I HATE HAMLET

The New Rep, Boston

Thomas Ouellette as Gary

“Another small role is a scene stealer. Thomas Ouellette, whom many have seen in Shear Madness, bursts into the play like a polyester-blend thunderbolt, and the audience laughs at every line of his take on the slimy Hollywood agent…he bowls the crowd over…when he exits his first scene, the audience applauds.” – Bay Windows

“Thomas Ouellette is hilarious…” The Boston Globe

“As Gary, the unabashedly commercial Hollywood producer, Thomas Ouellette is an unrestrained delight…” – The Hartford Courant

THE ODD COUPLE

Worcester Foothills Theatre, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Felix

“If there could possibly be any reason to see Neil Simon’s Odd Couple yet again, it would have to be that one of our favorite actors, Thomas Ouellette, is back in town from Florida to play the neatnick, Felix Ungar.” – Worcester Magazine

“The casting of Thomas Ouellette as Felix is inspired. He gets the laughs… and yet he doesn’t go for the humor at the expense of his dignity.” – Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“It is Ouellette who steals the show. – The Middlesex News

ANYTHING GOES

Annie Russell Theatre, Rollins College, FL

Thomas Ouellette as Moonface Martin

“Only Thomas Ouellette, who plays Public Enemy No. 13, displays the comic timing and high-spirited zest this material demands.” – The Orlando Sentinel

SHEAR MADNESS

Charles Playhouse, Boston

Thomas Ouellette as Tony

“Why did we wait years to see it? To catch Worcester’s favorite actor, Thomas Ouellette, in it! He’s soon to become the favorite of Washington D.C., where he will repeat his dazzling performance.” – Worcester Magazine

“Having seen the Kennedy Center production of Shear Madness in 1987, I decided to revisit it…the show clearly belongs to Ouellette, whose manic body language and superb sense of timing make him a supremely funny leading man.” – Focus on Theatre

LIGHT UP THE SKY

Thomas Ouellette as Tyler

“Thomas Ouellette is inspired as the endearingly irrelevant Wall Street hubby.” – The Boston Globe

THE FOREIGNER

Worcester Foothills Theatre, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Charlie

Named Best Play and Best Actor – The Worcester Phoenix

Named Best Actor – Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“Ouellette is priceless…” – The Middlesex News

“Ouellette, reprising his performance of Charlie Baker, is still unique, and his performance is so expertly crafted that he has hilariously mastered a succession of mannerisms and gestures.” – Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“The Foreigner is classic farce, with all the broad, unsubtle humor that the vehicle implies. But Ouellette supplies his own subtlety. One scene stands out: a bully is picking on Charlie, twirling him madly around. When he finally comes to a halt, Ouellette’s Charlie is facing away from the stage and the audience. And he just stays there, cowering and trembling. It’s a great touch.” – Worcester Magazine

“The core of the comedy is director Ouellette’s own performance as Charlie. He’s dead-on perfect…” – The Worcester Phoenix

ANASTASIA

Worcester Foothills Theatre, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Petrovin

“As Petrovin, the artist not above framing a deception for personal profit, Thomas Ouellette is right on the money.” – The News

“Ouellette is compellingly, wonderfully…loathsome.” – Worcester Magazine

BLOOD SUMMIT

Worcester Foothills Theatre, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Ben

Voted BEST ACTOR – Worcester Magazine’s Reader Poll

“Thomas Ouellette, in the demanding leading role, is outstanding. It is an utterly believable, often wrenching performance.” – The Daily Item

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

Worcester Foothills Theatre, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Mortimer

“…a show that seizes on and excels in any opportunity for the madcap or the farcical. Dominating the proceedings in those terms…was the splendid performance by Thomas Ouellette as Mortimer Brewster.” – Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“Thomas Ouellette has moments of absolute comic genius in this production.” – Worcester Magazine

“Mortimer is played to perfection by Worcester’s comedic treasure, Thomas Ouellette. He is the sparkle in this bubbly bottle of Arsenic.” – The News

I HATE HAMLET

Worcester Foothills Theatre, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Gary

“Thomas Ouellette is hilarious in his portrayal of a happily philistine television director.” – Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“As usual, Ouellette commands the comic stage — not detracting from but adding to the already enjoyable proceedings.” – The News

“Thomas Ouellette pulls off this L.A. archetype with such aplomb and allure that we almost wish we could agree with him and join him flying — first class, of course, back to the hamlet of Beverly Hills.” – The News

“Ouellette makes full use of his first entrance, which is perfect. He won the audience over before he even uttered a word.” – The Scarlet

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM

Worcester Foothills Theatre, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Hysterium

