Thomas Burns Scully

 Thomas Burns Scully was born in North Wales, where he spent the first few years of his life, but was predominantly raised in the Sultanate of Oman, where his family moved at a young age. His interest in theatre began at school, and from there he started working as a voiceover actor with the Oman Ministry of Education. He then went on to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, where he graduated with honors, and is now a working New York stage and screen actor.

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Not content to be busy with just an acting career, Thomas branched out into playwriting and screenwriting. Before long he had an award-winning play under his belt, 'Dorothy of Nowhere', which won the WB Yeats Emerging Playwright Award and Origin's 1st Irish Festival's Audience Choice Award. He began working as a writer for hire on a variety of projects, whilst still developing his own scripts. His most recent publicly shared work at time of writing is "The Fall of Asa Packer", an immersive play that has been running since 2023 at the historic Harry Packer Mansion in Jim Thorpe, PA through What May Come Immersive.

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Still in need of more to fill his already packed schedule, Thomas began composing, recording and releasing music. Having played guitar and banjo from an early age he records mostly in a blues-rock vein, but that hasn't stopped him from diversifying. In October 2013, he prepared the entire score to the New York Times critically acclaimed 'A Girl Without Wings', an adaptation of a South American folk tale. In 2015 he recorded an avante-garde flamenco soundtrack for the play 'Life is a Dream'. He also developed the folk score for the immersive theatre show 'Are You Alice: A New Wonderland' with Permafrost Theatre Collective (a company he co-founded) which would go on to acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. You can currently see him playing lead guitar in the band Hurricane Holly, or performing his own solo work.

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Earning the moniker "The Thrifty Person's Renaissance Man", Thomas then proceeded to get involved in the world of immersive experiences. First at 59:59 Room Escape, then at Exodus Escape, before becoming an independent designer, and then finally a full-fledged immersive practitioner. He helped create Anheuser-Busch's "15 Minutes to Make History" experience for SXSW 2018, was a key figure in developing and performing Fever/NBCUniversal's immersive "John Wick: The Continental" show, and joined the team for the immersive Off-Broadway show "The Jury Experience".

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Other work has included the BAFTA nominated short 'The Boy Under the Piano', appearing in a pre-filmed narrative for Neil Patrick Harris' 45th birthday celebration, performing with the Drama Desk nominated Live In Theatre interactive performance company, cropping up in Broad City on Comedy Central and much more.

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He is represented by Florance Kirilova at Posche Models and Talent.