Hillary Miller

Biography

Hillary Miller specializes in twentieth and twenty-first century drama, with interests in theatre post-World War II in the United States, performance and urban development, and contemporary playwriting. Her book, Playwrights on Television: Conversations with Dramatists, features interviews with writers of award-winning stage plays and celebrated television shows reflecting on the successes and challenges of being a playwright in the post-network television era.
Her first book, Drop Dead: Performance in Crisis, 1970s New York (Northwestern University Press, 2016), considers how the framework of municipal and fiscal crisis shaped theatre practices in 1970s New York. Her essays and reviews have appeared in publications including RiDE: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, Theatre Journal, Performance Research, The Radical History Review, Theatre Survey, PAJ, and Lateral.
She is assistant professor of English at Queens College, CUNY. She has taught writing, theatre, and oral communications at Baruch College (CUNY), Stanford University, and California State University, Northridge. Previously the Assistant Director for the Summer Writers Lab at Long Island University, Brooklyn, she worked in literary development at Vox3 Films (Steven Shainberg), Young Playwrights, Inc., and Boynton Films.

Education

Ph.D., Theatre & Performance, The Graduate Center, CUNY
M.F.A., Dramatic Writing, Tisch School of the Arts
B.A., Theatre and Women’s Studies, Dartmouth College

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Theatre post-World War II in the United States, performance and urban development, queer theatre, contemporary playwriting.

Websites

• University profile

• Website

Books

Articles