“The scenes between Severance and Thomas Ouellette, as Hysterium, are perfect. Ouellette turns in a genuinely hysterical performance as the worry-wart slave whose show-stopping anthem is ‘I’m Calm.'” – WNNZ Radio/WSPR Radio

“Thomas Ouellette offers a tour-de-force comic turn as the hysterical Hysterium. A master comic, Ouellette offers low-key deadpan and doubletake. He’s great!” – Boston Phoenix

“Thomas Ouellette is simply hysterical whether throwing himself athwart the door of an allegedly haunted house or playing semi-obscene charades with a rubber chicken or disguised as a dead virgin.” – Worcester Magazine

BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE

Worcester Foothills Theatre, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Nicky

“Thomas Ouellette is Gillian’s mischievous warlock brother, a real sorcerer’s apprentice but with all kinds of powers, especially to enter magically and to leave them laughing.” – Worcester Magazine

DRIVING MISS DAISY

Worcester Foothills Theatre, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Boolie

“Ouellette turns the somewhat sketchy Boolie into a well-rounded character who reaches beyond specific class and ethnic origins into the realm of universal appeal and dimension.Ouellette is able to move an audience to both laughter and tears.” – The News

“As Boolie, Thomas Ouellette turns in one of his most skilled and realistic performances at Foothills. Boolie starts as a frazzled 40-year-old son, then becomes a fatuous 50-year-old…and finally a frightened businessman. Ouellette deftly captures all the nuances of this character.” – Worcester Magazine

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Worcester Foothills Theatre, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Algernon

“‘Every man should have an occupation of some sort,’ writes Oscar Wilde. Fortunately—deliciously—for the audience, Thomas Ouellette and Robert Walsh have chosen the occupation of actor. Ouellette, a hit with Worcester audiences for the last three years at least , turns the mischievous Moncrieff into a puckish character who’s funny even when just stuffing muffins into his mouth.” – The News

“Thomas Ouellette as Algernon and Robert Walsh as John are fun to watch as they parry back and forth with witticisms. Mr. Ouellette’s performance in particular is graceful and amusing.” – The Jewish Weekly News

TEN LITTLE INDIANS

Worcester Foothills Theatre, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Davis/Blore

“Thomas Ouellette’s energetic and stentorian Davis propels the early action of the play.” – Worcester Magazine

“Thomas Ouellette was particularly enjoyable, providing much of the humor at the beginning of the play, which helps nicely in the difficult process of setting everything up.” – Worcester Telegram & Gazette

BEYOND THERAPY

Forum Theatre, Worcester, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Bruce

“A talented dramatic actor, Ouellette can also out-wimp any comic actor in the area…he is a frantic delight.” – Worcester Magazine

AS IS

Forum Theatre, Worcester, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Saul

“Thomas Ouellette as Saul conveys a wide range of feelings funny as well as sad and…is totally believable…absolutely first-rank.” – Worcester Telegram & Gazette

1940s RADIO HOUR

Worcester Foothills Theatre, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Lou

“Ouellette is wickedly funny.” – The Evening Gazette

“Thomas Ouellette is delightful as the stage manager forced to create radio sound effects; his capsule version of A Christmas Carol is chock full of laughs.” – WNNZ Radio/WSPR Radio

“Ouellette has a side-splitting solo-turn providing all the sound effects for a hopped-up section of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.” – Worcester Magazine

NOISES OFF

Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Tim

“I admit that I was sometimes helpless with laughter thanks to Thomas Ouellette.” – The Boston Herald

“Ouellette gives a perfect comic performance.” – The News

“Thomas Ouellette stands out…an uncanny ability to deadpan that is a delight to watch.” – The Sun

ARMS AND THE MAN

Forum Theatre, Worcester, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Sergius

“Ouellette is one of the finest actors to surface in Worcester for quite some time.” – The Evening Gazette

“Thomas Ouellette’s Sergius Saranoff is the comic achievement of the play.” – The Voice

THE FOREIGNER

Worcester Foothills Theatre, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Charlie

“Thomas Ouellette…is a scream.” – The News

“And Thomas Ouellette, in the lead role, has come up with a dazzling tour de force.” – Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“Ouellette is feverishly, brilliantly odd.” – Sentinel-Enterprise

“Ouellette chalks up another inspired comic performance.” – The Evening Gazette

“…a bravura, kaleidoscopic performance…Ouellette never fails to evoke grins, smiles, guffaws, peals of laughter and…he even draws spontaneous, thrilling, and well-deserved mid-act applause.” – Worcester Magazine

“Ouellette showcases an appealing comic finesse…” – The Boston Globe

TABLE MANNERS

Forum Theatre, Worcester, MA

Thomas Ouellette as Norman

“Thomas Ouellette…never overdoes. His comic range—physically, vocally, facially—is astonishing…a magnetic stage presence.” – Worcester Magazine