Susan Miller (playwright)
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Susan Miller, two time OBIE winner and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship
in Playwriting, is perhaps best known as the author/performer of the critically acclaimed one woman play, My Left Breast and a producer and writer for the web series
Anyone But Me
.
; The Writer's Voice at the Westside Y; Rutgers University
; Penn State University 1969-73; and UCLA 1975-76.
Her articles have appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, American Theatre, The Dramatist and Girlfriends.
as well as a Rockefeller Grant
and a residency at Yaddo
. Miller won her first Obie Award
for Nasty Rumors And Final Remarks. A Map Of Doubt And Rescue, won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
and the 2004 Pinter Prize for Drama. She won a second Obie Award, as well as a shared Blackburn Prize, for her one woman play, My Left Breast.
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
in Playwriting, is perhaps best known as the author/performer of the critically acclaimed one woman play, My Left Breast and a producer and writer for the web series
Web series
A web series is a series of episodes released on the Internet or also by mobile or cellular phone, and part of the newly emerging medium called web television. A single instance of a web series program is called an episode .While the popularity of web series is continuing to rise, the concept...
Anyone But Me
Anyone But Me
Anyone But Me is a live-action, web television drama which first aired in 2008. The show is in serial short-format webisodes, each lasting between six and fifteen minutes, which follow the lives of a group of teenagers in New York City and Westchester County, New York.Anyone But Me was developed by...
.
Life
Miller served for three years as the director of the Legacy Project, a writing workshop for people with life threatening illness, which was held at the Public Theatre under a grant from the Lila Wallace Fund. She has taught in the Dramatic Writing Program at New York UniversityNew York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
; The Writer's Voice at the Westside Y; Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
; Penn State University 1969-73; and UCLA 1975-76.
Her articles have appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, American Theatre, The Dramatist and Girlfriends.
Awards
Miller has received playwriting fellowships from the National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
as well as a Rockefeller Grant
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
and a residency at Yaddo
Yaddo
Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400 acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is "to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment."...
. Miller won her first Obie Award
Obie Award
The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...
for Nasty Rumors And Final Remarks. A Map Of Doubt And Rescue, won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize established in 1978, is for English-language women playwrights. Named for Susan Smith, alumna of Smith College, who died of breast cancer.-Winners:* 1978-79 Mary O'Malley* 1979-80 Barbara Schneider...
and the 2004 Pinter Prize for Drama. She won a second Obie Award, as well as a shared Blackburn Prize, for her one woman play, My Left Breast.
Plays
- Reading List, 2005
- The Grand Design, 2003
- Map Of Doubt And Rescue, 2002
- It's Our Town, Too, 2002
- Backstory, 1999
- My Left Breast, 1994
- For Dear Life, 1989
- Repairs, 1988
- Arts And Leisure, 1985
- FLUX, 1982
- Nasty Rumors And Final Remarks, 1979
- Cross Country, 1976
- Confessions Of A Female Disorder, 1974
- Denim Lecture, 1974
- Silverstein & Co, 1972
- Daddy, And A Commotion Of Zebras, 1970
- No One Is Exactly 23, 1968
Screenplays
- The Last Thing We Ever Do, for Disney;
- Blessing In Disguise for Warner Bros.;
- The History Of Us for Caravan;
- Becoming The Smiths, for Fox 2000,
- Lady Beware, starring Diane Lane.
Teleplays
- "Thirtysomething" (Story Editor)"
- "Trials Of Rosie O'Neill" (Story Supervisor)
- "LA Law,"
- "Urban Anxiety," (Producer/Head Writer)
- "The L Word", (consulting producer/writer)