Lanny Thomas co-directed last season’s The Boys Next Door with Chuck Olsen. At TLT, Lanny heads the Director Selection Committee. He also conducts an Actor’s Workshop that meets every two weeks and he teaches a private acting class. He was last seen as an actor in Tallahassee as Peter in TLT’s Coffeehouse production of Bug. The previous season he played Katurian in The Pillowman for TLT, and Ayamonn in the Irish Society’s reading of Red Roses For Me. Prior to that, he was Finbar Mack in the Irish Society’s production of The Weir and appeared in The Gift of Peace, a production promoting the Department of Peace. Other roles at TLT include Sgt Toomey in Biloxi Blues and Mr. Marks in Intimate Apparel. His play Imprints was produced in Los Angeles, which he directed, and at the University of Nebraska. He received his undergraduate degree in Theater from the University of Maryland and his Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the California Institute of the Arts. Lanny is married to FSU Theater faculty member Debra Hale and they have one son, Aidan.