Tom has worked as a set designer and technical director for the Guthrie Theater’s Guthrie/BFA program and the Guthrie Experience programs. While at the Guthrie, he worked as a properties artisan on productions such as, His Girl Friday, The Great Gatsby, and The Real Thing. Additionally, Tom has worked as a properties master and assistant scenic designer for a number of Penumbra Theatre's productions. He has stage managed for A Prairie Home Companion’s cruises traveling to the Baltic States, the Caribbean, and Scotland. Most recently, Tom has designed scenery for the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s production of Nat Turner in Jerusalem as well as designing and building the set for the conceptual dance film, Kitchen Dance Project.