“[Edward Morgan] is widely read, and possesses a deep knowledge of dramatic literature, with special strengths in American writers, poetic realism, and heightened language texts.  As a teacher, Morgan also has wide experience, having directed and taught in numerous colleges, universities, and advanced degree programs, in a wide range of subjects.  He loves teaching and has strong gifts for it.  He has taught the graduate students in the MFA program here at UT with marked success, and when directing students, he is constantly sensitive to his dual role as a director and teacher.  In sum, Morgan is a gifted artist and teacher in the mature phase of his life and work; he understands the art and practice of theatre and theatre training intimately, and is quite masterful in his arena...

He embraces teaching as an integral part of directing here, and he has had a marked positive impact on our students, often mentoring them beyond this time here and as they enter the profession...He is at once patient and persistent. He knows when to hold, when to press, when to solicit, when to work directly, when indirectly, and when to command. His focus is always cleanly and strongly upon the work in hand, and on the nature of the immediate problems that need attention. In short, he is exceptionally present.”