this! 🎭⚡ for more go to: www.barkleetheplay.com
🎭 TONIGHT at 7 PM! Don't miss the live reading of "Barklee," a full-length play by Tom Cavanaugh. Amazing cast, plenty of seats left! Check out the video & join us tonight, July 7th! 🎟️✨ FOR TICKETS CLICK THE LINK www.eventbrite.com/e/spotlight-...
Next week! ATG's 3-day Spotlight on NJ Play Reading Series hits the Union Arts Center July 6-8. Catch new works by Ruth Apolonia Zamoyta, Tom Cavanaugh, and Joseph Gallo! Starring @ChristineNagy, Ed Kalegi, Lou Martini Jr. & more. 🎟️ $10 single / $25 pass. Link in comments!
13 Days to Curtain! 🐕 "Barklee" by Tom Cavanaugh is a true-story NJ dramedy about a Service Protection Dog facing a Supreme Court battle. Starring @ChristineNagy & Ed Kalegi! 🎟️ July 7, 7PM. Link in comments! #NJTheater
Huge honor! I'm 1 of 3 NJ playwrights in American Theater Group's Spotlight Series. See my play BARKLEE July 7 in Union, NJ w/ an all-star local cast! 🎭 👇 LINK IN REPLIES 👇 #Theater #Playwright
Need to escape theater development hell? Check out my latest Substack on why playwrights must go DIY and seize the means of production. 🎭✨ THE LINK IS IN THE COMMENTS BELOW 👇
From Hollywood to LI! 🎬 Fresh off a TASTE Award nod, FRANNY’S COOKIES holds its LI Premiere at LIIFE on July 9 at 11 AM! Grab tickets to this sweet short film: 👉 2026liftf.eventive.org/passes/buy
Thanks to her... we went to Umbria 🇮🇹✨ Thanks to her... there's an Off Broadway. Thanks to her... NY Theater Legends were BORN! She is the legend... LA MAMA ❤ THANK YOU ELLEN! (Details and full schedule in the first comment! 👇)
THE UNSEEN CANVAS @ La MaMa NYC! 🎭 From Umbria to The Actors Studio, my new play is hitting the stage April 30 & May 1. ⚠️ May 1 is almost SOLD OUT! Grab seats: [Link] #TheatreSky #NYC #NewPlay
Goddesses vs. ICE. 🏛️⚖️ Co-producing the NYC reading of The Spirit on ICE by Georgia McGill. Developed at La MaMa Umbria w/ Dael Orlandersmith. 📍 La MaMa (47 Gt Jones St) 📅 April 30 & May 1 🎟️ FREE at lamama.org #TheatreSky #NewPlay #NYCArts #LaMaMa
BUZZ HOST meets the stage! 😈⚖️ See Eli D. Goss (Daredevil: Born Again) & award-winner Eva Petersson (Dead Birds) 🎭🏆 LIVE! 📖 BEDBUGGERS Table Reading 🗓️ Sun 3/29 @ 10AM 📍 Berkeley Oval Room GET TICKETS 🎟️👇
MARVEL meets the stage! 😈⚖️ See Eli D. Goss (Daredevil: Born Again) & award-winner Eva Petersson (Dead Birds) 🎭🏆 LIVE! 📖 BEDBUGGERS Table Reading 🗓️ Sun 3/29 @ 10AM 📍 Berkeley Oval Room GET TICKETS 🎟️👇 in comments
Get ready for the long haul! 🚛✨ Join the award-winning cast of BEDBUGGERS for a live table reading! 🗓️ Sun, Mar 29 🕙 10-11:30 AM 📍 Berkeley Oval Room, 2nd Fl Pull up a chair and join the crew! 🎭🛣️
Meet the cast of BEDBUGGERS! 🎬 Winner of Best Feature Screenplay at #GSFF2026. Join us for the live table reading! 🗓️ Sun, March 29 | 10AM 📍 Berkeley Oceanfront, Asbury Park 🎟️ Tickets: gsff.org #Screenwriting #NJFilm
Trimmed my feature script BEDBUGGERS from 90 pages down to a high-octane 60-page "festival cut" for our live reading at the Garden State Film Festival on March 21! 🎟️ Tickets: gsff.org #GSFF2026 #Bedbuggers #Screenwriting #IndieFilm #GardenStateFilmFestival
Packing for the Taste Awards! 🏆 Franny’s got 8 pairs of shoes for 4 days, while Tommy’s bringing... two shirts. 👟👔 See you in Cali! #TasteAwards
Gemini said 🏨 Sold out! 😱 Franny vs. Tommy: The 2026 Taste Awards Hotel Crisis! Can our Best Short Film Finalist survive Oscar Season in Beverly Hills? 🎬✨ #TheTasteAwards #FrannysCookies #TravelFails #90210
400 cookies vs. 1 white towel. 🍪✈️ Can we make it to the @TasteAwards in Cali without a crumb-tastrophe? Help us! #TasteAwards2026 #CookieCrisis 🎬✨
Finalizing the beats for tonight’s NYC cold read at Naked Angels "Tuesdays@9"! hitting the stage at Theatre at St. Luke's for the 35th Anniversary Season. #Playwriting #NYCTheater #WorkInProgress #NakedAngels #LaMaMa #TheUnseenCanvas #OffBroadway
🏆 Winner: "BEDBUGGERS" at GSFF 2026 "BEDBUGGERS" is a Winning Screenplay Competition selection at the 2026 Garden State Film Festival! 🎭🎬 If you're into #Screenwriting, #IndieFilm, or the #NJ arts scene, come hang out! #GSFF #GardenStateFilmFestival #TableRead #FilmSky #WritingCommunity #AsburyPark
Hot Take: The "death" of NYC theatre isn't a lack of talent; it's the extinction of the $500/week rehearsal space. 📉 WE NEED THE SPACE! WE NEED STAGE TIME WITH AUDIENCE! What’s the biggest hurdle you’re facing in the NYC space race right now? #TheatreThursday #Playwriting #NYCTheatre #NewPlays