Thomas Field, Boston, MA
Principal
Tom Field was the founder of Tom Field Associates (TFA) formed in 1969 in Boston as a small theatrical lighting company. TFA became one of the largest touring lighting and staging companies in the United States with clients including Bruce Springsteen, Chicago, Elton John, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and The Rolling Stones. TFA provided equipment and personnel to Woodstock, Mar y Sol, Watkins Glen, as well as following the legendary Chip Monck to the Newport Jazz, Folk and Opera Festivals. TFA also created the Westbeth Theatre Center, a two theatre complex, on Bank Street in NYC.
Tom managed Boston's Strand Theatre in its last days as a commercial film house and was co-founder of Cambridge's New Theatre at Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatre.
After selling TFA, Tom was involved as Associate Producer on several independent feature and television projects including the cult film, CHUD, and Mangia. Later he became a Producing Fellow at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.
Tom has extensive experience in facility development and operations as well as theatre and special events. In 1988, as Director of Production and Facilities at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH, Tom oversaw the reopening of this historic 880 seat theatre and created its successful commercial film operation. In 1992, Tom joined High Output, Inc. (H.O.) to create a Theatrical and Special Events Division. Clients included the Flynn Performing Arts Center in Burlington, VT, the Garde Arts Center in New London, CT, the Providence Performing Art Center in Providence, RI as well as Boston Lyric Opera, the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall. In 2000, Tom was the H.O. event producer for Mohegan Sun's Centennial Celebration.