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 Tom McNally
Professor of Theatre Arts
Artistic Director of Little Theatre of the Rockies
Frasier 102
970.351.2931
tom.mcnally@unco.edu
Equity actor Tom McNally is Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Northern Colorado where he serves as artistic director of The Little Theatre of the Rockies and coordinator of the Acting Program. In 1994, Professor McNally was named National Theatre Arts Teacher of the Year by the Educational Theatre Association. The following year, he was named Higher Education Educator of the Year by the Alliance for Colorado Theatre. He serves on the board of the Higher Education Council of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and Alliance for Colorado Theatre.
He has directed and acted in more than 120 productions, including off-Broadway, repertory and university theatre. His direction of the Odd Couple at the Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities earned the show "one of the ten best productions of the year" by Rocky Mountain News. He received a Denver Drama Critics Award nomination for his direction of Oleanna and won a Rocky Mountain Theatre Association Award for Best Play with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He has appeared as a guest artist for The Little Theatre of the Rockies productions, playing Herbie in Gypsy opposite Mary Jo Catlett and Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman opposite Ann Ducati.
Tom McNally has been a workshop presenter or keynote speaker for more than 50 conferences in 16 states. He was the only six-time thespian presenter at the National Theatre Education Association Conferences throughout the US.
He is the author of the textbook Acting: The Active Process. His articles--"Getting Ready: College Scholarships" and "Audition Techniques"--have appeared in Dramatics magazine. The latter is used as part of the suggested audition preparations for applicants to the Juilliard School in New York.
Tom McNally came to UNC from Pennsylvania State University where he was director of undergraduate studies and co-coordinator of the professional acting program. From 1973 to 1982, Professor McNally served as chairman of the Department of Theatre and Music Theatre at Loretto Heights College. He received his BA from Regis College and his MFA from the University of Denver and studied in the New York studio system.
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