TOM COSTELLO is a New York-based director from Ithaca, NY. He is the Director of Artistic Development for Pipeline Theatre Company, an Associate Artist at the Flea Theater, and a 2017 Drama League Directing Fellow. This summer he directed Olivia Dufault’s The Messenger and Christopher Parks’ Aesop’s Fables at the Hangar Theatre. At the Flea he has directed the world premieres of Smoke by Kim Davies, The Wundelsteipen (and other difficult roles for young people) by Nick Jones, and co-directed The Flying Latke by Arthur Yorinks. With Pipeline, he has directed Sleepless City by Tim Chawaga, Shakespeare the Dead by Alex Mills, and Bubble and Squeak by Evan Twohy (Samuel French finalist). With Libra Theater Company, he directed The Thirteenth Commandment by Joshua H. Cohen. With Dramatic Adventure he has devised productions in Slovakia and Ecuador which were then performed in New York City. He is a faculty member at Atlantic Acting School where he most recently directed Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play. BFA from NYU/Tisch. www.tomcostello.net
