Playwright, Composer, and Lyricist
Steven D. Miller
NEWS & EVENTS
Check here for the latest news about contests and productions.
Publications
Smith and Kraus has published Phone-y in THE ULTIMATE AUDITION BOOK, VOL. 5: 222 MORE COMEDY MONOLOGUES 2 MINUTES & UNDER
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Lunée Bin will be published in the Ponder Review 8.2 in the fall of 2024
2024 Productions
September 13, 2024
The Mississippi University for Women Department of Theatre hosted a reading of Lunée Bin at its campus in Columbus, MS as winner of the 10:4:TENN national ten-minute playwriting contest.
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August 10, 2024
Lionheart Theatre hosted a reading of Previous Engangements and a feedback session at their theater in Norcross, GA at 7:30 PM.
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July 2-3, 2024
Gi60 Houston performed Evil Genie as the third offering in its one-minute play festival at Houston Community College Stafford, TX. A video of the festival has been posted on YouTube.
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February 17, 2024
Pumphouse Players hosted a free reading of Clean Up Clowden at their theater in Cartersville, GA.
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February 10-11, 2024
Hammond Glen Retirement Community in Roswell, GA presented a staged reading of the musical One Perfect Day for members of the community, reading lyrics rather than singing songs for the most part.
2023 Productions
December 7-17, 2023
Merely Players Presents in Doraville, GA presented Ho, Ho, HOA as part of its Winter Vibez 2023 short play festival.
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September 16 - October 1, 2023
North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe in San Diego, CA performed The Fume Mitigators as part of a production of six short plays preceding the 2023 North Park Playwright Festival.
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January 13-22, 2023
Main Street Theatre presented Accusations as part of a 10 Minute Play Festival at Lionheart Theatre in Norcross, GA.
2022 Productions
July 14-24, 2022
Gulfport Community Players presented Hostile Takeover at the
Catherine Hickman Theater in Gulfport, FL as part of their
21st Summer One-Acts.
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April 30, 2022
Merely Players Presents presented a reading of To a Recent Arrival
as part of the opening celebration for its new space in Doraville.
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February 12, 2022
Jakespeare Virtual Theatre Company presented "One Moment in
Time," a one-minute play festival of 63 plays from 38 playwrights.
This live-streamed festival included I Know You're Out There.
2021 Productions
October 2021 - January 2022
Atlanta Theatre-to-Go toured the holiday musical Bread and Butter to senior centers and retirement communities in the metropolitan Atlanta area.
December 7, 2020 - April, 2021
The Diaries of Adam and Eve was performed by Atlanta Theatre-to-Go
at indoor and outdoor venues at senior facilities throughout
metropolitan Atlanta, featuring Edward Davis as Mark Twain and
Lory Cox as his wife Livy, acting out the diaries as Adam and Eve.
A video is available here.
June - August 2021
Calembour was performed by Atlanta Theatre-to-Go
as part of its hour-long entertainment entitled
Crazy Little Thing Called Love, which resumed a run
interrupted by the pandemic.
2020 Productions
December 2020
A narrated version of the songs of Bread and Butter has been created in video form by Atlanta Theatre-to-Go, featuring cast members from last year's production. See the video here.
August 21, 2020
Merely Players Presents produced COVID's Metamorphoses as a full Zoom production. See the video here.
Directed by Myrna Feldman, the cast included:
â—¦ Cupid: Daniel Guyton
â—¦ Powell: Jon Vertullo
â—¦ Laurel: Parker Hughes
â—¦ Dad: Lee Buechele
June 14, 2020
A reading of the two-act version of COVID's Metamorphoses was presented on Zoom by Merely Players at 7 PM, featuring the following cast:
CUPID - Daniel Guyton
LAUREL - Kate Guyton
POWELL - Morgan Henard
DAD - Lee Buechele
Stage Directions - Linda Marie Johnson
April 26, 2020
The monologue COVID's Metamorphoses was streamed online
by Nomad Theatre Company, directed by Anthony Overton and
performed by Jessa Hendricker. See the video here.
February - March 2020
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Calembour was being
performed by Atlanta Theatre-to-Go as part of its
hour-long entertainment entitled Crazy Little Thing
Called Love, with the run resuming in June 2021.
