Tom Shaker
Member
SAG, AEA, AFTRA, SIAE, UFT, USO
GOALS - Create and direct a resident professional
theater company
- Build an international multi-media
communications network
- Present international creative projects to
the global village
- Enhance literacy and self-esteem through
"EDUTAINMENT" curricula
- Teach drama, literature, technology,
production and video/film/web
- Supervise mentoring, internship and
employment for students
- Produce theatrical, film, television,
radio and internet works
- Write and publish books, articles,
scripts, songs and scores
- Perform and record selected works
2013
Artistic Director, 3 Amici Studios, Rome Italy and Boca Raton Florida
International Full Service Production Studio working in all mediums, pre
to post
Director, Author and Host
Rome 360º The Churches
An episodic series looking at the 360 churches located in the Roma
Centro
Director/Co-Owner, Garage Gallery Group, Boca Raton
Producing film, theatre and events through the concept of Art in Motion
2012
Author and Director / Rome, the First 3000 Years www.Rome3000.Blogspot.com
Creator and Host / Italy with Tom Shaker www.ItalyWithTomShaker.com
Guide Wars / Tour Wars International
Edu-Tainment Game Show
Fugedaboutdit (Forget About It) / TV-Internet Comedy Show “Set” in NYC,
“Shot” in Paris
The King and The Pope / Feature Film about the Papal Visit to Norway
2011
www.InternationalImaginationInstitute.com
USA 501(c) 3 Non Profit
Imagination Institute in Italy www.iiitaly.com Image, Instruction, Itineraries
Web TV Italy www.WebTvItaly.com Everything Italian
online Free for All
- Founding Artistic Director / international
non-profit corporation (Partita Iva #08033741003)
- CEO of Studio Colosseo Pre to Post
Production Facility, a division of iiitaly.com
- Author and recording artist for audio and
video guides
- Author and performer, Rome, the 1st
3000 years, one-man musical salute to the Eternal City
- Lecture-guide and guide trainer
- Producer and Lead Singer Tom
and His “Cats” Jazz,
Blues and Standards Band
- Creator and Author Rome-Mania Series of articles and soon to be
published book
- Coordinator, International Jazz Workshop
with Barry Harris
- Keynote Speaker, E-Factor Leadership
Seminar, Paris
2006
HBO – ROME Episode 13
“Spoils” Court Lictor
2000-Present
- Board Member, USO Rome
- President, AICR, American International
Club of Rome, 2003-4
- Short stories and articles: clients
include Continental Airlines, Al Italia, Shearman Law Firm
- Featured Actor in Mel Gibson’s Film, “The Passion”
- Author of original lyrics for songs,
“Family”, “Falling Down” and “Italiano-Americano”
- Member of SIAE (Union for Authors and
Composers in Italy)
- Voice Artist, dubbing, original
productions. Disney, RAI, Mediaset, King World, HBO…
- Writer, voice artist and producer for
“Amazing History”, 65 episodes, RAI 3 International
- Jazz and Blues Singer/Composer. Clients include Ambassadors Mel Sembler
and Tony Hall, St. Regis Grand Hotel, Rose Garden Palace Hotel, Grand
Palace Hotel, Palazzo Bourghese, Quirinale Palace, American Women’s
Association, Rome, Commune di Frascati
- Marketing Director of Vatican Tours and
Beyond - Tour and Transfer Company
- English conversation tutor to Senator
Montecone of the Italian Parliament and Professor Luciano Caglioti, Rector, Roma
Uno University
1978-2006, The Storybuilders
- CEO and founder of this international
production company that has Film, Television, Industrial, Theatre and
Trade Show credits. Past clients include GM, Ford, Chrysler, AT & T, American Express,
Michigan Bell, AAA, Dominos Pizza, Coca Cola…
- Signatory and member of Screens Actors
Guild (SAG), American Federation of Television and Radio Announcers
(AFTRA) and Actors Equity Association (AEA)
- Member, The Adcraft Club of Detroit
1979-1990, McDonalds Corporation
- Developed Local Store Marketing campaigns
for SEMMOA (South-Eastern Michigan McDonalds Owner-Operator
Association).
