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  <name><![CDATA[Tommy Housworth]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Tommy Housworth is one of Atlanta’s busier writers and actors. 

As a writer, Tommy has penned scores of scripts for corporate videos and live productions, usually balancing humor with crucial business messages.  Imagine if Tony Robbins and Tom Robbins collaborated on a project. Second City meets Stephen Covey. It’s kind of like that.  He’s also written commercials for radio and television, website content, print material, and creative proposals.  

Tommy is the author of two published books.  In 2000, he published “Smirking Into the Abyss”, a collection of satirical pop culture essays and in 2005, “Welcome to Storyville”, an anthology of short stories, was released.   

Tommy has performed in regional and national commercials, independent films, theatrical productions, voiceovers, and oodles of corporate videos.  He also has trained and performed with most of Atlanta’s most prominent improv troupes, including Dad’s Garage, Whole World, Laughing Matters, and his own troupe, The Accidental Comics.

Tommy is also the Creative Director of 7 Course Communications.  7 Course provides entertainment and               ‘edu-tainment’ for corporate events, bringing comedy and theatre to the world of business.  7 Course is celebrating its 15th year of bringing comedy and creativity to the folks who crave it most…the guy or gal in cubicle “C”.                                  Visit them at www.7course.net  

Tommy has been teaching improvisation and acting at the Alliance Theatre since 1992.  He has also taught classes and workshops at The Company Acting Studio, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Georgia State University, Clayton State University, Perimeter College, and the Shepard Spinal Center.

Tommy lives in Decatur with his wife, Wendy, and their kids Grady and Maggie.  When not working, Tommy can be found playing with the kids, reading, running, meditating, cooking, listening to jazz, watching baseball, or drinking way too much coffee. 
]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[T.C. Boyle, Kurt Vonnegut,  Steve Martin, Tom Robbins, Hunter Thompson, John Updike, Raymond Carver, Carrie Fisher, Dave Barry, Warren Zevon, Woody Allen, Spalding Gray]]></influences>    <hometown>Nashville, TN</hometown>  <born_at>04/23/1967</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Welcome to Storyville]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Smirking Into The Abyss]]></title>
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