Classes Offered

All three full time faculty are theatre generalists and share production responsibilities.  

Dr. Philip Craik has degrees in both Theatre and Music, with experience in Directing, Acting, Theatre Literature and Criticism, Scene Design, Vocal Production, and Musical Direction.  He teaches our Musical Theatre courses, Digital Video Capture and Editing, Voice and Diction, Theatre History, and Introduction to Theatre. 

Mr. David Ainsworth, with training in Acting, Directing, Stage Combat, Costumes, and Theatre Education, teaches Acting, Costume History, Design and Construction, Creative Dramatics, Theatre Education, Stage Combat and Make-up. 

Mr. Charlie Hukill, with training in Design, Technical Theatre, Playwriting, Acting , and Directing, teaches Set and Light Design, Stagecraft, and Playwriting, as well as Directing, and Survey of Fine Arts. 

Ms. Teri Wilkerson is an Adjunct Professor and teaches dance, specifically tap and modern.  She is also the resident Choreographer for our musical productions. 


McMurry also has a wonderful Musci Department that works with Musical Theatre Majors in various classes.

More Quick Notes

Just wanted to share a more in-depth peek at some exciting things we will be posting about. We are trying to get in the habit of posting regularly, but we are still getting everything together, so bare with us!

Soon we will be taking a look at:

About half of us have recently gotten together to form a improvisation group. While we are still practicing and perfecting, we hope to be able to give some informal performances for our McMurry Community. Jack Piland, a Junior Theatre Major will tell us more about this idea he came up with and his plans for it's future.

In addition to student spotlights, we will also be getting in touch with some of our recent (and not so recent) alumni, to share their success stories, and let them give a little, very honest, peek at life post-grad.

In just a few short weeks we will be performing our third, and biggest, show of the season, our homecoming show! Expect a post on all the information you could want about the show (including info on where to purchase tickets-- you know you want to see this!) and just some of the new and old traditions of McMurry Homecoming (which is kind of a big deal-- at least to us).

McMurry has a long standing tradition of turning out wonderful playwrights, and we plan to speak to a couple of our TETA (Texas Educational Theatre Association) Playwrighting Festival winners. We will share information about how any aspiring writers out there can enter their own plays into the festival, and detail how our Playwrighting class has helped writers at McMurry (not just in the our department).

Again, thanks for sticking with us in this time of development. We plan on being fully functional and working like a well oiled machine in no time!