Miranda McClenaghan

Miranda McClenaghan is a Faculty Associate and serves as the Director of Theatre Education and the School of the Arts at Rhinelander with UW Madison, Division of Continuing Studies.

Programs include:

School of the Arts at Rhinelander
Drama Institute for Theatre and Classroom Educators
WI High School Theatre Festival (in collaboration with WI Forensics Association)
WI Theatre Auditions and Technical Interviews
National Community Theatre Managing Directors Conference
Continuing education classes in theatre

Miranda has also worked in community development through the arts serving as director of two statewide research projects: Arts in the Small Community II and Putting the Culture back into Agriculture. Both projects were collaborative efforts with the WI Arts Board, Maryo Gard Ewell and Michael Warlum.

Miranda is a member of the Academic Staff Assembly Committee Professional Development and Recognition Committee. She is a board member of the Alliance for WI Theatre Education, WI Alliance for Arts Education and the Robert E. Gard Foundation.

Outside of her work with the UW, Miranda acts and directs with local theatre companies.

Before moving to Wisconsin in 2003, she was a theatre director, adjunct professor, actor and administrator. Her educational background includes two graduate degrees in theatre, a Masters of Art in directing and a Masters of Fine Art in acting.

Professionally, her credits include directing and teaching at the Tony Award winning theatre, South Coast Repertory in the adult conservatory program, working at CBS Studios on and off screen for the daytime drama, Young and the Restless and directing for theatres from New York to California.