Thomas Emery (Leaf Coneybear/Carl Dad) is a political science major at The University of Akron and is excited to be part of another college performance, he recently played George Jones in the performance of Machinal. Thomas started his theater journey in high school where he starred, directed many different performances, and won Best Male Actor twice in his high school’s Dian Walker One Act Competition. He has performed in Annie Jr as Mr. Warbucks, Victor where he directed and starred as Victor, and in The Magical Land of Oz as the Cowardly Lion. Just to name a few.