Tom Frueh
- Actor
Tom Frueh (pronounced "free") is an actor and writer who works in film and theatre. Most recently, he appeared in the 2022 films "Café Voltaire" and "I Love You 3," both of which were directed by award-winning director Duane Michals. Other recent films include Michals' "Mister Mirror Man's Romance," and the award-winning "Yort" and "Abra Cadaver." In recent theater work, Tom appeared in New York in "Days of Thirst and Beauty," and on New York's Theatre Row in the one-man musical "Houdini," an Official Selection of the United Solo Theatre Festival. He also wrote the book, music and lyrics. After its debut, it was chosen as a Critic's Choice selection and earned 4.5 out of 5 stars by All About Solo. Tom's acclaimed musical "Partners" had its world premiere at the Festival in 2017.
Tom recently wrote and produced the short film "A Fish Can Dream" for the Eco-Puppetry Arts Festival, presented by Salt Tree Art, a non-profit environmental arts organization that unites arts and ecology. He is the author of numerous plays which have been produced in New York, as well as the screenplay "Jay and the Fix-It Drivers." A singer-dancer and 30+ year veteran performer in musicals, some of his other recent appearances include the musicals "On the Twentieth Century", "City of Angels," The Drowsy Chaperone", "Cabaret", and "Grand Hotel", as well as concert and cabaret performances. His early performing career in musicals spanned an extensive range of classics, from "The Music Man" and "Fiddler on the Roof" to "George M!" and "A Chorus Line". Tom trained as an actor at the University of Dayton and with numerous teachers in New York City. He trained as a dancer at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, and at Joffrey Ballet School and Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan. He also studied singing in New York with the renowned teacher and coach Thomas Shepard. He wrote his first play while pursuing a professional acting career after college, and with the support and encouragement of two prominent literary managers (at Pittsburgh Public Theater and the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center in New York), he began to pursue writing as a career. Eventually, he decided to make both writing and acting his full-time profession.
Tom's longtime partner was Johan Renvall, world-renowned principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre (Mr. Renvall passed away in 2015.)
Tom recently wrote and produced the short film "A Fish Can Dream" for the Eco-Puppetry Arts Festival, presented by Salt Tree Art, a non-profit environmental arts organization that unites arts and ecology. He is the author of numerous plays which have been produced in New York, as well as the screenplay "Jay and the Fix-It Drivers." A singer-dancer and 30+ year veteran performer in musicals, some of his other recent appearances include the musicals "On the Twentieth Century", "City of Angels," The Drowsy Chaperone", "Cabaret", and "Grand Hotel", as well as concert and cabaret performances. His early performing career in musicals spanned an extensive range of classics, from "The Music Man" and "Fiddler on the Roof" to "George M!" and "A Chorus Line". Tom trained as an actor at the University of Dayton and with numerous teachers in New York City. He trained as a dancer at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, and at Joffrey Ballet School and Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan. He also studied singing in New York with the renowned teacher and coach Thomas Shepard. He wrote his first play while pursuing a professional acting career after college, and with the support and encouragement of two prominent literary managers (at Pittsburgh Public Theater and the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center in New York), he began to pursue writing as a career. Eventually, he decided to make both writing and acting his full-time profession.
Tom's longtime partner was Johan Renvall, world-renowned principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre (Mr. Renvall passed away in 2015.)