Winter Miller is an American playwright and journalist. In the summer of 2007, a reading (directed by Joanna Settle) of Miller's play In Darfur was at the Delacorte Theater

Delacorte Theater

The Delacorte Theater, established in 1962, is an open-air theater located in Manhattan's Central Park and has a seating capacity of 1,800. The Delacorte is owned by the City of New York and operated by The Public Theater. It is an open-air amphitheater, with the Turtle Pond and Belvedere Castle...

 in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

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Miller was formerly the assistant to Nicholas D. Kristof

Nicholas D. Kristof

Nicholas Donabet Kristof is an American journalist, author, op-ed columnist, and a winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. He has written an op-ed column for The New York Times since November 2001 and is known for bringing to light human rights abuses in Asia and Africa, such as human trafficking and the...

, a columnist of The New York Times

The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

, and is now a reporter on the Times 's Metropolitan news desk. She has also written for the weekly Arts and Leisure, Style, daily Culture and Obituary pages of the Times.

In Darfur

In Darfur was developed by The Guthrie Theater, The Public Theater, Geva Theater, and The Playwrights' Center

The Playwrights' Center

The Playwrights' Center is a theater organization established in 1971 in Minneapolis, Minnesota with the aim of furthering the careers of both new and established individuals in the field. Five playwrights formed the organization in the hopes of providing/obtaining support for new play development...

. The play was based on interviews conducted by Miller and Kristof at the Sudan

Sudan

Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

 border with genocide survivors.

Personal

Miller is a 1995 graduate of Smith College

Smith College

Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters...

 and has an M.F.A. from Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

Plays

• In Darfur (2006)
• The Penetration Play (2004)
• Conspicuous
• Something's Wrong With Amandine
• Cake and Ice Cream

Journalism

• "The Rev. Calvin O. Pressley, 69; Urged Clergy to Reach Out." The New York Times, 27 September 2007.
• "Just Another Medieval Quartet Crossing Over." The New York Times, 13 September 2006.
• "A NIGHT OUT WITH: 'Saturday Night Live' Cast Members; The New Wild and Crazy Guys." The New York Times, 5 February 2006.
• "A NIGHT OUT WITH: Samantha Bee; Joking for Two." The New York Times, 13 November 2005.
• "THEATER: Hey, Look Them Over: The Digital Head Shot Is Here." The New York Times, 23 October 2005.
• "THEATER: Beyond Cute Boys in Their Underpants." The New York Times, 7 August 2005.