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Winter Miller

WINTER MILLER

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Abrams Artists Agency  

Winter Miller. Ms. Miller's plays include, currently: In Darfur, the recipient of the Guthrie Theater and Playwrights' Center's Two-Headed Challenge 2006 commission under the mentorship of New York Timesjournalist and Pulitzer winner Nicholas Kristof and developed at the Guthrie Theater, the Playwrights' Center's Playlabs, GEva Theater's Hibernatus Interruptus and the Public Theater's New Works Now. the play was in performance as a workshop production at the Public Theater, April 13-29, 2007. She is developing the musicalSomething's Wrong With Amandine with composer Lance Horne and director Josh Hecht, which has been workshopped by Theatreworks, Palo Alto. Conspicuous, a commission for Keen Company's Keen Teens was performed in May 2007 on Theatre Row. Other Plays: the Penetration Play (developed at the New Group and produced by 13P in NYC); Cake and Ice Cream (developed by New Georges, readings at Rattlestick and the DR2); the short play Partylines (commissioned and produced by Hourglass, produced by Synapse Prods.) the Penetration Play is published by Playscripts, Inc. and excerpted in Smith & Kraus Best Stage Scenes 2005and Best Monologues 2005. Her monologue, Mother To Son is published in Eve Ensler's anthology A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer, out summer 2007, from Random House. the monologue is presently touring cities across the United States with the photo exhibit,Darfur/Darfur and the documentary, the Devil Came on Horseback. Ms. Miller has written for the New York Times. A graduate of Smith College, she holds an MFA from Columbia University and is a New Georges Affiliated Artist.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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below is a list of Winter Miller's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Arrival and Amandine, The         Conspicuous         F On My Chest, The         Home Away         In Darfur         Paternity         Penetration Play, The         Seed         Snap

Arrival and Amandine, The

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Conspicuous

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Adoption brings a multitude of diverse people together, transcending race, culture, and traditional gender roles. In this fast-paced collection of humorous and thought-provoking interconnected stories, we meet a young woman raised by two dads, an African-American family considering adopting a Native-American girl, a Korean college student who has to cope with her adopted mom's mental illness, and many others. Skipping freely through the present, past, and future, Conspicuousexamines adoption from multiple angles, revealing its complexities and joys. (This play was specially commissioned by Playscripts for high school actors.)

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Keen Teens One Act Play Festival (New York, NY, United States)     2007

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30-40 min Comedy/Drama

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Male:  8            Female:  8            Other:  8 males, 8 females (10-20 actors possible: 5-10 males, 5-10 females)

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F On My Chest, The

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the F on My Chest is the result of 5 months of intensive playwriting, acting and discussion exploring what it means to be a "hero". Who is a hero, who gets to assign the title of hero and do we even need heros anymore? the F on My Chest is a powerful, touching, and funny portrait of the lives of young heros and their answers to this question. theatre Askew Youth Performance Experience (TAYPE) empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth and their allies in the New York area by nurturing and developing their unique theatrical voices.
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Created By: Jason Jacobs, Winter Miller, And the Cast

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Hudson Guild, 441 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10035     08 Jun 2011

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Theater Askew

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piece. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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Home Away

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This is the inaugural production of theatre Askew Youth Performance Experience, featuring a group of young people from across the rainbow spectrum of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and straight experience
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Hudson Guild, 441 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10035     27 May 2010

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Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

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In Darfur

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In Darfur is the provocative account of three intertwined lives at a camp for internally displaced persons in Darfur. the story follows an aid worker's mission to save and protect lives, a journalist's pursuit to deliver a 'Page One' story and a Darfuri woman's quest for safety.
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Paternity

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This new play is part of Cherry Lane theatre's Mentor Project. Mentored by Craig Lucas, Winter Miller's chaotically funny play Paternity is about a woman who wants to have a baby and be a single mother, and the man who happens to love her madly and challenges her decision.
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Penetration Play, The

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Rain is in love with her best friend, Ash. It's possible Ash feels the same way. Except that now Ash is falling for Rich to the delight of her mother, Maggie. Over the course of an evening, all three women will experience the bittersweet consequences of desire. This verbally taut comedy brings to life that little-known adage: If at first you don't succeed. . . seduce your best friend's mother.

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13P At The Mint Theater (New York City, NY, United States)     2004

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75-85 min Dark comedy

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Seed

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part of The Ruth Easton New Play Series

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Snap

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The family decide that they will live on $5.25 a day to cover all meals. Mother is so hungry she starts eating moths. Father doesn't get his promotion. Babydoll's wrestling career ends. Sonnyboy cannot focus on basketball and can only think of paninis and boys

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Gay one act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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