Tom Orr

actor, singer, director, producer, artist,

writer, teacher, pop culture historian,

member of Actors' Equity

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Tom Orr has 50 years of experience as an actor, singer, director, producer and cabaret artist from Philadelphia to New York & Atlantic City. He has appeared at the Claridge Hotel-Casino, the Kimmel Center, the Media Theatre, the Montgomery Theatre, the Walnut Street Theatre, the Arden Theatre, the Surflight Theatre, and the Bucks County Playhouse. Tom's favorite roles include Joseph Pulitzer in Newsies, Harold Nichols in The Full Monty, Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun, Michael in I Do! I Do!, Wilbur Turnblad in Hairspray, Bill Austin in Mamma Mia!, King Arthur in Camelot; as well as Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sherlock Holmes, and Mack the Knife. 

A popular singer in the area, Tom has done shows at the Rrazz Room and Bob Egan's Cabaret & Supper Club, and he was the host and producer at the Bucks County Cabaret in New Hope, PA. and has hosted radio shows and produced, directed, and appeared in local TV commercials.

Besides performing, Tom is a recognized expert in collectables and popular culture. He was a consulting expert for Auctionata of Berlin, Germany, and now works for national auction house. He studied history at the University of Pennsylvania, and theatre at Temple University.  Linkedin

Tom grew up in Levittown PA. He studied acting, singing, dancing, and stagecraft at the fabled Neshaminy Summer Stock program run by his mentor, Ted Kloos, every summer starting at age 13, through graduation in 1973 from Neshaminy High School.

For Ewing’s Tom Orr, diversity in his career is the spice of life | MercerSpace.com

Despite recent setbacks entertainer Tom Orr keeps doing what he loves | Bucks County Herald

 