Kristi Taylor and Hunter Christian in Calembour
March 6-8, 2020
Dear John was performed as part of the 2020 Fast & Furious Festival at Spokane Stage Left Theater in Spokane, WA
March 5 & 8, 2020
In the Eye of the Beheld was performed as part of
The Art Show by Nomad Theatre Company at
The Mclean County Arts Center in Bloomington, IL
2019
Productions
October 2019 - January 2020
Atlanta Theatre-to-Go is toured the holiday musical
Bread and Butter to senior centers and retirement
communities in the metropolitan Atlanta area.
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October 19-21, 2019
Onstage Atlanta in Scottdale, GA produced He Likes Me for My Brain as part of its Halloween play series.
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September 8, 2019
Onstage Atlanta in Scottdale, GA hosted readings of A Snowball's Chance and Boys Will Be Boys as part of its day-long Play Day festival.
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March 15-17, 2019
Spokane Stage Left Theater presented the one-minute play I Know You're Out There as one of 36 short plays in its 2019 Fast & Furious Festival.
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January 17, 2019
Camino Real Playhouse in San Juan Capistrano, CA held a reading of Accusations as part of the Thursday performance of its ShowOff Playwriting Festival 2019.
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2018
Productions
Visit Facebook to see photos of the seven cast members!
October 12-21, 2018
Broadway Bound Productions, Inc. performed Are We All on Board? at the Canton Theatre in Canton, GA as the final production in its 2018 season.
This play was voted best original
non-professional work of the season
by Broadway World Atlanta, in a
unanimous vote. (It was the only
nominee.)
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Summer 2018
Atlanta Theatre-to-Go performed Love Link as part of its summer touring season, from late June through August, as part of its Summer Lovin' production.
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June 16, 2018
Live Arts Theatre presented a staged reading of Ten Minutes to Live as part of their 24-hour Musicals, which were cast, rehearsed, and produced within a 24-hour period. See the video here.
Maddie Auchter and
Jonathan Patton
in Love Link. Jennifer McCurdy and
Chris Schulz in
Love Link.
2017 Productions
November 30-December 3, 2017
Lionheart Theatre in Norcross, GA performed My Dad's Advent Story as one of seven shorts plays in its "Holiday Punch" adult entertainment.
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November 24-December 1, 2017
Reading, MA performed
as one of seven selections
in its Suburban Holidays Six
festival of short plays.
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See video clips of the produc-
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promo).
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Read a review of the produc-
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Fall/Winter 2017
Atlanta Theatre-to-Go produced
the musical Every Day Is Tuesday as
part of their 2017/2018 touring season.
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July 7-9, 2017
Edmonds Driftwood Players in Edmonds, WA performed Passing Lane as one of eight selections in its 8th Annual Festival of Shorts.
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March 10-19, 2017
New Dawn Theater in Duluth, GA performed From Here to There and Back Again as a children's theatre production featuring 17 girls from ages 6 to 12.
2014
Productions
The cast of Lunée Bin, from left to right:
Annie Jacob as the Nurse
Ric Perera as the Doctor
Deborah Childs as the Patient
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The production was directed by Nick Boretz.
The cast of Trimmed to Nothingness:
David Steelman as Mr. Dougherty (left foreground)
Austin Young as Andrew (right foreground)
Beth Bentley as Megan (left background, obscured)
Alice Rich as Mrs. Dougherty (right background)
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The production was directed by Trey Irby.
The cast of Nobody Likes a Quilter, from left to right:
Jessica McGuire as Heather
Gisele Frame as Liz
Deborah Childs as Rebecca
The cast of Alexis, a Lexus onstage, from left to right in Lee Street Theatre's black box theatre:
Monika Bigsby (Van)
Winnie Mikkelson (Alexis)
Dan Mikkelson (Bronc)
The production was directed by Christina Banner Pettus, Business & Marketing Manager of the Lee Street Theatre.
2016
Productions
2015
Productions
Voice-Activated
Paige Steadman as "N"
Kevin Savage as "Opie"
Photograph by Cathy Seith
from Onion Man Productions' Summer Harvest 2014: A Different World
December 7-10, 2016
Lee Street Theatre in Salisbury, NC performed Trimmed to Nothingness as one of six short plays in its 2016
"10 Minutes to Christmas" play festival. Read a review of the production.
