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Winter Miller's plays include, currently: Paternity is part of the Cherry Lane Mentor Project's 2009-2010 season mentored by playwright Craig Lucas.The play is slated for a showcase production in May 2010 directed by Mr. Lucas. Ms. Miller is developing the musical Something's Wrong with Amandine with composer Lance Horne and director Josh Hecht. Amandine has been workshopped by Theatreworks, Palo Alto; Electric Pear, NYC; Mondays@3 at New York Theater Workshop. Ms. Miller is a Sundance Institute 2010 playwriting fellow with her new play The Arrival.
In Darfur is the recipient of The Guthrie Theater and Playwrights' Center's Two-Headed Challenge 2006 commission under the mentorship of New York Times journalist and Pulitzer winner Nicholas Kristof and developed at the Guthrie Theater, the Playwrights Center Playlabs, Geva Theater's Hibernatus Interruptus and The Public Theatre's New Works Now. In Darfur inaugurated the Public's Lab series in April 2007 for a sold out three week run, and filled to capacity a staged reading at the 1800-seat Delacorte Theater on July 9th, 2007. Simultaneously, on July 9th, the Donmar Warehouse held a reading. The Tricycle Theater held a reading in December 2007, for A Day for Darfur. The play has produced by Atlanta's Horizon, Florida's Mosaic, Canada's Theater Awakening, and multiple benefit readings have been held nationwide. In Darfur is part of Theater J's 2010 season.
Ms. Miller traveled to war-torn Northern Uganda to write two short plays with and for a group of youth in refugee camps (commissioned by Voices of Uganda). Her monologue about a Ugandan grandmother, Lifelines, has been performed at fundraising events by Ruby Dee, Allison Janney and Liv Ullman. The Ugandan youth group formed a theater troupe and with NGO assistance performs the plays in Luo for refugees living in nearby camps. The experience is featured in a forthcoming documentary film produced by VOU. Ms. Miller wrote a companion short play for and with NYC high school youth at The Stella Adler Conservatory.
Other Plays: The Penetration Play (developed at the New Group, produced by 13P at the Mint); Conspicuous (commissioned for Keen Company's Keen Teens, performed on Theatre Row in May 2007); Cake And Ice Cream (O'Neill Finalist, developed by New Georges, readings at Rattlestick and the DR2); the short play Partylines (produced by Hourglass, produced by Synapse); Greetings From Vietnam, Wish You Were Here; Home Economics.
The Penetration Play is published by Playscripts, Inc. and excerpted in Smith & Kraus' Best Stage Scenes 2005 and Best Monologues 2005. The monologue, Mother to Son is published in Eve Ensler's anthology A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer, (Random House) and in the anthology Best Women's Monologues of The Millennium (Applause). Mother... continues to tour cities across the U.S. with the photo exhibit, Darfur/Darfur and the documentary The Devil Came on Horseback and at rallies for Darfur.
As a journalist, Ms. Miller has reported for the New York Times, New York Magazine and Variety among others. A graduate of Smith College, she holds an MFA in playwriting from Columbia University. She is a founding member of the Obie-winning 13Playwrights (13P), a member of the Playwrights Union, the Dramatist Guild and a New Georges Affiliated Artist. |
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$14.95 per book
Looking for the perfect monologue? Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens is here to help. From hilarious comedy to cutting-edge drama and everything in between, an exciting selection of monologues is at your fingertips. Unlike other monologue books, the source of every monologue is easily accessible -- each play is available through one website (www.playscripts.com), where you can read nearly the entire published script online for free. From classwork to competitions to auditions, this book has you covered!
Also in this series:
Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men
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| "This is an excellent monologue book for middle and high school students with applications for competition as well as use in drama, speech, or English classes." |
| --Terrilyn Fleming, The Midwest Book Review |
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Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens
by Liz Duffy Adams, Janet Allard, Yuri Baranovsky, et al.
Edited by Jason Pizzarello
With "Tips for Student Actors" by director Jon Jory |
 
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$14.95 per book
Looking for the perfect scene? Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens is just what you need. From hilarious comedy to cutting-edge drama, this collection offers 40 exciting 2-person scenes with plenty of fascinating characters for young actors. Unlike other scene books, the source of every scene is easily accessible -- each play is available through one website (www.playscripts.com), where you can read nearly the entire published script online for free. From classwork to competitions to auditions, this book has you covered!
Also in this series:
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men
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| "The acting bug doesn't care what age you are. Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens is a collection of simple yet fun scenes aimed at younger teen actors who want to embrace drama as a hobby or even a potential career. Designed for two actors with themes and times easily doable for any would be teen thespian, Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens is a resource no drama teacher should miss." |
| --The Midwest Book Review |
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Comedy/Drama
Short, 30-40 minutes
8 females, 8 males (10-20 actors possible: 5-10 females, 5-10 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
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, Conspicuous examines adoption from multiple angles, revealing its complexities and joys. (This play was specially commissioned by Playscripts for high school actors.)
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Drama
Full-length, 70-90 minutes
4 females, 3 males (7-12 actors possible: 4-8 females, 3-8 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
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. It is a searing story of urgency and international significance. (A portion of the royalties from In Darfur will be donated to an anti-genocide organization.)
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| "In Darfur is based on a real case in Darfur's Kalma camp that I once reported on. It's an excellent poignant play." |
| --Nicholas D. Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist |
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Dark comedy
Full-length, 75-85 minutes
3 females
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
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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| "The cracklingly funny dialogue summons up the feel of a raunchy gossip session that includes an uncomfortable, almost violent game of one-upmanship." |
| --Jason Zinoman, The New York Times |
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