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2023 ANNIE WARBUCKS Franklin Delano Roosevelt Surflight Theatre Beach Haven NJ
2021 PETE 'N' KEELY Pete Bartel Webb's Resort Chautauqua NY
2022 SING FOR YOUR SUPPER Tom Orr The Rrazz Room New Hope PA
2021 ANNIE Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Lieutenant Ward Surflight Theatre Beach Haven NJ
2020 MAMMA MIA! Bill Austin Surflight Theatre Beach Haven NJ
2020 SOMETHING'S AFOOT Colonel Gillweather Candlelight Theater Wilmington DE
2020 MARY POPPINS Admiral Boom, Bank Chairman Broadway Theatre of Pitman Pitman NJ
2019 MAMMA MIA! Bill Austin Surflight Theatre Beach Haven NJ
2019 FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL Joe Surflight Theatre Beach Haven NJ
2019 ELTON JOHN AND TIM RICE'S AIDA Pharaoh Broadway Theatre of Pitman Pitman NJ
2019 NEWSIES Joseph Pulitzer Broadway Theatre of Pitman Pitman NJ
2018 IT'S A FRUITCAKE Tom Orr The Rrazz Room New Hope PA
2018 BRIGADOON Andrew MacLaren Candlelight Theater Wilmington DE
2018 FUNNY GIRL Renaldi/Ensemble Broadway Theatre of Pitman Pitman NJ
2017 IT'S A FRUITCAKE Tom Orr The Rrazz Room New Hope PA
2016 IT'S A FRUITCAKE Tom Orr The Bucks County Cabaret New Hope PA
2014 KISS ME, KATE Fred Graham/Petruchio Kelsey Theatre West Windsor NJ
2014 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF The Constable Surflight Theatre Beach Haven NJ
2014 JEKYLL & HYDE General Lord Glossop Surflight Theatre Beach Haven NJ
2013 MAME Lindsay Woolsey Bucks County Playhouse New Hope PA
2012 THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A COUNTRY George Washington ActorsNET of Bucks County Morrisville PA
2012 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Flute/Thisbe Shakespeare '70 West Windsor NJ
2012 HAIRSPRAY Wilbur Turnblad Kelsey Theatre West Windsor NJ
2011 LIFE IN THE THEATRE - BROADWAY MELODIES Tom Orr Bob Egan's Cabaret & Supper Club New Hope PA
2011 THE SIXTIES BEFORE SIXTY Tom Orr Bob Egan's Cabaret & Supper Club New Hope PA
2010 THE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC IN ONE EASY LESSON according to Tom Orr Off-Broadstreet Theatre Hopewell NJ
2010 THE PLAY'S THE THING Almady ActorsNET of Bucks County Morrisville PA
2009 SOMETHING INTANGIBLE Von Meyerhoff understudy Arden Theatre Co Philadelphia PA
2008 PLAID TIDINGS Smudge Off-Broadstreet Theatre Hopewell NJ
2008 MY FAIR LADY Ensemble/Henry Higgins understudy The Media Theatre Media PA
2008 THE THREEPENNY OPERA  Macheath (Mack the Knife) Kelsey Theatre West Windsor NJ
2008 CYRANO DE BERGERAC The Comte de Guiche ActorsNET of Bucks County Morrisville PA
2008 THE FANTASTICKS Bellomy Innovation Studio at the Kimmel Center Philadelphia PA
2007 WATCH ON THE RHINE Kurt Muller ActorsNET of Bucks County Morrisville PA
2007 THE FULL MONTY Harold Nichols Montgomery Theatre Souderton PA
2007 THE GOODBYE GIRL Mark Off-Broadstreet Theatre Hopewell NJ
2007 PRIVATE LIVES Victor Prynne Shakespeare '70 Trenton NJ
2006 ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Frank Butler Players Club of Swarthmore Swarthmore PA
2006 OUT OF ORDER Richard Willey Off-Broadstreet Theatre Hopewell NJ
2006 MY FAIR LADY Freddie Eynsford-Hill ActorsNET of Bucks County Morrisville PA
2005 THE IT GIRL "Man of 1,000 Faces" Off-Broadstreet Theatre Hopewell NJ
2005 THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A COUNTRY George Washington ActorsNET of Bucks County Morrisville PA
2005 I DO! I DO! Michael The Ritz Theatre Company Oaklyn NJ
2004 A COMPANY OF WAYWARD SAINTS Dottore Westwind Repertory Princeton NJ
2004 THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A COUNTRY George Washington ActorsNET of Bucks County Morrisville PA
2003 THE WINSLOW BOY Sir Robert Morton Shakespeare '70 Trenton NJ
2002 LIES & LEGENDS Tom Off-Broadstreet Theatre Hopewell NJ
2002 THAT GERSHWIN GIG! Tom Poquelin Players Princeton NJ
2002 HOTEL D'AMOUR Victor-Emmanuel Chandebise/Poche Off-Broadstreet Theatre Hopewell NJ
2002 STARDUST Tom Off-Broadstreet Theatre Hopewell NJ
2001 KAUFMANIA Groucho Poquelin Players Princeton NJ
2001 SHOW BOAT! Gaylord Ravenal ActorsNET of Bucks County Morrisville PA
2000 NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY Morris Brummel Off-Broadstreet Theatre Hopewell NJ
2000 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Bottom Lincoln Center Courtyard, NY City Ballet New York NY
2000 TRIUMPH OF LOVE Dimas Off-Broadstreet Theatre Hopewell NJ
1999 ASPIRIN & ELEPHANTS Arnie Nathan Off-Broadstreet Theatre Hopewell NJ
1999 CAMILA Padre Gannon Walnut Street Theatre Philadelphia PA
1998 LEVITATION Orville Wright Westwind Repertory Princeton NJ
1998 TWELFTH NIGHT Sir Andrew Aguecheek Westwind Repertory Princeton, NJ
1997 THOSE RADIO DAYS Lenny, Cowboy Bob, Fred, Deadly Dick Denby, Prof. Engleberg Mill Hill Playhouse Trenton NJ
1997 WOODY GUTHRIE'S AMERICAN SONG Writer, Cripple Whitey, Pa, Bar Man Off-Broadstreet Theatre Hopewell NJ
1997 I'M NOT RAPPAPORT The Cowboy Actor's NET of Bucks County Trenton NJ
1997 RUDDIGORE Richard Dauntless Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs Princeton NJ
1996 THE ICEMAN COMETH Moran Westwind Repertory Princeton NJ
1996 THE APPLE TREE & ALL-STAR MUSICAL REVUE Adam The Pennington School Pennington NJ
