NAME: Tim O'Malley
BIRTH PLACE: Chicago
BIOGRAPHY
Grew up in the Beverly neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. He is number 10 of 11 children. His father Thomas Aloyisious, his mother Mary Frances were married for some 50 years. They were well known in the Beverly area for their bridge game as well as their vast circle of friends.They successfully put all the children through college.
She passed in 93 and Tom died in 97.
Tim attended college at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale...were he mostly sang with music acts at the bar scene. He discoverd his career path in acting in 1980 after a long search
Tim is an alumnus of Chicago's Famed Second City Theater (89' - 93') where he wrote and performed in 5 original revues.
In 2003 Tim wrote his first play, mega- hit Godshow.
Godshow sold out for four years at Second City, The Improv Olympic and The Beverly Arts Center. The show and Tim were featured on WTTW's Artbeat Chicago, WBEZ's 848 Program with Steve Edwards, was The Chicago Readers Critic's Pick twice in those four years, and was listed as #2 in The Chicago Sun-Times Top Ten Cool Things to Do in 2004.
It is his personal story in play form, about his recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction. and you can watch it right here at MyArtSpace.
He is currently writing a new play called "Cracks"
a prequel to Godshow, the story of growing up in a large
Irish Catholic alcoholic family.
He is a Core Faculty Member at Second City Training Center Chicago.
