Melissa Miller is an actor, teaching artist, and SAFD actor combatant in the twin cities. She carries an MFA in Theatre Performance and Pedagogy from Texas Tech University and a BFA in Theatre Performance from Wichita State University.
Melissa Miller
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A Cultural Convergence
EditorialIn Minnesota we’re familiar with the intimacy of snow--the loud quiet it creates as it falls after dark. It’s in...
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There’s Magic in the Metaphor
ReviewThis review is the first of a series of essays surrounding Walking Shadow Theatre Company’s 2019-2020 season. This is a...
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Artists as Activists
ReviewThe opening night of Jimmy & Lorraine: A Musing presented by Pillsbury House Theatre was met with a largely standing...
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Get Bent with The BAND Group and Support OutFrontMN
EditorialAfter reading a brief synopsis of Martin Sherman’s Bent, I walked into the Phoenix Theatre with a sober mind and...
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“I wanted to process my human rights work through art.” – Lynn Nottage
EditorialIt was lovely and encouraging to see the support that flowed into the Guthrie Theater on Monday, July 22nd. The...
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What political axe are we grinding?
ReviewTheatre Coup d’Etat’s production of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman blends realism and shadow puppetry to bring its audience a horrific...
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The Fight Family
EditorialAs many headed to their lake houses and cabins over Memorial Day Weekend a number of theatre artists headed to...
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Pretty Sneaky Sis
ReviewPart psychological-thriller, part Chekhovian-class-commentary, Theatre Pro Rata’s My Sister in this House is a bone-chilling and hair-raising evening that is...
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A Case for Creativity, Collaboration, and Comedy
ReviewThe Pathetic Life and Remarkable Afterlife of Elmer McCurdy, the Worst Robber in the West delivers on its outlandish run-around...
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