Tom Edmond Evans

Fortunate enough to attend AU on Full National Merit Scholarship, I graduated cum laude with a double degree in English and Theatre Arts. Some key highlights -  participating in the amazing Honors Program (where I wrote my first musical) and founding the Alfredian Dramatists.

Right out of Alfred I was cast as Company Member with the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express (now American Shakespeare Center).  Followed that up the multiple seasons with National Shakespeare Company, & Prospect Theater Company.

Performed in 40 states +

La Vie Boheme - living in a variety of fun apartments, spent 4 years performing Off and Off-off Broadway, with the Actor's Studio, Prospect Theater Company, and a bunch more Shakespeare. Played everything from a swashbuckler to a Siamese twin to a demonic Ben Franklin.

In an effort to find a day job, started selling mortgage leads for a company fronted by Robert Wagner. We connected over my theater background, and I went from selling leads, to writing, directing and producing the commericals that generated them - and generated revenue.

 I spent the next six years working full time jobs in two industries - managing million dollar budgets in the financial services industry, and entertaining thousands with shows I performed in or directed in New York and around the region.  It's normal to have a 100 hour work week - right?

In 2012, both of my careers were in full swing. I had earned my Actors Equity card, and been promoted to a vice-president in the financial services world. Over the next 7 years, I grew in both roads, and ended up becoming a Chief Marketing Officer, while also writing my first novel. 

During the pandemic, I launched a non-profit called the American Globe Center, a group dedicated to building a re-creation of Shakespeare's 1614 Globe Theater here in my hometown of Stratford, CT.  As the pandemic receded, I also directed and produced my first TV pilot.

Meanwhile, after a brief Covid hiatus, I applied my theatrical skills in presentation and storytelling to land a position at Fairway, one of the largest mortgage companies in the country, where I currently serve as EVP of Marketing and Technology.