ASHLEY BROOKE MILLER
Actor. Director.
Height: 5'6" Hair: Light Brown
Eyes: Hazel Voice: Mezzo-Soprano
EMC
Performance
Romeo & Juliet Juliet Off-Broadway (American Sephardi Federation)
Richard III Duke of Buckingham Hofstra University (Jean Dobie Giebel)
Laundry & Bourbon Elizabeth Hofstra University (Mackenzie Scott)
Pussy Riot Reporter Hofstra University (Mahayana Landowne)
Henry VI Part 3 Prince Edward/ F.C Commonwealth Shakespeare Co. (Adam Sanders)
The House of Bernarda Alba Amelia Hofstra University (Rod Gomez)
Student Body Daisy Hofstra University (Peter Charney)
Special Skills
Stage Combat, Ballroom Dancing, Piano, Read Sheet Music, Stilt Walking, Improvisation, Conversational Hebrew and ASL, Silly Voices
Related Skills
Sound Design, Q-Lab Software; Light and Sound Board Operation, Directing, Verse Nurse, Set Building, Microsoft- Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Playwriting
Training
Acting Jean Dobie Giebel, Paul Takacs, Adam Sanders
Voice/Speech Ilona Pierce, Paul D’Agostino, Greg Mercer, Andrew Abrams, Ric Ryder
Movement Robert Westley (Movement, Stage Combat), Catherine Murphy (Musical Theater), Alex Rothstein (Ballroom), Caroline Copeland (Ballet)
Hofstra University- B.A. Theater Performance / Musical Theater Minor - 2019
Member - Mu Psi Chapter of Alpha Psi Omega National Theatre Honor Society (ΑΨΩ)
Stella Adler Summer Conservatory - Graduate 2017
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Apprentice 2018
ADDITIONAL RELATED WORK
Brown Box Theatre Project Boston, MA
Company Manager August 2019-September 2019
Responsible for all aspects of touring, managing food, housing and transportation, serve as FOH manager. First contact with hosts and venues. Maintained all venue addresses, contacts and information. Created and compiled venue profiles with all pertinent information including house count, weather, donations, merchandise, electrics, manage weather issues. Act as a stage hand as needed, manage group events for Actors while touring, serve as house manager.
Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence New York, NY
Assistant Director July 2019
Duties Include: creating and maintaining all social media presence for Off Broadway limited run production. Working one on one with actors during rehearsals, acting as point of contact for cast and crew, pulling and assembling props, act as stage hand when needed, taking notes for and with Director, being main contact for the venue including rehearsals, tech and shows, holding keys and codes for the space.
Hofstra University Drama and Dance Uniondale, NY
Assistant to the Senior Secretary Fall 2017-Spring 2019
Maintain spreadsheets and online database, answering phone calls, copying, taking minutes, running errands, handling confidential information, liaison between the department and students, coordinating events between the department and outside guest artists, students and schools.
Hofstra University Drama and Dance Uniondale, NY
Teaching Assistant - BFA Shakespeare Fall 2018
Responsibilities included: Scene and partnering selection, in/out of class rehearsals, verse and text one on ones, critiquing final projects, creating class schedule, producing paper materials and notes, maintaining class monologue and scene database.
Hofstra University Drama and Dance: Music & Sound Internship
Spring 2018, Fall 2018
Internship included; Dramaturgical research, hands on with actors and instruments, designing and recording sound cues and live musical cues, extensive use of Q-lab, rehearsal and room live music, coordinating meetings with production team, and stage management in and out of rehearsal.