1995 SHE LOVES ME Waiter, Customers Off-Broadstreet Theater Hopewell, NJ
1994 PRIVATE LIVES Victor Prynne Off-Broadstreet Theater Hopewell NJ
1994 ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Mortimer Brewster Shakespeare '70 Trenton NJ
1994 LUIGI'S Bobby Ballad Artist Showcase Theater Trenton NJ
1993 LETTICE AND LOVAGE Mr. Bardolf Off-Broadstreet Theater Hopewell NJ
1993 THE GREAT RADIO BROADCAST OF 1993 Cowboy Bob, Fred, Tom Orr, Deadly Dick Denby Shakespeare '70 Trenton NJ
1993 SHERLOCK HOLMES Sherlock Holmes Shakespeare '70 Trenton NJ
1992 WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION Carter Shakespeare '70 Trenton NJ
1992 THE BAKER'S WIFE Antoine Off-Broadstreet Theater Hopewell NJ
1992 THE MISER Valere Off-Broadstreet Theater Hopewell NJ
1991 ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Jonathan Brewster Off-Broadstreet Theater Hopewell NJ
1991 SPEAKEEEZY Harry Gorsky Claridge Hotel-Casino Atlantic City NJ
1991 RUN FOR YOUR WIFE Stanley Gardner Off-Broadstreet Theater Hopewell NJ
1991 THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND Moon Shakespeare '70 Trenton NJ
1991 THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD Reverend Crisparkle Mill Music Halls Ivyland PA
1990 MURDER ON THE MOSHULU Ronald Trunk Moshulu Restaurant Philadelphia PA
1990 VICTORIAN SLEIGH RIDE John O'Hanlan Bristol Riverside Theater Bristol PA
1990 LUCKY STIFF Harry Witherspoon Off-Broadstreet Theater Hopewell NJ
1990 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Ben's brother  American Family Theater Penns Landing, Phila. PA
1990 SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE William Hallowell Magee Town & Country Players Buckingham PA
1990 THE INVISIBLE MAN understudy Arden Theater Co Philadelphia PA
1989 'TIS THE SEASON Tom Bristol Riverside Theater Bristol PA
1989 BROADWAY THEN & NOW musical revue Bristol Riverside Theater Bristol PA
1989 CAMELOT King Arthur Mill Hill Playhouse Trenton NJ
1989 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY George Kittredge Bristol Riverside Theater Bristol PA
1988 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Oberon Mate Productions Milford PA
1988 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY C. K. Dexter Haven Mill Hill Playhouse Trenton NJ
1987 THE DRUNKARD Edward Middleton (the drunkard) Theater on the Towpath New Hope PA
1986 CARNIVAL Jaquot Theater on the Towpath New Hope PA
1986 OKLAHOMA! Curly McClain LaSalle Music Theater Philadelphia PA
1985 BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Victor Velasco Town & Country Players Buckingham PA
1985 OKLAHOMA! Curly McClain Neshaminy Valley Music Theater Langhorne PA
1983 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Perchick Riverfront Dinner Theater Philadelphia PA
1982 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Perchik Riverfront Dinner Theater Philadelphia PA
1980 GEORGE M Stan Harris Riverfront Dinner Theater Philadelphia PA
1980 ANYTHING GOES Sir Evelyn Oakleigh Riverfront Dinner Theater Philadelphia PA
1980 GIGI stage manager/understudy City Line Dinner Theater Philadelphia PA
1979 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Fyedka City Line Dinner Theater Philadelphia PA
1979 OLIVER! Mr. Brownlow Riverfront Dinner Theater Philadelphia PA
1979 THE KING AND I slave City Line Dinner Theater Philadelphia PA
1979 ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Wild Horse, Dr. Ferguson Riverfront Dinner Theater Philadelphia PA
1978 GUYS AND DOLLS Liver Lips Louie, Harry the Horse Riverfront Dinner Theater Philadelphia PA
1978 SOUTH PACIFIC Seabee Morton Wise Riverfront Dinner Theater Philadelphia PA
1976 FRANCIS The Pope World Eucharistic Congress Philadelphia PA
1975 A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM Marcus Lycus Temple University Philadelphia PA
1975 CROSSING! Judge Henry Wynkoop Washington Crossing Open Air Theater Titusville NJ
1975 LILY, THE FELON'S DAUGHTER Compton Temple University Philadelphia PA
1974 KISS ME, KATE Harry Trevor/Baptista Penn Players, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA
1974 CROSSING! Judge Henry Wynkoop Washington Crossing Open Air Theater Titusville NJ
1974 ALL THE KING'S MEN Researcher, Radio Voice Penn Players, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA
1973 THE THREEPENNY OPERA Reverend Kimball, Warden Smith Penn Players, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA
1973 1776 Thomas Jefferson Washington Crossing Open Air Theater Titusville NJ
1973 HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS... dancer Neshaminy Valley Music Theater Langhorne PA
1973 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Perchik Neshaminy High School Langhorne PA
1972 TWELFTH NIGHT Duke Orsino Neshaminy High School Langhorne PA
1972 GREENWILLOW Reverend Lapp Neshaminy Summer Stock Langhorne PA
1972 LITTLE MURDERS Alfred Chamberlain Neshaminy High School Langhorne PA
1972 HELLO DOLLY! Cornelius Hackl Neshaminy High School Langhorne PA
1970 PLAIN AND FANCY Moses Zook Neshaminy Summer Stock Langhorne PA
1969 CARNIVAL chorus Neshaminy Summer Stock Langhorne PA
1968 ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Tommy Keeler Neshaminy Summer Stock Langhorne PA
1968 WHERE IS THE MAYOR? Don Blair Carl Sandberg Junior High School Levittown PA