Department of Art, Theatre and Dance

Faculty

Royal Brantley

Department Head, Professor of Theatre

"I enjoy the challenge of teaching theatre. Our approach at WTAMU is creative, scholarly and collaborative. I consider it an honor to pass the art and science of theatre on to the next generation."

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Perry Crafton

Associate Professor of Theatre

"The theatre program at WTAMU offers many opportunities to its majors. Students can be involved in any aspect of theatre they wish and work on a variety of productions. What I enjoy most about this kind of involvment it that is allows us as a faculty to get to know our students outside the classroom. As we get to know them, we can help shape their artistic skills on a more personal and aesthetic level."

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Scott Frish

Associate Professor of Art

“Creativity is born of hands and minds, it is a lifelong pursuit. I don’t believe in a beginning, and I hope there is no end. Together we can travel the path to a world of possibilities.”

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Chad Holliday

Assistant Professor of 3-D Art

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Shawn Irish

Assistant Professor of Theatre

“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” - Thornton Wilder

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John Landon

Professor of Theatre

"Teaching technical theatre is a wonderful job, where every day is a different challenge. Technical theatre is never boring."

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Dr. Harold Lenfestey

Assistant Professor of Art

"What I enjoy most about teaching is seeing students learning and making good grades."

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Anne Medlock

Assistant Professor of Theatre

"My favorite part about designing costumes is getting to work with a variety of students, from working with the actors wearing the costumes, to technicians working in the costume shop, to students who have never sewn before. I get to work with and get to know everyone in the department."

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Marcus Melton

Assistant Professor of Art

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David Rindlisbacher

Associate Professor of Art

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Edward Truitt

Associate Professor of Dance

“George Balanchine once said, ‘I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance.’I had to dance, and became a professional dancer performing solo and principal roles in ballet and dancing in modern and jazz works. So if you have to dance like I did, then I invite you to consider the dance program at WTAMU. I am a passionate and successful teacher of the art of dance. My students have gone on to dance professionally in ballet companies, modern companies, in the entertainment field, and have danced professionally on every continent except Antarctica.”

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Leslie Meek

Assistant Professor

"I truly believe that dance is the only art form that encompasses every quality of a human being: the mind, body and soul. Each day in the studio is a gift from my students as I watch them grow and develop into young artists. Their self-discovery enriches my teaching process and allows me to continue to learn with them. I feel that all art forms are vital to the existence of our planet and that through dance we are allowed to address every human emotion."