John J. Yorke (Director of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane) celebrates 17 years as an instructor at the University of Memphis Department of Theatre and Dance, where he teaches courses in Introduction to Theatre, Directing Experiments, Script Interpretation, and Theory and Criticism. University of Memphis: The Secret in the Wings; Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine. Theatre Memphis: The Pavilion; The Twilight of the Golds. University of Findlay: The Robber Bridegroom; The Philadelphia Story. Education: University of Memphis (M.F.A. in Directing).