- Created POP (Point of Purchase) outreach
programs to public schools. Directed the Ronald McDonald Field Program
under the supervision of the RAM (Regional Ad Manager)
- Collaborated with client advertising
agencies (Ex. Ross Roy, J. Walter Thompson,
Campbell Ewald, Satchi and Satchi).
- Served as a consultant at Hamburger
University in Oakbrook, Il.
- Board member of the Ronald McDonald Houses
in Ann Arbor and Detroit. Consultant to Ronald McDonald Children’s
Charities (RMCC)
- Performed as Ronald McDonald.
Trained other actors internationally.
Wrote original scripts for schools shows, ad spots and marketing
campaigns
2005, University of Malta, Link University, Rome
- Artistic Director, PAVE Program Performing and Visual
Arts Education
- Wrote
and produced original musical version of Dickens’ Christmas Carol
- Designed
summer musical theatre repertory season for international student
candidates Premiere Season June, 2006
- London
Academy of Music and Dramatic Art - Negotiated Examination Center Status
with LAMDA www.lamda.org.uk
- Foundation
for International Education - Negotiated Host Campus Status with FIE www.fie.org.uk
- Developed
interdisciplinary department for film, theatre, dance, art, graphic and
web design
- Incorporated
professional arts training into instruction techniques for professional
educators
- Founded www.linkacademy.it . European Academy of Dramatic Arts
Director, LINK TV
- Designed, built and operated full-service
digital HD production studios on campus
- Wrote and implemented production curricula
focused on language acquisition
- Created promotional and educational pieces
for broadcast and marketing venues
- Supervised student-produced film and video
works
- Built daily live broadcast division on
web, satellite and analogue antenna
Director, International Division
- Developed campaign for international
student recruitment
- Coordinated Visiting Student Support
Services Office
- Proofed and edited all English language
web pages, publications and documents
Professor of Advanced English
- Designed, implemented and currently
teaching an annual two-semester program where students write, produce and
market original documentary works
- March, 2004 - created and taught a
one-week intensive course following the tenets and goals of the World Food
Program (WFP). Guest lecturer, Tony Hall, US Ambassador to FAO.
- October, 2003 – created and taught a
two-week intensive immersion course where students scripted and presented
a television news program complete with ad spots, field reports and
in-depth reporting. Now an annual
program.
- September, 2003 and 2004– designed and
implemented a two-week intensive immersion course for the Italian Military
(Army-SME). Student groups
researched, created and presented marketing campaigns for original
military products.
Education
2000
Rome Italian Language, Berlitz
1994
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
· Doctoral Candidate (EdD) in
Organizational Development. Fellowship funded by Bill and Camille Cosby
· Thesis, “Storybuilding as a
Curriculum Alternative for Multi-Racial Student Populations”
1976-78 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
· Master of Arts, Directing
· President, Michigan Union
· Thesis, “Brecht and the Concept of
Alienation During the Weimar Republic”
· Counsellor, Office of Admissions
1970-1974 Kent State University, Ohio
· Bachelor of Fine Arts, Theatre
· Minor in Secondary Education,
Teaching Certification, K-12
· Editor, The Chestnut Burr
(University Yearbook)
· Founder, All Campus Programming
Board
· Founder, May 4 Candlelight Vigil
· Member, Omicron Delta Kappa and Blue
Key, Men’s Honorary Associations
· Member, National Residence Hall
Honoraries
· Recipient, Senior Service Award
Teaching Certifications
· New York State, Education, K-12,
Literature, Arts and Technology
· New York City, K-12, Arts, English,
Creative Writing
· Ohio, K-12, Liberal Arts
· Michigan, K-12, Literature Science
and the Arts
Appointments - USA
1999 High School for Global
Studies, NYC District 15, Brooklyn Humanities and Video
1999 Roosevelt Island Youth Program, Drama and Video Director 1997 Queens
College, Queens NY / Lecture-Director Duke Ellington course and production
1996 MS158Q, Marie Curie Middle School, NYC District 26, Bayside / Drama and
Video
1997 Beacon Program, MS 158 and JHS 216 / Drama and Video After School Programs
1975 Portage County Bd. of Education, Ohio / Educational Consultant and Teacher
Trainer
1976 Univ. Of Michigan, Ann Arbor / Admissions Counsellor / Selective and
Competitive
1974 Kent State University, Ohio / Admissions Counsellor / Undergraduate
Department
1999-Brooklyn School for
Global Studies / Director of Technology, Video and the Arts.
