Playwright, Composer, and Lyricist
Steven D. Miller
Production History and Prizes
Production History
•1977 Piano composition for Charley's Aunt – Cambridge Performing Arts Center, Cambridge, OH
•1985 From Here to There and Back Again – Two children's acting classes, Upstate SC
•1985 Music and lyrics for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and through the Looking Glass – Easley Community Theatre, Easley, SC (rehearsed; not performed)
•1998 Pre-show music for Bedroom Farce – County Seat Players, Lawrenceville, GA
•1998 Background music for promotional video – WPBA, Atlanta, GA
•2000 The Pied Piper of Limburg – Shoestring Theatre, Lake Helen, FL
•2005 A-Caroling Wee Will Went – County Seat Players, Lawrenceville, GA (rehearsed; not performed)
•2006 The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Condensed) – County Seat Players, Lawrenceville, GA
•2007 From Here to There and Back Again – Shoestring Theatre, Lake Helen, FL
•2014 Voice-Activated – Onion Man Productions, Norcross, GA
•2014 This Contest – TentSquare #HolidayJournalEntry Monologue Challenge
•2015 Dear John – TentSquare Love Letter Monologue Challenge
•2015 Voice-Activated – Paragon Fest, Chicago, IL
•2015 Chestnut Bluff – Broadway Bound Productions, Canton, GA
•2015 Smelter – Queensbury Theatre, Houston, TX
•2016 Duo – Carrollwood Players, Tampa, FL
•2016 Nobody Likes a Quilter – Atlanta Theatre-to-Go, metro Atlanta, GA
•2016 Alexis, a Lexus – Lee Street Theatre, Salisbury, NC
•2016 Righteous – Jewish Ensemble Theatre Jet Fest, West Bloomfield, MI (reading)
•2016 In the Eye of the Beheld – Otherworld Theatre, Chicago, IL
•2016 Lunée Bin – Flying Cat Productions, Chamblee, GA
•2016 Peter, Peter – Darkhorse Dramatists, Binghamton, NY
•2016 Bell Weather – Lionheart Theatre, Norcross, GA
•2016 Trimmed to Nothingness – Lee Street Theatre, Salisbury, NC
•2017 From Here to There and Back Again – New Dawn Theater, Duluth, GA
•2017 Passing Lane – Edmonds Driftwood Players, Edmonds, WA
•2017 Every Day Is Tuesday – Atlanta Theatre-to-Go (a touring company), Metro Atlanta, GA
•2017 My Dad's Advent Story – Lionheart Theatre, Norcross, GA
•2017 Trimmed to Nothingness – Quannapowitt Players, Reading, MA
•2018 Accusations – Bellefonte Café, Wilmington, DE
•2018 Ten Minutes to Live – Live Arts Theatre (staged reading), Norcross, GA
•2018 Love Link – Atlanta Theatre-to-Go (a touring company), Metro Atlanta, GA
•2018 Are We All on Board? – Broadway Bound Productions, Canton, GA
•2019 I Know You're Out There – Fast & Furious Festival at Spokane Stage Left Theater, Spokane, WA
•2019 Bread and Butter – Atlanta Theatre-to-Go (a touring company), Metro Atlanta, GA
•2019 He Likes Me for My Brain – Onstage Atlanta, Scottdale, GA
•2020 Calembour – Atlanta Theatre-to-Go (a touring company), Metro Atlanta, GA
•2020 Dear John – Fast & Furious Festival at Spokane Stage Left Theater, Spokane, WA
•2020 In the Eye of the Beheld – "The Art Show" at Nomad Theatre Company, Bloomington, IL
•2020 COVID's Metamorphoses (monologue) – "Ghost Light Project" at Nomad Theatre Company, Bloomington, IL
•2020 COVID's Metamorphoses (full-length) – Zoom production (reading) by Merely Players, Atlanta, GA
•2020 Bread and Butter –narrated video by Atlanta Theatre-to-Go (a touring company), Metro Atlanta, GA
•2020 The Diaries of Adam and Eve – Atlanta Theatre-to-Go (a touring company), Metro Atlanta, GA
•2021 Calembour – Atlanta Theatre-to-Go (a touring company), Metro Atlanta, GA
•2021 Bread and Butter – Atlanta Theatre-to-Go (a touring company), Metro Atlanta, GA
•2022 I Know You're Out There – Jakespeare Virtual Theatre Company, MA
