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Tom Todoroff[1] is an American producer, director, writer, actor and performance coach. Over the course of a career spanning nearly four decades, Tom produced and appeared in many TV shows and films. Tom also taught Jimmy Buffett and directed his worldwide concert tour for seven years.   He also produced and directed WORKING SHAKESPEARE: RSC MEETS USA[2] - the seminal record of the life-long work of renowned Head of Voice for the Royal Shakespeare Company - Cicely Berry.  Tom's longtime friend and collaborator, casting director Michael Shurtleff, passed his seminal text AUDITION on to Tom before he passed.

History

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Todoroff won full scholarships to Beloit College in Wisconsin and The Juilliard School (under Alan Schneider) at Lincoln Center. Later he trained with Edith Skinner, Michael Shurtleff, Cicely Berry, Kristin Linklater, Harold Guskin.[3] He also trained with Stella Adler, at her invitation. Tom went on to play over fifty classical and contemporary roles at theaters around the world. In addition to full seasons at Baltimore Center Stage, The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, The Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts, and the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, he has also performed at UBU Repertory, Theater for the New City, the Riverside Shakespeare Company in New York, The Hangar Theater in Ithaca, and Yale.

Television appearances[4] include the mini-series A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE (also co-writer, Emmy Best Mini-Series), and NORTH AND SOUTH PART III (also co-writer, starring Peter O’Toole). Episodic work includes ALL MY CHILDREN, LOIS AND CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN, TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL, ARLI$$, and STAR TREK: VOYAGER (with Joel Grey). Film credits include; TURBULENCE, ETHAN FROME, LEAP OF FAITH, TIN CUP, PLAY IT TO THE BONE, DARK BLUE, EL PADRINO, EASY[5] (TORONTO AND SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVALS) and HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE (with Harrison Ford).

Tom was one of the producers of, and acted in, COBB (with Tommy Lee Jones), which had a Benefit performance in Buffalo at Shea's Performing Arts Center where the mayor presented him with the key to the city. He produced and directed WORKING SHAKESPEARE: RSC MEETS USA,[6] (a broadcast series), featuring Jeremy Irons, Emily Watson, Lindsay Duncan, Toby Stephens, other members of the Royal Shakespeare with US actors Helen Hunt, Samuel L. Jackson, Claire Danes, Blythe Danner, Robert Sean Leonard, Cherry Jones, Victor Garber, Diane Venora, and others.

His Executive Producing projects include: Telefilms for CBS; BORROWED HEARTS[7] (the number one rated program for the week), starring Roma Downey, Eric McCormack, and Hector Elizondo, MONDAY AFTER THE MIRACLE with Ms. Downey, Billy Campbell, and Moira Kelly, THE TEST OF LOVE (the network's top rated Wednesday film the year) also with Ms. Downey, SECOND HONEYMOON with Ms. Downey, Tim Matheson, and Michael Nouri, THE SONS OF MISTLETOE with Ms. Downey and Doris Roberts, and THE SURVIVORS CLUB with Ms. Downey, Jacqueline Bisset and James Remar.

Other feature films as Producer/Actor; 'No Vacancy' with Christina Ricci, Timothy Olyphant, Robert Wagner, Lolita Davidovich, Joaquim de Almeida and Patricia Velásquez premiered at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and subsequently; the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, the Festival do Rio de Janeiro (held over), Raindance (London), and the Moscow Film Festival; (First Place Best Debut Film), and for Showtime; 'Noriega: God’s Favorite', with Bob Hoskins, directed by Roger Spottiswoode.

Tom's projects in development include numerous texts with writer/director Ron Shelton. Tom is a member of SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity Association, as well as acting[8] and filmmaking organizations nationwide[9]. The Producers Guild of America, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, The American Dialect Society, The Linguistic Society of America, The Voice and Speech Trainers Association, The Creative Coalition and The National Speakers Association.  He is an Artist in Residence at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Tom has led numerous workshops for SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity nationwide. He currently coaches actors, directors and artists from all walks of life on a weekly basis, live, online in The Workshop on Saturdays, Mondays and Tuesdays.   He resides in New York City, Santa Monica, California and Weston, Connecticut. Tom is an avid surfer, cyclist, football fanatic, Beatlemaniac, Led Zeppelinite, rock & roll drummer and dog lover. He is left-handed.

Tom Todoroff Studio Founding

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The Tom Todoroff Studio was founded in 1983 in Santa Monica, California and New York City, New York, when Tom first began to draw on his breadth of experience as an actor, director, producer, writer, voice & speech coach[10] and dialectician.[11] Over the years, Tom honed his method of instruction while coaching actors daily on stage, on TV and on film sets and in his studio classes.

His coaching method for actors now provides a set of tools designed to address each individual's needs. The tools are as follows: The Fifteen Guideposts, Six Viewpoints, Four Agreements, Four Parts of Vocal Variation, Three Tenets and Three Techniques.

References

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  1. ^ "Acting Coach Tom Todoroff". University of Nebraska Omaha. 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  2. ^ Ellis, Scott (2010-01-01). "The Body in the Voice". AMERICAN THEATRE. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  3. ^ "Todoroff, Tom 1957– | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  4. ^ "Tom Todoroff: Movies, TV, and Bio". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  5. ^ "Tom Todoroff | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  6. ^ Todoroff, Tom, RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare (Documentary), George Anton, Duncan Bell, Kate Burton, retrieved 2024-05-03
  7. ^ "Tom Todoroff". prod-www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  8. ^ "Tom Todoroff". The Summit. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  9. ^ "Acting & Audition Master Class w/ Tom Todoroff". gov.texas.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  10. ^ "Acting-Training Directory – Accent Reduction Training Association". speak-well.org. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  11. ^ "Acting-Training Directory – Accent Reduction Training Association". speak-well.org. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
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