Profile

Thomas will be teaching:
Acting for the Stage

at the following locations:
Webster University

Bio
Thomas J. Walsh earned a Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting and a Ph.D. in Theatre History and Criticism from the University of Texas at Austin. His work as a playwright and director has been recognized for excellence by the Texas Educational Theatre Association (TETA); the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE); the Southwest Theatre Association (SWTA) and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). He has been nominated for the "Most Inspiring Professor" Award by the TCU Panhellenic Council. Dr. Walsh's work was recently honored with a Best Director award by the Dallas/Fort Worth Theatre Critics Forum for his production of Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses at Dallas' Theatre Three, a professional Equity theatre, and for Twelfth Night at the Trinity Shakespeare Festival. At TCU, Dr. Walsh has directed Ah, Wilderness!, The Glass Menagerie, Our Town, Misalliance and Urinetown, among others. He is the Artistic Director for the professional Trinity Shakespeare Festival at TCU.