Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Thomas moved from Philadelphia to Vancouver BC at the age of 11 where he has been based ever since. He has a big interest in creating and collaborating on new works - over 30 original productions so far. As a performer Thomas had the good fortune to collaborate with some of Vancouver’s most innovative theatre companies, Electric Company, The Only Animal and Boca del Lupo. For Boca he had the pleasure of chasing princesses around Stanley Park as the lead in The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces.

Thomas loves to try new things and has worked in many different styles. He’s performed and created Mask, Puppetry, Kabuki, Improv, Clown and Bouffon shows, and he’s performed in venues as varied as snowy fields (Caravan Farm Theatre) and opera houses (Madama Butterfly, Kabuki-style). Besides performing, Thomas has worked as a coordinator, stage manager, house manager and technician on dozens of festivals. He loves events because they bring people together. That’s why he does theatre and that’s why he wrote a show about Woody Guthrie. Woody Sed gives Thomas the opportunity to inhabit 25 characters drawn from Woody’s life, to play guitar, sing his songs, and connect directly with the audience.

Nothing brings people together like music and Woody wrote songs about his turbulent times that speak to us today. Thomas has performed in over 60 productions and toured throughout the United States and Canada, with stops in Australia, Europe and Ireland. He has a BFA from UBC and trained with Master Teachers, including Jacques Le Coq and Philippe Gaulier in France, Wayan Mardika and I Ketut Molog in Bali and Keith Johnstone and John Turner in Canada.