Tom Evans retired in 1999 after 32 years as the Chair of the Theatre Department at Hanover College in Indiana. As Chair, he garnered widespread recognition for developing the institution's theatre department into one of the nation's best amoungst liberal arts schools. During his years at Hanover, the program captured four national awards from the American College Theatre Festival, including two for staging original works by students. Tom is also a playwright who spent several years joining his wife, actress Barbara Farrar, in developing new plays at the Shenandoah International Play Retreat in Staunton, VA. In 1990, Governor Evan Bayh honored the pair with Sagamores of the Wabash for their contributions to theatre in Indiana. Tom's directing credits include work at Mill Mountain Theatre (Roanoke, VA), Creede Repertory Theatre (Creede, CO), The Shuler Theatre (Raton, NM), The Warehouse Theatre (Greenville, SC), Fulton Opera House (Lancaster, PA), The Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis, IN), New Playwrights (Washington DC) and Circle Repertory (New York, NY).

Tom has directed over 25 productions for SCRC, including W;t, Proof, Four Beers, The Drawer Boy, God’s Man in Texas, Rabbit Hole, My Old Lady  and Doubt. As a playwright, Tom's play Yellow Dog Crossing was produced to great acclaim as part of our 2005/06 season.

For the 2010/11 season, Tom will be directing Golf with Alan Shepard.