Tony Sims is a director, educator, scholar, and multi-disciplinary artist. Recently, they directed Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre and were a visiting director at Governors State University. Currently, they are devising new work with the site-specific theatre company, Nothing Without a Company. Additionally, their work has been seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago, Bay Street Theatre, First Stage Theatre, The Chicago Physical Theatre Festival, Illinois Humanities Council, and several other locations.   

They have a BFA in Musical Theatre from Western Carolina University, studied at The Theatre School at DePaul University within the MFA in Acting program, and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago within the MFA Performance Art program. Currently, they are a Ph.D. in Performance Studies candidate at Northwestern University.