Illinois Theatre

Theatre Studies Faculty — Chair, Theatre Studies Program

MFA, MA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Specialties: Acting, Directing

J.W. received his BFA in acting from Otterbein College in Westerville, OH. While attending Otterbein, he worked for Stuart Howard and Associates Casting in New York interning as a casting assistant for many Broadway productions and television commercials. J.W. has taught and directed for the past 10 years with the Summer Theatre Department at Interlochen Center for the Arts as well as directing and teaching at Parkland College. He completed both his MFA in Acting and MA in Theatre History at the University of Illinois. J.W. has acted with the Utah Shakespeare Festival and directs professionally when time allows.

Email: jwmorris@illinois.edu