Meet the Hatboxes Cast: Tom Hickey

Tom Hickey plays Aaron in Hatboxes. A lawyer who grew up in an orthodox Jewish community, it had been hoped that Aaron might someday be a rabbi, but suddenly he leaves his strict faith and his wife and children.

Tom Hickey is a long-time Chicagoan.  He has most recently appeared on camera in the pilot episode of “Underemployed” and online ads for Uni-Ball and Hornito’s restaurants.

He has also been a member of Strawdog Theatre Company since 2000 where he has appeared most recently in Conquest of the South Pole as well as The Master and Margarita, Uncle Vanya, St. Crispin’s Day, Cherry Orchard, Aristocrats, Marathon ‘33, and Julius Caesar.  

He has also appeared in The North Plan (Steppenwolf First Look), The Pillowman (RedTwist), Thieves Like Us  and Valentine Victorious (The House), The Mark of Zorro (Lifeline), Scenes from the Big Picture (Seanachai), The Great God Pan (Wildclaw), Book of Days (Steep) as well as three seasons performing in Michigan with Lakeside Shakespeare.

Although in Hatboxes, he left his family, in real life, Tom has recently embraced family with the birth of a son, his first child.