Honesty
A communal practice with room for risk, close attention, and response.
DALLAS, TEXAS · ACTING & ACTOR TRAINING
Actor.
Teacher.
Explorer.
I’m Taylor Harris. Actor, educator, and founder of Western Flower.
I teach actors to develop a process that is practical, repeatable, and responsive. My work moves between university classrooms, professional rehearsal rooms, and an independent acting studio in Dallas.
HONESTY CLARITY SUSTAINABILITY
01 / TEACHING
Process through
practice.
A classroom has structure, accountability, and the permission of full expression.
My teaching offers a commitment to physical awareness of stimuli, impulse, and release that creates an individualized creative process. Students learn through structured play, exploration, and reflection, developing choices they can return to as the demands of the work change.
Clarity
Awareness builds choice. Technique and play give those choices form.
Sustainability
A rigorous, adaptable process rooted in the individual artist.
FORT WORTH / 2024–PRESENT
Texas Christian
University
Adjunct Faculty in Acting. Courses include acting fundamentals, Shakespeare, on-camera acting, and Senior Showcase.
I developed the on-camera curriculum and studio infrastructure, shaping instruction around the needs of BFA Acting and Musical Theatre students.
DALLAS / 2026–PRESENT
Southern Methodist
University
I co-teach Sophomore Acting with Blake Hackler at the Meadows School of the Arts, where I received my MFA.
Our work develops a clear, repeatable process through ensemble practice, scene study, and collaboration across Acting, Voice, and Movement.
ARLINGTON / BEGINNING SPRING 2027
University of Texas
at Arlington
I will teach my On-Camera Acting curriculum to BFA performance majors across Acting and Musical Theatre.
The course explores the technical demands and parameters of camera performance through embodied acting practice.
02 / WESTERN FLOWER
An ongoing
place to practice.
An independent acting studio in Dallas for working actors and other serious artists.
Founded in March 2026, Western Flower brings together actors working across theatre, film, television, and voiceover. The studio supports continued exploration, strengthens individual process, and offers the consistency of a committed artistic community.
Each month, the ensemble chooses the focus.
Scene study. Six Viewpoints. Classics. New work. Auditions. Monologues. The work grows from what the actors want to explore.
03 / PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
On stage.
On screen.
My practice as an actor continues alongside my teaching.
Selected theatre
Rift, or White Lies · Amphibian Stage
Heroes of the Fourth Turning · Second Thought Theatre
Action · Undermain Theatre
The Elephant Man · Theatre Three
Colossal · Dallas Theater Center
Utah Shakespeare Festival
Film & voiceover
Run Hide Fight
VFW
Tenkiller
Voiceover clients include Crunchyroll / Sony, Okratron 5000, Wondery, Gearbox, and Breakout Learning.
Training & education
MFA, Acting
Southern Methodist University · 2016
BFA, Acting
University of Central Oklahoma · 2013
04 / APPLICATION MATERIALS
A closer look.
Academic CVPDF ↗Teaching PhilosophyPDF ↗Sample syllabi
Selected curriculum excerpts. Identifying course details and administrative information have been removed.
On-Camera ActingSAMPLE PDF ↗Acting 1: Fundamentals · BFASAMPLE PDF ↗Acting ShakespeareSAMPLE PDF ↗