Rick Tuman

Rick Tuman is a director, actor, educator and manager. Active in theatre since age 8, he works as a program manager in Corporate and Continuing Education at Brookhaven College and is associate theatre faculty at Collin College's Spring Creek Campus. He is also been faculty at Tarrant County College and the University of North Texas. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Rick considers himself a well-rounded individual who prides himself on using common sense and humor in both theatre and business, be it on the stage, class or boardroom. He earned a BA in Communications from Queens College in New York and an MFA in Drama from Syracuse University, where he majored in directing, with a minor in business. He is on the board of directors for Rover Dramawerks and Mesquite Community Theatre and works seasonally as a UIL One-Act Play Adjudicator. Some plays Rick has directed are Last Monday, Hideaway, Pitching to the Star, Cat's-Paw, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, The Dining Room, I Left a Dead Man in a Bathtub in England, The Housekeeper, The Foreigner, and several staged readings. Plays he has acted include South Pacific, Grease, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Apple Tree, The Man Who Came to Dinner, All My Sons, The Diary of Anne Frank, Betty's Summer Vacation, and several musical revues. Rick and his wife Nichelle have two children, Samuel and Cassidi, and two grandchildren.