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Tom Pacio 
Assistant Professor of Performance in the School of Theatre and Dance

MFA, Performance Pedagogy, Department of Theatre Arts, University of Pittsburgh 

BFA, Acting, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

Professional Affiliations: Actor’s Equity Association (AEA) 
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)

Prior teaching experience includes The University of Pittsburgh, Point Park University, Vassar College, SUNY Dutchess, New York University, The CAP21 Musical Theatre Conservatory, Vassar College, and The Stella Adler School of Acting. Directing credits include the educational premiere of Kira Rockwell’s Holy Chicken Sandwich (̽������), As You Like It, The Moon in Our Home, On the Town, devised musicals Looking for Someone, and Sympathetic Frequencies, Scapin, and a reading of a new musical adaptation of Poe’s The Tell Tale Heart. He served as both Education Director and Producing Director for the Powerhouse Theatre Program at Vassar College. Other professional experience includes working for a bi-coastal talent agency, for several casting directors, and in the offices of the world-renowned Nederlander Organization.  As a performer, Tom has toured with national companies of Crazy for You, West Side Story, The Wizard of Oz, and, White Christmas; he has numerous regional and stock credits and performed in The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. 

Tom teaches Acting, Advanced Scene Study, Directing 
 

Publications 

“Creating. Physical Score in a Snap”, Pye Valerie Clayman and Hillary Haft Bucs. Objectives Obstacles and Tactics in Practice : Perspectives on Activating the Actor. Routledge 2020.

“Teaching Acting in the Face of Covid-19:Designing Instruction for Variable Acting Studios.”

Hillary Haft Bucs, James Elliot, David Kaye, Matthew Mastromatteo, Tom Pacio, Valerie Clayman Pye, Kim Shively, and Gerritt Vandermeer. Theatre Topics. Volume 30, November 3, 2020. 

Schwarz, J., Bjork, C., Cameron, J., Hunter, A.-B., Pacio, T. and Perillan, J. (2021), Grand Challenges: Building interdisciplinary communities to tackle complex global issues. The FASEB Journal, 35:. 

Starrett, Courtney, Susan Reiser, and Tom Pacio. “Data Materialization: A Hybrid Process of Crafting a Teapot.” Leonardo 51, no. 4 (2018): 381–85. 

Dear Graduate Scholar: Becoming a Pracademic | Department of Theatre Arts | University of Pittsburgh. 

J. Schwarz, J. Perillán, and T. Pacio. Changing Climates with STEAM: Complex Problems, Creativity, and Collaboration. Chapter for upcoming book International Handbook of Research on STEAM Curriculum and Praxis. Stephen J. Farenga, Salvatore G. Garofalo, and Daniel Ness, eds. Routledge

The Uncertain Expert: Embracing Collaborative Repair in Theatre Pedagogies “Contemporary Theatre Review” with Matthew Mastromatteo, Valerie Clayman Pye, and Amanda Rose Villarreal