Joe Brown

Professor of Theatre and Speech

Joe Allen Brown is Professor of Theatre Arts and both past chair of theatre and past Dean of Fine Arts at Texas Wesleyan University. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate with a B.A. in Theatre and Speech from the University of Arkansas, Joe also has an M.F.A. in Theatre Design from Southern Methodist University. Fall of 2004 marks Joe's 26th year at Texas Wesleyan where he has received faculty awards for excellence in teaching and also awards for his service to the University through his community involvement in theatre arts, A.I.D.S. education and outreach and also animal rescue and rehabilitation. Joe is a past recipient of the Live Theatre League of Tarrant County's Elston Brooks Award for lifetime achievement in theatre for his work with the theatres in Fort Worth and Tarrant County.

For the third year, Joe is the President of the Live Theatre League of Tarrant County and is also one of the lead judges for Casa Manana's Betty Buckley High School Musical Theatre Awards. He is a past judge for the state theatre competition of the Texas Non-Profit Theatres. Joe is a past regional design chair for the American College Theatre Festival and has also designed and directed for area theatres such as Stage West, Fort Worth Theatre, Circle Theatre, Jubilee Theatre and Onstage Theatre.

In addition to being involved in the theatre community of the metroplex, Professor Brown is also the principal faculty and coordinator for the theatre program's speech courses