Officers

Jake Correll, retired Marine, moved to McKinney in 1988. He began acting in high school in 1961, was the president of his high school thespian troupe, and received an Award for Excellence in Acting at the Delaware State High School Play Festival in 1963. Jake has been in more than 30 productions in area community theatre and Collin College productions.  He is a founding member of McKinney Repertory Theatre.

Jean Trout is a founding member of McKinney Repertory Theatre. She has been featured in many of its productions and directed Blythe Spirit.  Some of her favorite roles include Aunt Martha in Arsenic and Old Lace and Mrs. Martini in It's a Wonderful Life. She is an accomplished singer, most recently performing in her Church's Christmas Musical, Christmas at the Morton. Jean is an Administrator at Princeton High School.

Jana Walters is a founding member of McKinney Repertory Theatre. She has performed in area theatres including roles in Plano Repertory's Sabrina Fair as Sabrina, Sherman's Ten Little Indians, and Quad C's Picnic as Rosemary Sydney. She has portrayed  Maudie Atkinson, Mayella Ewell, Stephanie Crawford, and Jean Louise Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. She was the recipient of Quad C's Best Community Actress award for her role in Picnic. Jana is the mother of three beautiful daughters, and currently teaches eighth grade English at Scott Johnson Middle School in McKinney.

Jean Roberts is a founding member of McKinney Repertory Theatre. She enjoys working onstage or behind the scenes and has worked as Stage Manager and/or Assistant Director in several productions. Most recently, she has been involved in several Murder Mysteries presented by McKinney Repertory Theatre. Her favorite roles include Ms. Claire in Steel  Magnolias (Little Off the Square Theatre), and Peggy in McKinney Repertory Theatre's production of Belles. Jean is the proud grandmother of Emma and Erik.

Dr. Andrew Harris has chaired Theatre Departments at Columbia University, Southern Methodist University, and Texas Christian University. He is the recipient of the first Award for Excellence in Education for his book Broadway Theatre (Routledge). His production credits include shows in New York, Chicago, and in Texas including: The Life of Galileo with Lawrence Luckinbill ("Time magazine 10 best of the  New York season"), Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer (with Dina Merrill), the first Sam Shepard Festival (Shep in Rep), the first cultural exchange with the People's Republic of China Cao Yu's Peking Man, Eugene O'Neill's Welded (directed by Jose Quintero with Philip Anglim), the revival of Richard Roger's first musical Fly with Me, Joan Torres' Better Half Dead (Victory Gardens, Chicago), and several world premiers by Texas writer Jim Tyler Anderson.

A noted Albee scholar, Dr. Harris compiled, produced, and directed the world premier of Albee's Women. His own plays include Tausk, Erasmus, Rapin' with Repin, and Tar-tuff, a Moliere adaptation with a Texas twang.

He is an alumnus of the New Dramatists in New York. He recently completed his second book, The Performing Set, The Broadway Designs of William and Jean Eckert.

Andy resides in McKinney's Historic District with his wife Ann and their two Golden Retrievers.  He is the owner of A Beautiful Home, which has to date restored 13 homes in the Historic District. Dr. Harris has received multiple awards from the City of McKinney for his preservation of some of McKinney's history.