David Burke
Director of Theatre and Professor, Communication Arts
Education
B.S.A., Houston Baptist College
M.F.A., University of Houston
Contact
Office: JEN 307
Box 1861
731-661-5287 (voice)
731-661-5243 (fax)
E-mail: dburke@uu.edu
Biography
David Burke has been Director of Theatre for over 25 years as a tenured professor who has directed over 70 plays including classics, contemporaries, comedies, tragedies, and musicals; from Sophocles to Shakespeare, from Miller to Simon.
He holds his MFA from University of Houston in acting and directing. He has worked in professional theater for 9 years prior to coming to Union. He holds a membership in Christians in the Theater Arts, Theater Association, Southeast Theater Conference, and Jackson Theater Guild. He has worked as a consultant, actor, director and designer in countless situations in theater and film.
He and his wife Charlotte have 5 children and 1 grandchild.
Courses taught
COM 123: Introduction to Theatre and Film
COM 211: Voice and Diction
COM 330: Theatre Production
COM 341: Theatre History I
COM 350: Christian Drama
COM 412: Fundamentals of Directing
