Principal
Tom Neville brings a diverse background in theatre technology and production management to his work for Auerbach Pollock Friedlander. With over ten years of experience at professional theatre companies in management positions, Mr. Neville’s perspective and understanding of facility user operations is of critical importance to our projects. After joining Auerbach Pollock Friedlander in 1996, Mr. Neville became fully immersed in the project management of the recently completed 21,000-seat Conference Center for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Temple Square in Salt Lake City.
Mr. Neville is now the Principal-in-Charge of Auerbach Pollock Friedlander ’s Minneapolis project office where he provides hands-on response to many of our projects in the central United States. His recent project work includes the new Berkeley Repertory Theatre, which marked his transition from client to consultant; the Omaha Sports Arena; Heartland High School in Grand Rapids and planning the technical renovation of the Historic Pillsbury Flour Museum in Minneapolis.
Before his move to consulting, Mr. Neville worked as Production Manager for Berkeley’s Tony Award winning repertory company, overseeing the work of a 30-member staff and production expenses of the $5.4 million LORT ‘B’ theatre. During this time, working as Project Manager and Building Committee member on a series of facility additions and renovations, he served as the owner’s representative for the Berkeley Repertory Theatre Second Stage. Working closely with Auerbach Pollock Friedlander on the integration of all operational planning and design aspects of a new second theatre, he proved to be extremely knowledgeable and focused on the unique theatre’s needs.
Mr. Neville’s professional theatre credits also include five years working for the University of North Carolina/Playmakers Repertory Company as a Production Manager and Adjunct Assistant Professor. His responsibilities included heading the graduate training program in technical theatre, as well as day-to-day management of a ten-member staff and supervision of production for the University’s LORT ‘D’ professional theatre company. He also worked as Assistant Technical Director for the Guthrie Theatre and in technical capacities for the Yale Rep and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. His touring background includes working as a member of the house crew for IATSE local #417 in Chapel Hill, NC and a tour with the Broadway production of “A Walk in the Woods,” which performed in the Soviet Union and Lithuania. He received his B.A. in Theatre from the University of Northern Iowa and his M.F. A. from the Yale School of Drama.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Theatre Consultants
United States Institute for Theatre Technology