•2022 Hostile Takeover – Gulfport Community Players, Gulfport, FL
•2023 Accusations – Lionheart Theatre, Norcross, GA
•2023 The Fume Mitigators – North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe, San Diego, CA
•2023 Ho, Ho, HOA – Merely Players Presents, Doraville, GA
•2024 Evil Genie – Gi60 Houston One Minute Theatre Festival, Stafford, TX
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Prizes
•1984 The Pied Piper of Limburg – fifth place, Peace Prize, Greenville, SC
•2014 Cheese Louise – finalist, Inkslinger Playwriting Competition, Southeastern Louisiana University
•2014 The Diarist – round two finalist, Newvember Festival, The Carpenter Shop Theater, Tivoli, NY
•2014 This Contest – sixth place (tied), TentSquare #HolidayJournalEntry Monologue Challenge, NYC
•2015 Previous Engagements – third place, The Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence, Branch County Community Theatre, Coldwater, MI
•2015 "X" Marks the Yule – semi-finalist, Class Reunion 10-Minute Play Competition, Heartland Theatre Company, Normal, IL
•2015 Alexis, a Lexus – semi-finalist, Carrollwood Players One Act Weekend, Carrollwood Players, Tampa, FL
•2015 A Proper Education for a Proper Young Lady – semi-finalist, FutureFest, Dayton Playhouse, Dayton, OH
•2015 Dear John – finalist, TentSquare Love Letter Monologue Challenge
•2015 The Impotence of Ernest Bean – round two finalist, The Mountain Playhouse International Comedy Playwriting Contest, Jennerstown, PA
•2016 Righteous – finalist, Jewish Ensemble Theatre Jet Fest, West Bloomfield, MI
•2016 Down a Slippery Slope – semi-finalist, Lakeshore Players, White Bear Lake, MN
•2016 Figs for the Asking – semi-finalist, Minnesota Shorts, Mankato, MN
•2016 Chestnut Bluff – winner, best original work, Metropolitan Atlanta Theatre Awards, GA
•2017 A Second Lease – second round finalist, AACT NewPlayFest
•2017 Brothers United – finalist, Lake-Sumter State College, Leesburg, FL
•2017 Righteous – finalist, The Colonial Players Promising Playwright Contest, Annapolis, MD
•2017 Alexis, a Lexus – semi-finalist, Minnesota Shorts, Mankato, MN
•2017 A Proper Education for a Proper Young Lady – second place, Playwrights First Award, New York, NY
•2018 Down a Slippery Slope – semi-finalist, City Theatre of Independence, Independence, MO
•2018 Boys Will Be Boys – semi-finalist, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
•2018 Accusations – honorable mention, Helen-Jean Play Contest, New York, NY
•2018 Previous Engagements – second round finalist, AACT NewPlayFest
•2018 Mira, Mira – finalist, Queens Theatre Theatre For All, New York, NY
•2019 Accusations – honorable mention, Camino Real Playhouse, San Juan Capistrano, CA
•2019 Accusations – semi-finalist, STAGE IT! at Arts Bonita, Bonita Springs, FL
•2019 The Impotence of Ernest Bean – semi-finalist, Centre Stage, Greenville, SC
​•2019 Finite Love – finalist, Old Library Theatre, Fair Lawn, NJ
•2019 Are We All On Board? – winner, Best New Work (Non-Professional), Broadway World Atlanta
•2020 AB Used Cars – second round finalist, AACT NewPlayFest
•2021 Previous Engagements – semi-finalist, Centre Stage, Greenville, SC
•2021 The Diaries of Adam and Eve – winner, Best Play (Professional), Broadway World Atlanta
•2022 A Proper Education for a Proper Young Lady – second round finalist, AACT NewPlayFest
•2022 Skipping – semi-finalist, The PlayGround Experiment, New York, NY
•2023 Iamb and You Are Too – winner, Kumu Kahua Theatre Monthly Playwrite Contest (July), Honolulu, HI
•2024 Lunée Bin – winner, the Fourth Annual 10:4:TENN national ten-minute playwriting contest, Columbus, MS
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