Biography

Tom Zhang is a stage manager and educator originally from China. He is currently a Lecturer in Stage Management in the School of Theatre & Dance at the University of Florida. His favorite stage management credits include: The Threepenny Opera (UM Department of Theatre Arts), Something Rotten (Post Playhouse), and Turn of the Screw (Lyric Theatre at Illinois). His ASM credits include: Urinetown (Illinois Theatre), and The Adventures of Little Sharp-Ears (Lyric Theatre at Illinois). His current interest of research is the application of database and generative A.I. in stage management practices. He received his MFA in stage management from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.