Thomas Hayes
From tough inner city beginnings where, at the age of 13, he lost his leg to a rare form of bone cancer, Tom morphed into multifarious life forms: fortune 500 sales executive, comedian, inspirational speaker, sportsman, adaptive athlete, world traveler, adventurer, father, and now, author. After early retirement from corporate life, he created a children's evergreen property, Beantown Pals. What began as a series of short animated webisodes, soon evolved into a collectible toy line, merchandise and storylines. In 2013, he partnered with talented female comedian, Tammy Pooler, to record a series of wacky adventures around Beantown Pals two lead characters, Bucky and Betty. Over a three year period, he and Tammy created over 14 hours of audio-story content. Together they have authored the series, 'Beantown Pals, The Adventures of Bucky and Betty'.
In addition, Tom is producing and directing a feature length documentary about Boston's premier old school soul nightclub, The Sugar Shack, which hosted such internationally famous acts as Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Al Green, Sam and Dave and others.