Playwright - Lyricist - Bookwriter 
NEWS...
MAY 2011
Tom and his writing partner David Dabbon have been selected to be part of the 6th Annual Johnny Mercer Songwriter's Workshop in Chicago this June.
APRIL 2011
Tom's play Up the Hill was chosen to be part of the Seventh Annual Lakeshore Player's Ten Minute Play Festival.
MARCH 2011
Tom's play Up the Hill was announced a finalist for the Seventh Annual Lakeshore Player's Ten Minute Play Festival.
FEBRUARY 2011
Tom's play Up the Hill was announced a semi-finalist for the Seventh Annual Lakeshore Player's Ten Minute Play Festival.
JANUARY 2011
Tom's short play Fear Sells will be produced in SHEHEREZADE XI: A YEAR IN REVIEW 2010, A Benefit Production for The Playwrights' Center of San Francisco
The show runs March 18-April 9, 2011 at Stage Werx, 533 Sutter Street btw Powell and Mason Streets, San Francisco
Buy tickets here.
NOVEMBER 2010
Tom was awarded a NextGen Arts Professional Development Grant for emerging arts leaders, which can be used for eligible individuals to take workshops, attend conferences or work with career coaches or management consultants.
NOVEMBER 2010
Tom was appointed Producer for the Playwrights' Center of San Francisco's Developmental Reading series.
NOVEMBER 11, 2010
There will be a full reading of Tom's new comedy, Intelligent Men Ask for Directions as part of PCSF's Developmental Reading program. Check out the PCSF website for more information.
OCTOBER 14, 17, 21, 24, 28 2010
Tom's new short play, False Advertisement, will be included in PianoFight's Quickie Festival. Check out PianoFight for more information.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2010
Come and see a scene from Tom's new play, Intelligent Men Ask for Directions at the Play Cafe in Berkeley.
SEPTEMBER 2010
Tom is now the FutureWorks Fellow at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, CA. He’ll be assisting the New Works Director, Casting Director and Company Manager.
MAY 2010
Tom and his writing partner, David Dabbon were commissioned by Accelerando Music Conservatory to write an original musical, Greetings From Coco-Boco!
DECEMBER 2009
Tom and his writing partner, David Dabbon were commissioned by Accelerando Music Conservatory to write an original holiday musical, Snowed In!
OCTOBER 18, 2009
A concert version of the new musical comedy American Family, written with my writing partner David Dabbon, will be presented Oct. 18 at the Duplex in Manhattan. The 7 PM concert will feature the talents of Sally Wilfert, George Dvorsky, Cait Doyle, Danny Calvert and Amy Nicole Polumbo. David Alpert directs.
AUGUST 31, 2009
Meat and Bone Theatre Company is Brooklyn will produce a reading of our musical All Happy Housewives Sleep with the Milkman.
JANUARY 18, 2009
Carly Jibson (Cry Baby, Hairspray), Tony Yazbeck (Gypsy, On the Town, A Chorus Line) Sally Wilfert (Assassins, Make Me a Song), and Jonathan Rayson (Little Shop of Horrors, I Love You, You're Perfect...) will perform highlights from the songbook of the composing team David Dabbon and Tom Bruett at Manhattan's Metropolitan Room Sunday January 18th.
JUNE 2008
Lox Atop the Lincoln Tunnel was selected to be part of The Players' Theatre Shortened Attention Span Festival.
"Playwright Tom Bruett crafts some nice dialogue and his story has an interesting reveal that I won't give away here..." nytheatre.com, Lox Atop the Lincoln Tunnel