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October 21-23, 2016
Bell Weather was one of seven short plays produced by Lionheart Theatre in Norcross, GA as part of its "Bewitching" Halloween party.
October 14-15, 2016
The comic monologue Peter, Peter was presented as one of eight
selections in the 5th annual "Tales From the Script" Halloween play
festival presented by Darkhorse Dramatists at the Cider Mill Playhouse
in Binghamton, NY. See the video on YouTube!
October 14-23, 2016
The short Tennessee Williams-inspired play Lunée Bin was presented as part of the Autumn Leaves evening of seven one-act plays at the Onion Man Productions location in Chamblee, GA.
October 1, 2016
In the Eye of the Beheld was performed on Saturday, October 1 as one of 40 plays in the PARAGON Science Fiction and Fantasy Play Festival by Otherworld Theatre in Chicago, presented at The Public House Theatre at 3914 N Clark Street in Chicago. The Beheld was played by the director, Morgan Schreiber, while Shelby and Brett were played respectively by John Mobley and Eddie Reynolds.
Summer 2016
Atlanta Theatre-to-Go performed Nobody Likes a Quilter through September as part of a selection of short plays entitled "The Pursuit of Happiness." Atlanta Theatre-to-Go tours hour-long productions to senior centers and retirement homes throughout the metro Atlanta region.
June 20, 2016
Jewish Ensemble Theatre's Jet Fest in West Bloomfield, MI hosted a table read and talk-back session for Righteous. Kristin "Kiki" Thompson directed, and the adult roles were read by a talented cast: Katy Kujala (Younger Eva), Patrick Cronin (Father Pierre), Connie Cowper (Eva), and Fred Buchalter (Claude).
June 16-18, 2016
Lee Street Theatre in Salisbury, NC performed Alexis, a Lexus as one of six short plays in its 2016 Original 10-Minute Play Festival: Diversified.
June 3-5, 2016
Carrollwood Players in Tampa, FL performed Duo as one of
eight short plays in its sold-out 2016 One Act Weekend lineup.
Jesse Hutson directed two wonderful physical comedians
in the roles of vaudeville comedians Tarragon and Spice.
John Watson as Spice
(clutching the pole) and
Eric Misener as Tarragon
(trying to pull him back
onstage)
December 9-19, 2015
Cone Man Running Productions produced Smelter as part of its inaugural
Five Minute Mile play festival at the Queensbury Theatre in Houston,
Texas, in which a selection of monologues and short plays were presented
at each performance. Smelter was presented three times (Wednesdays 12/9
and 12/16 and Friday 12/18) during the eight-performance run of the festival.
Read a review here.
Cody Dale Edgar
in Smelter
September 17-20 & 24-27, 2015
Broadway Bound Productions, Inc. produced Chestnut Bluff in Canton, GA at the historic Canton Theatre to kick off the start of their 2015/2016 season. Directed by Ralph Zaffino, the cast featured (back row) Karen Ruetz (Elizabeth), Kara Dukes (Louise), Chris Grass (Dolley), and (front row) Jil Pasiecnik (Maria/Mariah), Paul Kamm (Armin), Gloria Szokoly (Irena), and Annette Nellums (Sally). This world-premiere production played to enthusiastic audiences and was awarded the Metropolitan Atlanta Theatre Award for best original work.
The cast of Chestnut Bluff
photo by Cheryl Lambert
for Broadway Bound Productions, Inc.
August 23, 2015
Voice-Activated, directed by Michael Bullaro, was one of 40 plays performed as part of the PARAGON Science Fiction and Fantasy Play Festival by Otherworld Theatre in Chicago, performing at The Public House Theatre at 3914 N Clark Street in Chicago. See the video here!
From the Chicago production:
Shawn Wilson as "N"
Kirk Jackson as "Opie"
March - April 2015
Check out a video of Dear John, a finalist in the TentSquare Love Letter Monologue Challenge.
December 2014
Check out videos of This Contest, a prize-winner in the TentSquare #HolidayJournalEntry Monologue Challenge.
