Taylor Clemens, M.F.A.

         Taylor received his Bachelor of Arts from Iowa State University in Performing Arts with a double emphasis in Acting & Directing and Theatrical Design & Production with a minor in Classical Studies.  Then received his Master of Fine Arts with a specialization in Directing from the University of South Dakota.  He has worked as a director, stage manager, actor, and designer for multiple theatrical productions.  He is currently an Associate Professor of Theatre at Morningside University in Sioux City Iowa.  

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     Some of Taylor’s teaching and research interests include playwriting/adaptations, stage combat, critical and theoretical examination of the performance of violence on stage, 3D printing and other CNC technology in theatre, break away glass, and applied language analysis for script and character interpretation.