Tom Jacobson

Tom Jacobson is a Los Angeles-based playwright.

Jacobson has had more than 70 productions of his works performed around the country. He studied acting at Northwestern University, and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in 1985 from the playwriting program at the University of California, Los Angeles' School of Theater, Film and Television.

Jacobson has described himself as a "47 year old male Angeleno from Colorado, Pennsylvania, Florida and Oklahoma of Norwegian/Swedish/German/Polish/Hungarian/Czech/French/English/Irish/Scottish background who went to college in Chicago and graduate school in Los Angeles and works in a natural history museum and lives in a loft in Koreatown with his husband who is a Latino abstract expressionist artist."

A prolific writer, Jacobson has penned more than 33 plays, although not all of these works have been produced at the time of writing. Jacobson's historical references, literary allusions, wit and transitional style have garnered comparisons with fellow playwright Tom Stoppard.

Many of Jacobson's plays deal with homosexual characters and gay history. He has written several works with all-male casts, though his plays The Friendly Hour (2008) and Pipestone (unproduced) are all-female ensembles.

Jacobson has called his 2005 play Ouroboros his best work, citing its powerful emotions and innovative structure.

In 2011, two of Jacobson's plays were performed simultaneously in Los Angeles: The Chinese Massacre (Annotated) at Circle X Theatre, and House of the Rising Son at Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA. Both productions have been favorably reviewed.

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