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  Date / Time: 4/25/2009 12:30 AM UTC

  Tonight WLH is inviewing Yusef Miller-PlayWriter
  

  

  Yusef Miller, Playwright. In 2006, Yusef decided to suspend his acting career to pursue Playwriting. Accepted as a Lila Acheson Wallace Playwright Fellow at The Juilliard School, his efforts were coaxed into reality. As a Juilliard student, Yusef was nurtured under mentors Marsha Norman and Christopher Durang. In 2007, he was awarded the Le Comte Du Nouy Prize for Excellence in Playwriting. In 2008, Yusef was awarded the inaugurated Frederick Fellowship, designed to subsidize emerging Houstonian Playwrights for an entire year. Plays: The Master Shepherd(s) of Hokybrok: 2009 Nomination for the Weissberger Award; 2009, Staged Reading, Co-Sponsored by The Classical Theatre of Harlem and The Ford Foundation’s Future Classics Reading; 2008 Lincoln Center Theater Directors’ Lab; 2008 semi-finalist in Reverie Production’s Next Generation Playwriting Contest. Aaron&Tekla: developed at Juilliard, 2007; 2008 Staged Reading, The Dramatists Guild. The House of Buddy Baines, 2007 Staged Reading, Juilliard; 2006 semi-finalist for Playwrights Week at Lark Play Development Center. It Takes a Village. Songs of My So-Called Masculinity. Memberships: AEA, SAG, The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., Lark Access Member, Reverie Productions Writers’ Lab, Classical Theatre of Harlem. Training: BA, English, Morehouse College; Certificate of Acting, Alliance Theater Professional Acting Intern Company; MFA, Theatre and Dance, University of California, San Diego. For acting and other information, log on to www.yusefmiller.com

  
  

  Yusef Miller: Theatre/Dance credits include

  Off-Broadway: The Blacks: A Clown Show, The Classic Stage Company; Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death, The Classical Theatre of Harlem; The Suitcase Trilogy, Ma-Yi Theater Company; Blue, Cincinnati Playhouse/Geva Theatre; Polk County, Arena Stage; New York Theatre Workshop Playreading Retreat; Lincoln Center Theater Director’s Lab 2001, 2002, 2008 Lincoln Center Theater; Thoroughly Modern Millie, LaJolla Playhouse; Boesman and Lena (written/directed Athol Fugard); The Colored Museum, Twelfth Night, Polaroid Stories, Galbraith Theatre (UCSD); Livin’ in the Garden, A Christmas Carol, Oo-Bla-Dee, Ti Jean and His Brothers, A Woman Called Truth, Alliance Theatre Company. Television: The Education of Max Bickford. Training: BA, English, Morehouse College; Certificate of Acting, Alliance Theater Professional Acting Intern Company; MFA, Theatre and Dance, University of California, San Diego; Juilliard, Lila Acheson Wallace Playwright Fellow (’06-’07). Yusef is the recipient of the Lecomte Du Nouy Prize for excellence in playwriting. Currently, Yusef is attempting to publish his memoir “Fight” and produce his plays. Membership: AEA, SAG, The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., The Lark Access Member, Reverie Production’s Writer’s Lab, The Classical Theatre of Harlem. For playwriting and other experiences, go to www.yusefmiller.com

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