Dr. Philip Craik           

Professor of Theatre

Contact: craikp@mcmurryadm.mcm.edu / 325-732-3840

Doctor of Philosophy 1989 - Louisiana State University
Master of Arts 1979 - LSU
Post-grad. study 1975-76 - Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
                     (Rotary International Graduate Fellowship)
Bachelor of Music 1975 - Hardin Simmons University

Philip Lee Craik did his undergraduate work at Hardin Simmons University where he majored in Musical Theory and Composition before branching out for a second major in Theatre. Upon graduation in 1975 he served as Assistant Director for the Millbrook Summer Playhouse in Mill Hall, Pennsylvania, and then went to London, England on a Rotary International Graduate Fellowship to study acting at the Webber Douglas Academy for Dramatic Art.
    Upon his return to the United States, he enrolled in the graduate program at Louisiana State University.  Upon finishing his coursework for the Ph.D. in 1981, he was employed by Cisco Junior College for 4 years.  Since 1985 he has been employed as a theatre director by McMurry and has directed 77 productions (including 32 musicals) and designed another 25. He has developed 4 different children's theatre productions for Young Audiences of Abilene and toured them to elementary schools in Abilene and the outlying area for the past 14 years. He served as Chair of the McMurry Theatre Dept. from 2003 to 2006 and was voted the Outstanding Faculty Member of the 2006-2007 school year.

EXPERIENCE INTHEATRE AND THEATRE-RELATED COURSES:

Directing:
    Directing
    Problems in Dramatic Production
    Advanced Directing
    Directing Moliere
    Directing at the Royal Court Theatre
    Independent Studies in Directing (6 hours)
Acting:
    Acting
    Advanced Acting
    Pedagogy of Acting
History, Theory and Criticism:
    Introduction to the Theatre
    Theatre History (9 hours)
    Evolution of Dramatic Theory (6 hours)
    Literary Criticism
    Modern Criticism
Dramatic Literature    Dramatic Literature (9 hours)
    Shakespeare (6 hours)
    20th Century Drama
    Post World War II Drama
    Royal Court Theatre Seminar
     (with Oscar Lewenstein)
    Brecht, Beckett, and Ionesco Seminar  (with Martin Esslin)
Design:
    Scene Design
    Advanced Scene Design
    Lighting Design
    Theatre Costume
    Theatre Make-up
Other:
      Pedagogy of Voice
    Playwriting (9 hours)
    Readers Theatre (6 hours)
    Voice (9 hours)
    Diction
    Stagecraft
    Creative Dramatics
    Art History (6 hours)
    Modern Dance
    Folk Dance
      Musical Sequencing
      Choral Conducting