May 29 - June 8, 2014
Onion Man Productions presented Summer Harvest 2014: A Different World, featuring Voice-Activated by Steven D. Miller.
"All aboard" for a journey through a collection of original 10-minute plays that explore different worlds, and bring us home to places we know well.
Previous
Productions
Summer 2007
Shoestring Theatre in Lake Helen, FL presented From Here to There and Back Again with a mostly youth cast.
From Here to There and Back Again
Photograph by Marsha McLaughlin for the West Volusia Beacon.
2021
Contests
Broadway World Atlanta
The Diaries of Adam and Eve was the winner for Best Play (Professional)
2020
Contests
AACT NewPlayFest
American Association of Community Theatre
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AB Used Cars was named a second round finalist.
2019 Contests
Broadway World Atlanta
​Are We All On Board? was the unanimous winner for Best New Work (Non-Professional)
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9th Annual One Act Play Festival
Old Library Theatre, Fair Lawn, NJ
Finite Love was named one of 15 finalists.
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Centre Stage New Play Festival
Centre Stage, Greenville, SC
The Impotence of Ernest Bean was named a semi-finalist.
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STAGE IT!
Arts Bonita, Bonita Springs, FL
Accusations was named a semi-finalist.
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ShowOff Playwriting Festival
Camino Real Playhouse, San Juan Capistrano, CA
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Accusations received honorable mention and was given a reading.
2018 Contests
Theatre For All
Queens Theatre, New York, NY
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Mira, Mira was named a finalist.
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AACT NewPlayFest
American Association of Community Theatre
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Previous Engagements was named a second round finalist.
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Helen-Jean Play Contest
New York, NY
Accusations received honorable mention.
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Playwright Festival
City Theatre of Independence, Independence, MO
Down a Slippery Slope was named a second-round finalist.
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10-Minute Play Contest
Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
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Boys Will Be Boys was named a semi-finalist.
2017 Contests
Playwrights First Award
Playwrights First, New York, NY
A Proper Education for a Proper Young Lady placed second.
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Promising Playwright Contest
The Colonial Players, Annapolis, MD
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Righteous was named one of six finalists.
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Minnesota Shorts
Lincoln Community Theater, Mankata, MN
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Alexis, a Lexus was named a semi-finalist.
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AACT NewPlayFest
American Association of Community Theatre
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A Second Lease was named a second round finalist.
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LSSC Short Play Festival
Lake-Sumter State College, Leesburg, FL
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Brothers United was named a finalist.
2016 Contests
Minnesota Shorts
Lincoln Community Theater, Mankata, MN
Figs for the Asking was named a semi-finalist.
Jet Fest
Jewish Ensemble Theatre, West Bloomfield, MI
Righteous was named one of four finalists and received a public reading.
Lakeshore Players 12th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival
Lakeshore Players, White Bear Lake, MN
Down a Slippery Slope was named one of twenty semi-finalists.
Metropolitan Atlanta Theatre Awards
Chestnut Bluff was named best original work of the 2015-2016 season.
2015 Contests
The Mountain Playhouse International Comedy Playwriting Contest
Mountain Playhouse, Jennerstown, PA
The Impotence of Ernest Bean was named one of ten second-round finalists.
TentSquare Monologue Challenge
Dear John was named one of twenty finalists in the TentSquare Love Letter Monologue Challenge.
The Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence
Branch County Community Theatre, Coldwater, MI
Previous Engagements was awarded third place.
FutureFest
Dayton Playhouse, Dayton, OH
A Proper Education for a Proper Young Lady was named one of 12 semi-finalists.
Class Reunion 10-Minute Play Contest
Heartland Theatre Company, Normal, IL
"X" Marks the Yule was named a semi-finalist.
Carrollwood Players One Act Weekend
Carrollwood Players, Tampa, FL
Alexis, a Lexus was named a semi-finalist.
2014 Contests
First Annual Inkslinger Competition
Southeastern Louisiana University
Cheese Louise was named one of five finalists.
Newvember Festival
The Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli, NY
The Diarist was named one of fifty round two finalists.
TentSquare Monologue Challenge
This Contest tied for sixth place in the TentSquare #HolidayJournalEntry Monologue Challenge.