Catherine Miller profiled in The Chicago Reader for Pride month
CATHERINE MILLER (BFA, Dramaturgy/Criticism, '14) was profiled in The Chicago Reader discussing her work as a casting director and her advocacy for nonbinary, trans, and BIPOC performers.
"Part of what Miller’s work entails is helping companies and directors see new ways to envision characters and storylines that can include trans artists and perspectives, as well as other diverse communities. They cite a 2017 Redtwist production of Thornton Wilder’s American classic Our Town as one of the first times they were able to “flex my muscle and really push for trans representation onstage.” The production featured trans actor Jaq Seifert as George Gibbs, along with deaf actor Richard Costes as the Stage Manager and Black and Latine actors in other roles. Reader critic Tony Adler wrote, “Seeing such variety onstage heightens our awareness of the many constituencies Wilder didn’t contemplate referencing back in 1938—the people who couldn’t have a home in Grover’s Corners.”