Richard Haratine is very excited to be teaching at Texas Wesleyan. He has a BFA in acting from Florida Atlantic University, and an MFA in classical acting from the University of Delaware. He has been a teacher of Acting I & II, Voice and Movement for the Actor and Theatre History at the College of Lake County in Chicago and TCC South in Fort Worth.
He is preparing to direct One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and Animal Farm at TCC South in the Fall and Spring. Also, he has performed and taught with the National Shakespeare Company NYC, Trinity Shakespeare Festival, PA Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Horizons NYC, The Beckett Theatre NYC and off-off Broadway not to mention over a hundred theatres while touring across the country performing Shakespeare.
Some of his favorite roles have been Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest and Henry VI in Shakespeare’s Henry VI trilogy. He is thrilled to be teaching and working with the amazing theatre artists in the Metroplex.