Photos
Intimacy LADY DAY @ EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera 2024





Intimacy WEST SIDE STORY Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera 2024







Intimacy THE COLOR PURPLE Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera 2024













Intimacy THE MUSIC MAN Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera 2024






Intimacy YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera 2024










Intimacy SEUSSICAL Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera 2024






Intimacy THE DELIVERANCE NETFLIX 2024



2024 TONY AWARDS EXCELLENCE IN THEATRE EDUCATION AWARD / PRESENTED BY CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY








2024 TONY AWARDS RED CARPET
Directing Lady Day At Emerson Bar & Grill Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera 2024
















LADY DAY @ EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL by Laine Robertson
PITTSBURGH CIVIC LIGHT OPERA
GREET CABARET THEATER
MAY 17 – JUNE 30, 2024
Executive Producer: Mark Fleischer
Associate Producer: Billy Mason
Direction: Tome’ Cousin
Billie Holiday: Gabrielle Lee
Jimmy Powers / Musical Direction: Kenney Green-Tilford
Musicians: Paco Mahone, James Johnson III
Pepi: Scrappy Mason
Billie Holiday 1st Alternate: Ayana Del Valle
Understudy / ASM: Alawna Mallory
Scenic Design: Holly M. Fleischer
Lighting Design: Andrew Ostrowski
Costume Design: Claudia Brownlee
Sound Design: Bob Bollman
Hair and Makeup Design: Tenel Dorsey
Dialect Coach: Lisa Ann Goldsmith
Stage Manager: Tim Brady
Billie Holiday 1st Alternate: Ayana Del Valle
Understudy / ASM: Alawna Mallory
Direction Lucille Lortel Awards Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York City 2024



















Lucille Lortel Awards
May 5, 2024
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York City
Original Choreography / Direction: Susan Stroman
Re-Constructed / Direction: Tome’ Cousin, Leeanna Smith Gendron
W: John Behlmann as Michael Wiley, Alicia Mae Holloway as Girl in the Yellow Dress, Stacey Todd Holt as Bartender, Sean Ewing, Naomi Kakuk, Thayne Jasperson, Blake Davis Zelenikar, Masumi Iwai, Wayne, Jimin Moon, Ashley Fitzgerald, Gabriella Sorrentino
Guest Artist OPEN JAR STUDIOS MASTERCLASS 2024






April 14, 2024
Masterclass.
OPEN JAR STUDIOS
The GOLDYNSPACE: Artistic Director: Jessica Lee Goldyn
W: Leeanna Smith Gendron, Sean Ewing
Intimacy Scenes From An Execution Quantum Theatre 2024





SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION
2024
QUANTUM THEATRE
DIRECTION: ANDREW SMITH
INTIMACY DIRECTION: TOME' COUSIN
W: Lisa Velton Smith (Glactia), Hansel Tan (Carpeta), Amy Landis (Sketchbook), Randy Kovitz (Prodo), Robert Ramierez (Urgentino), Leyla Davis (Supporta), Marianna Garzon Toro (Dementia), Jerreme Rodriguez (Suffici), Bria Walker-Rhoze (Gina Rivera), Martin Giles Ostensible)
*Photography: Jason Snyder
Intimacy/Choreography Fat Ham Pittsburgh City Theatre/TheatreSquared (Fayetteville, Arkansas) 2024












FAT HAM BY JAMES IJAMES
2024
PITTSBURGH CITY THEATRE / THEATRESQUARED (FAYETTEVILLE, AR)
DIRECTION: MONTEZE FREELAND
INTIMACY DIRECTION / CHOREOGRAPHY: TOME' COUSIN
W: Brandon Foxworth (Juicy), Maria Becoates-Bey (Tendra), Khalil Kain (Rev/Pap), Elexa Lindsay Hanner (Opal), LaTrea Rembert (Larry), Linda Haston (Rabby), Jordan Williams (Tio)
*Photography: Justin Merriman for KJH Studios
Directing Skeleton Crew Barebones Productions 2024









Carnegie Mellon University / Tony Awards
Excellence in Theatre Education Award Masterclass 2023/2024
Winner: Jason Zembuch Young
Dr. Joaquin Garcia High School, West Palm Beach, FL | January 20-24, 2024
Photos: Jordan Taylor
CMU News link… https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2024/march/cmu-school-of-drama-hits-the-road-for-eitea-master-class-at-florida-high-school







Classic Stage Company’s 2023 Gala









Directing Closer Than Ever at Pittsburgh Playhouse 2023




















2023 TONY AWARDS EXCELLENCE IN THEATRE EDUCATION AWARD / PRESENTED BY CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY






2023 TONY AWARDS RED CARPET






Directing North Of Forbes PICT Classic Theatre at PointBreezeway 2023




Intimacy NYAD Netflix 2022




Choreography DANCE NATION Barebones Theater Company 2019



Directing Cabaret at The Philip Chosky Theater Carnegie Mellon University - 2019





Directing Coram Boy at The Conservatory Theatre Company at Point Park University - 2018
















Directing Big Fish at Shanghai Musical Theatre Academy in Shanghai, China - 2017












Directing The Scottsboro Boys at Rauh Theatre at Pittsburgh Playhouse - 2017















Teaching Carnegie Mellon University Summer Pre-College Program
















National Dance Institute









Life Tree Photographic Collaboration with Itaru Iwahashi - 2017








Directing Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Falk Auditorium, Winchester Thurston School - 2017












