The Theft Forum

Scott Hearne interviews Tom Booker. They discuss growing up in Oklahoma, studying improv with Del Close and Mick Napier at the same time, the founding of The Annoyance Theater, one of thousands of ways to fail as an actor in LA, the burdens of owning a theater, and the reasons Austin, Texas rocks. Tom Booker is an actor, director, and improviser in Austin, Texas. He has studied sketch and improv at Second City Chicago and ImprovOlympic. He is a founding member of The Annoyance Theater in Chicago and has been a director and instructor at Second City Los Angeles. He has appeared in several television shows, a few movies, and nearly a hundred commercials.