Miller, Henry (Henry D.)

A veteran theater artist of the 1960s and 1970s civil rights inspired Black theater movement, Henry Miller has directed a number of plays in the African-American drama canon, staging more than 30 Off-Off Broadway and regional productions. Between 1962 and 1992, Miller founded three black theater companies - the Joseph Patterson Players (1962-1965), the Afro-American Repertory Theatre Company (1971-1978) and the James Baldwin Writers' Workshop Theater (1992-2002). His one-act plays, "The Christmas Eve Companion Plays: A Winter Reunion" and "Gifts of Parting" were awarded first and second prize in Samuel French's Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival in 1995 and 1998, respectively. The two plays were also published by Samuel French, Inc. and the Alexander Street Press in Virginia. Beyond theater and drama, Miller has been active in film, writing, and teaching. His 1975 short film "Death of a Dunbar Girl" was exhibited in Black American film festivals at the Vatican, the National Theater in London, the Forum des Halles in Paris, and at the Public Theater and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. He has written for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum in Philadelphia, Columbia Pictures, and the New York Village Voice. Miller's teaching experience includes teaching playwriting at the American Folk Theater and play and screen writing at Writers Voice, Inc. in New York, theater history at The City College of New York and guest lecturing at Kean University in New Jersey and New York City Technical College. Miller holds a Ph.D. in theater from the City University of New York's Graduate School and University Center. His doctoral dissertation is titled "Art or Propaganda: A Historical and Critical Analysis of African-American Approaches to Dramatic Theory, 1900-1965."

From the description of Henry D. Miller theater collection, 1957-2005 (bulk 1970-2002) (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 312181503