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Director, Choreographer, Fmr Artistic Director

Janet Miller has been directing, choreographing and teaching theater for thirty years. She was recently the Artistic Director for the Torrance Theatre Company where she directed sixteen productions in her seven year tenure. She is a founding artist and resident director for the newly formed Manhattan Beach Players. She has worked on both the East and West coasts on such shows as Side By Side By Sondheim, South Pacific, Kiss Me Kate, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Fantasticks, Annie Get Your Gun, Dames At Sea, The Odd Couple, Taming of the Shrew, Of Mice and Men, The Man Who Came To Dinner, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged) and The Crucible to name a few. Her talents have taken her all over the world, working in diverse settings such as Choate Rosemary Hall in CT and grand theme parks in Bangkok, Thailand. She has also taught musical theater dance and tap for Broadway Asia in China. She was staff choreographer and director for Golden State Theatre for eighteen years and formerly at the historic Variety Arts Center in Los Angeles for six years. Janet is resident director/choreographer for Brain Brew Entertainment, an interactive entertainment company. Ms. Miller is sought after as a musical theater tap instructor and is known in both Los Angeles and New York for her inspired coaching of actors for musical theater roles and for her amazing "Show Doctoring" ability. Her choreography was recently seen at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood CA in The Marvelous Wonderettes. This production was JM's fifth venture into Wonderette Land, having originally choreographed the show at the Stiemke Theater, Milwaukee Rep and subsequent productions in Grand Rapids, and Hermosa Beach. She is the recipient of the 2003 Excellence in Art Award for Drama from the city of Torrance, and was awarded a 2003 Choreography Garland for The Marvelous Wonderettes in Los Angeles. She is the recipient of the 2006 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Choreography for The Marvelous Wonderettes. This year she was awarded a Garland for choreography for Winter Wonderettes and won a LADCC Award for that show as well. Janet holds a BA in musical theater from CSUN, and an MA in theater from CSULA. Ms. Miller is a proud member of SSDC, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

TTC Shows:

Jesus Christ Superstar, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Fantastiks, South Pacific, Anything Goes, The Odd Couple, The Sound of Music, The Crucible, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2004), The Taming of the Shrew, The Nerd, Camelot, The Pirates of Penzance, Biloxi Blues, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Nunsense