·
Designed
Theatre, Television and Video Programs
·
Aided
in construction of Student Web Site
·
Implemented
usage of 120 Mac Computers driven by server throughout the school
·
Supervised
student-produced Theatre, Video, Print and Web Portfolios
·
Designed
and implemented curriculum for creative writing, art infusion in humanities and
technology usage to aid instruction
1996-1999 Marie Curie
Middle School, MS 158, Bayside, Queens
·
Appointed
Instructor of Drama and Video
·
New
York City Certification 665B, Performing Arts, Drama. New York State High
School Certification, Speech
·
Built
a complete theatre and video program from neglected, archaic and broken parts
·
Staged
student written works and supervised the presentation of student video projects
·
Transformed
closets into editing rooms, coatrooms into costume closets and storage rooms
into television studios
·
Served
as consultant to NTTI (National Teacher Training Institute), MSI (Middle School
Initiative) and UFT (United Federation of Teachers)
·
The
Beacon Program, MS 158 and JHS 216, Bayside, Queens Created an after school
drama and video program with neighborhood students from two schools.
·
Staged
"Inherit the Wind", "A Christmas Carol" and various student
written works
·
Consulted
with Beacon sights on how to implement performing arts programs.
Appointments - Rome
Professor of English - Rome
- Senators from the Italian Parliament
- Public Schools of Rome
- Virgilio
Superiore
- Visconti
Media
- Pantheon
Elementare
Berlitz
·
Intensive
Business English
·
Berlitz
Kids, Program Development
·
Private
conversation
PRODUCTION - ROME
Rome 360º, the Churches / Italy with Tom Shaker / Where in the World with Tom Shaker
Voice dubbing artist,
Italian to English Films (various features, cartoons and documentaries)
The Passion of the Christ Mel Gibson Speaking role of “Eyepatch”
Rome HBO Court
Lictor Episode “Spoils”
RAI 1 Dominica
In Big Band Vocalist
Guide text, scripts and
itineraries for sites throughout Italy
THEATRE / Rome
Ford English Theatre
"The Bear" by
Anton Chekhov - Male Lead
"Picture This" by Lamdon Coleman- Male Lead
”Ibsen meets Strindberg”-Strindberg
PRODUCTION – USA
1998 BIRDSVILLE / A High
Flyin' Rock and Role Musical Wrote, produced and directed an adaptation of
Aristophanes Birds Showcased at the Kaufman Theatre, 42nd Street.
THE HUMBLE THEATRE COMPANY
Founding Artistic Director / Multi-cultural performing arts troupe emphasizing
non-traditional casting and ethnic inclusion in theatrical Passions
1999 SOPHISTICATED STUDENTS
Hired by the Queens College Department of Theatre, Dance and Drama to produce
the first annual Queens Initiative project (Quip); a program where students
throughout the Borough of Queens are invited to prepare a performance piece
based on the works of a selected artist. The 1999 selection honors the
centennial of Duke Ellington. Pre-Passion has begun in preparation for the
millennium celebration for Jazz great and Corona, Queens resident, Louis
Armstrong (born in 1900).
COMMISSIONS
AT HOME IN ROME
A novel about life in the
Eternal City
ROME, THE FIRST 3000
YEARS
One man musical review of
the Eternal City
JAZZ, THE FIRST 100
YEARS
A look at the evolution of
this American Art Form
KISSA GRANDPA
An Italian-American-Italian
Documentary
REX
Theme song lyrics for
European TV series
YO, WALT! Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center,
Camden, NJ.
An original musical
presenting the life and works of Whitman through poetry and modern Rap
START WITH THE HEART Robert Crown Institute for Health,
Hinsdale, IL
An original musical teaching the anatomy and functions of the heart
A TIGER
TALE
A Film
Short honoring the Detroit Tigers baseball team
