Our Executive Director - Ronnie Miller
Ronnie came to Meridian in 1967 to teach theatre at Meridian Community College (MCC) after graduating from the University of Mississippi with a Masters’ Degree in Theatre. He has also studied acting at the National Theatre and King’s College in London. Ronnie taught at Meridian Community College and was chairman of the Communication/Fine Arts Division until his retirement in 2008. He became Executive/Artistic Director at MLT in August 2013
He has directed over 100 plays for MCC, the Meridian Museum of Art’s mystery dinner theatres, and The Company of Angels at the Temple Performing Arts Center and MLT. The last play he directed for The Company of Angels won the Mississippi Theatre Association’s State Play Festival in Columbus and was chosen to compete in the Southeastern Theatre Conference Play Festival in Louisville, Kentucky.
Ronnie has performed in major roles in nine MLT productions over the years. He has served as president and vice president of MTA and has hosted and co-hosted four MTA State Conventions and Play Festivals in Meridian. He has received several local and state theatre awards including MTA’s Cowboy Maloney Award as an outstanding contributor to theatre in Mississippi and the Lifetime Theatre Achievement Award from Mississippi Alliance for Arts Educators in June 2016. He has been involved in several arts organizations in Meridian, including president and stage manager of the Meridian Symphony Orchestra, and president and vice president of the Meridian Museum of Art. He has received several community awards including the Meridian Council for the Arts’ Outstanding Arts Educator.
Ronnie believes that Mississippi has some of the best community theatres in the nation and is proud to be associated with one of the best in the state-MLT!
He has directed over 100 plays for MCC, the Meridian Museum of Art’s mystery dinner theatres, and The Company of Angels at the Temple Performing Arts Center and MLT. The last play he directed for The Company of Angels won the Mississippi Theatre Association’s State Play Festival in Columbus and was chosen to compete in the Southeastern Theatre Conference Play Festival in Louisville, Kentucky.
Ronnie has performed in major roles in nine MLT productions over the years. He has served as president and vice president of MTA and has hosted and co-hosted four MTA State Conventions and Play Festivals in Meridian. He has received several local and state theatre awards including MTA’s Cowboy Maloney Award as an outstanding contributor to theatre in Mississippi and the Lifetime Theatre Achievement Award from Mississippi Alliance for Arts Educators in June 2016. He has been involved in several arts organizations in Meridian, including president and stage manager of the Meridian Symphony Orchestra, and president and vice president of the Meridian Museum of Art. He has received several community awards including the Meridian Council for the Arts’ Outstanding Arts Educator.
Ronnie believes that Mississippi has some of the best community theatres in the nation and is proud to be associated with one of the best in the state-MLT!
