Tom Mula is an award-winning playwright, actor, and director. He received 2 Joseph Jefferson Awards in 1991 for his play "Golem" at the National Jewish Theatre and for his work on Nicole Hollander's hit musical, "Sylvia's Real Good Advice". In 1995, Adams Media published his novel "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol" (the backstage version of Dickens' Scrooge story told by Marley's Ghost;) it became a Chicago Tribune bestseller.
He has taught in Columbia College Chicago's Theatre Department for more than 30 years.