SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
.jpg)
I have been chosen to be part of the
LA MAMA THEATER COMPANIES
MASTER PLAYWRIGHT RETREAT!
I'll be staying in their Villa (on the left) in
Umbria, Italy! Going live, daily in AUGUST!
Follow my BLOG page for updates from ITALY!
GO TO BLOG ON www.tommycwrites.com
.jpg)
BEDBUGGERS WINS BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY
At the 2024 FADE IN AWARDS in Hollywood, California
ADAM & YOSHI
"Cavanaugh perfects this timeless, quirky, and heartwarming play."
Melissa Singleton, Utah Theater Blog
*Finalist in McKinney Repertory Play Competition, Texas
*Finalist 2013 New American Playwrights Program Utah Shakespearean Festival
*Won 2012 Make the House Roar Prize at Lionheart Theater, Georgia
*Finalist in McKinney Repertory Play Competition, Texas
*Finalist 2013 New American Playwrights Program Utah Shakespearean Festival
*Won 2012 Make the House Roar Prize at Lionheart Theater, Georgia
BEHOLD
"Not only does the play pack a sucker punch along the lines of The Normal Heart and Death of a Salesman, the play reveals the destructive force of violence in the home when the unthinkable becomes a reality."
A.J. Ciccotelli, Producer, Director & Writer
*FINALIST 2010 New American Playwrights Program at Utah
Shakespearean Festival
*WINNER 2011 Pickering Award for Excellence in Playwriting
INLAND EMPRESS
"The dramatic story that combines a Breaking Bad plot with a tougher version of the girls of The Facts of Life and a slight Old Yeller twist. The good, the bad, the facts of life are all wrapped up in this stunning strong female cast and well written story."
“Playwright Tom Cavanaugh knows something of the folk who populate this land of food and dope, which he has put to great use in his first produced play, Inland Empress."
"Inland Empress is so jammed packed with hyper-paced direction and extenuating threads,that the audience barely has time to breathe, mostly gasping air throughout. But, when it does finally sit still, it lands."
Dale Reynolds, EDGE Media Network
Rachel Flanagan, discoverhollywood.com
Gia on the Move.com
MR. PICMAN
"Yet another display of crafty writing and humor is Tom Cavanaugh’s Mr. Picman, with Alysha Brady as a headstrong daughter trying to explain her job as a penis assessor to her surprised mother (Sarah Lilly). Both performances are excellent under Kathleen O’ Grady’s direction."
Lovell Estell III, stageraw.com
OCEAN FRONT
"The play explores the reality of married life in the twenty-first century and the hardships inflicted on people that care about each other during these trying times in today's America."
Broadwayworld.com
DINER TALK
*First prize in the Jersey Voices One Act Play Festival
HARVEST
*Third prize in Toucan Films Short Screenplay Competition in Burbank, CA.
POKER NIGHT
*Best Comedy Short at the Culver City Film Festival
THE HEROES OF ’76
*Semi-finalist in the 2003 Sundance Institute Feature Film Development Project
THE SHIFT
*Best Short at the 2007 Garden State Film Festival
*Finalist at the San Fernando Valley Film Festival
*Shown as part of the Exposition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival
THE WILDERNESS TREATMENT
*Honorable Mention at the 2012 Los Angeles Movie Awards
WONDER
*Winner Irene Bashore Award for Playwriting from Firstage Los Angeles
*1999 Chesterfield Films Writers Foundation Project semi-finalist in Los Angeles
*“Writer to Watch” in the March/April 2006 issue of “Script” magazine.
TO ORDER A PERUSAL COPY OF THE ABOVE SCRIPTS EMAIL: Tomcav136@gmail.com