Directing CONTACT LG Art Center - Seoul, Korea - 2017
















Directing Uncle Tom's Cabin Point Park Conservatory - 2017

















Directing Ragtime Carnegie Mellon University - 2017










Mr. Roger's Neighborhood







Directing Wig Out! The REP Professional Theatre Company - 2016












More Than Media, Mute The Stereo (Type) Curtis Reaves Photography - 2016



The Femme Pride Project photography Antonio Marziale - 2016





Directing The Full Monty Carnegie Mellon University - 2016










Luigi Tribute Gala Performance -2015









Grand Hotel at Shanghai Musical Theater Academy, Shanghai, China - 2015







Directing Choir Boy The REP Professional Theatre Company at Pittsburgh Playhouse - 2015















Directing Contact Susan Stroman Productions at the Daguan Theatre, Shanghai, China - 2015











Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab - 2015



Directing The Wiz at Carnegie Mellon University - 2015











Directing Souvenir with The REP Professional Theatre Company at Pittsburgh Playhouse - 2014






Directing The Wild Party at Carnegie Mellon University -2014










Directing By The Way, Meet Vera Stark with the Pittsburgh Playhouse Rep Theater Company - 2014











Directing Spring Awakening at Carnegie Mellon University - 2013













Directing The Producers at Point Park University - 2012











Directing Marathon 33 at Point Park University - 2011












Directing Marathon 33 with Abington Theater Company - 2009














Directing Thou Shalt Not at Point Park University - 2009












Performing in Swing with Maine State Musical Theatre - 2009











Fred Rogers Operas (Pittsburgh Festival Opera) 2019































DANCE MOMS LIFETIME NETWORK 2019




Carnegie Mellon University Pre College 2019 Photos: Louis Stein




CHARLIE PARKER’S YARDBIRD (Pittsburgh Opera) 2021








THE SKIN I’M IN! MEIN SCHWULES AUGE (MY GAY EYE) BODY ISSUE (COLLABORATION WITH RON AMATO)
ATHE Ellen Stewart AWARD 2021
CMU / TONY AWARDS MASTERCLASS (MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL) CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 2019





THE CURRENT WAR QUANTUM THEATRE 2021 (PHOTOGRAPHY HEATHER MULL)









INTIMACY COORDINATORS OF COLOR (ICOC) CERTIFICATION 2021-2022
VANDERZEE (PICTURE TAKIN’ MAN) 2021 WORKSHOP (CMU)















































A RAiSIN IN THE SUN (PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER 2022) DIRECTOR: TIMOTHY MCCUEN PIGGEE. INTIMACY / CHOREOGRAPHY: TOME’ COUSIN







DOT by Colman Domingo 2020 Pittsburgh Public Theater (Playtime) Director: Tome’ Cousin


GODSPELL Carnegie Mellon University (2023) Director / Choreography: Tome' Cousin











RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA Pittsburgh Playhouse / Point Park University (2022) Director: Tome' Cousin Choreography: Eileen Grace











CLYDE'S Pittsburgh City Theater (2022) Director: Monteze Freeland Intimacy Coordination / Choreography: Tome' Cousin






THE PALE BLUE EYE (Netflix) 2022 Director: Scott Cooper Intimacy Coordination: Tome’ Cousin





RUSTIN (Netflix) 2023 Director: George C. Wolfe Intimacy Coordination: Tome’ Cousin Starring: Coleman Domingo










CHARLIE PARKER'S YARDBIRD (2023) New Orleans Opera Director / Choreography: Tome' Cousin













PARADISE BLUE (2022) Pittsburgh City Theater Director: Monteze Freeland Intimacy Coordination: Tome' Cousin





NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 Carnegie Mellon University (2022) Director / Choreography: Tome' Cousin

















ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE Netflix Film (2021) Director: Billy Porter Intimacy Coordination / Choreography: Tome' Cousin







DANCING IN THE BLUE LIGHT (2023) Asolo Rep Sarasota, Florida Conceived by Tome' Cousin / Monteze Freeland Director / Choreography: Tome' Cousin



ROBERT M. FRANKEL AWARD Pittsburgh City Theater (2023) Artist Recipient: Tome' Cousin








THE SKIN I’M IN (2020) Collaboration with Photographer Ron Amato Mein Schwules Auge (My Gay Eye) Magazine Poem: Tome’ Cousin



HAMLET (2021) Pittsburgh Shakespeare In the Park Director: KJ Gilmer Staging / Vocal Hockets: Tome’ Cousin

LITTLE CHILDREN DREAM OF GOD (2021) Pittsburgh Playhouse Point Park University Director / Choreography / Vocal Hockets: Tome' Cousin










LITTLE CHILDREN DREAM OF GOD (2021) Pittsburgh Playhouse Point Park University Director / Choreography / Vocal Hockets: Tome' Cousin










Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera 2022 Directors: Drowsy Chaperone (Josh Rhodes), Kinky Boots (Gerry McIntyre), Godspell (Gabriel Barre), A Chorus Line (Baayork Lee), Sister Act (Ameenah Kaplan) Resident Intimacy Coordinator: Tome’ Cousin
Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera 2023 Directors: Anything Goes (Ameenah Kaplan), Into the Woods (Scott Weinstein), The Sound of Music (Marc Robin), Once On This Island (Gerry McIntyre), Guys and Dolls (Darren Lee), Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Dontee Kiehn) Resident Intimacy Coordinator: Tome’ Cousin

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2022) Pittsburgh Public Theater Director: Marya Sea Kaminski Intimacy Coordination: Tome' Cousin


DANCE NATION (2022) University of Pittsburgh Director: Kelly Trumbull Choreography: Tome’ Cousin






Black Broadway Men (2023) Mentor: Tome’ Cousin
