Tom Phelan is a New York based actor and theatre-maker. She is finishing up her MFA in Acting at Columbia University.
Select credits include: Hir (Playwrights Horizons), Big Night (Center Theatre Group), Lake Effect (The Tank), and “The Fosters” (Freeform).
Reviews
“No less fine is Mr. Phelan as Max, whose pride in his aborning beard and muscles is funny and touching, too, as is his feisty insistence on joining a ‘radical fairy commune where they have gender queers who have actual discourse and ideas and where they grow their own food and recycle and have heart circles and sexual freedom.’”
“(the pitch perfect Tom Phelan)”
“Tom Phelan's Max has taken on the maniac gene from his mother, but he skilfully steers his performance away from the stereotype and into that mass of confusion where puberty is compounded by an explosion of change.”
Interviews
‘The Fosters’ Star on the Rise of Transgender Television: “It’s Not Going to Do a Lot” — The Hollywood Reporter
Hir by Taylor Mac at Playwrights Horizons, 2015
Hurricane Diane by Madeline George at Columbia University, 2025
In rehearsals for Big Night at Center Theater Group
Upcoming
November 12-15: Practice by Nazareth Hassan
February 10-13: As You Like It by William Shakespeare
April 05-08: NYC Showcase
April 20: LA Showcase
Email me at tomcphelan@gmail.com or find me on Instagram.
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