PROVIDENCE, RI: The Brown/Trinity Rep Consortium is proud to welcome Beth F. Milles to its team as she takes the helm of the MFA Directing Program this fall. Milles, who will also be a Trinity Rep Associate Director, succeeds Kevin Moriarty, who was named the Artistic Director of the Dallas Theater Center.  She will begin work at the Consortium this month.

“The caliber of intellect and imagination at Brown is so high, and the soul and the artistic work at Trinity Rep are thrilling,” said Milles, who expressed her hopes to inspire students to “imagine more than what they think is possible on the stage.”

“For me, theater will always be the place where possibility and impossibility can convene,” she said.

Milles comes to the Consortium from Cornell University where she has been on the faculty as Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance. Most recent directing work: writer/director Tim Robbins and Adam Simon’s Carnage for The Actors’ Gang in Los Angeles. Other Actors’ Gang credits include Carson Kreitzer’s Self Defense (3 LA Weekly Awards), the world premiere of Private Battle (3 LA Weekly nominations), and her own adaptation of Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid (4 Ovation Awards). She directed the world premiere of Nero: Another Golden Rome at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco (developed in collaboration with playwright Steven Sater and composer Duncan Sheik). Other directing credits include Julia Sweeney’s And God Said “Ha” on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre. She is the founder of Banter Company, which focuses on the adaptation of classical theatre for the modern audience. She specializes in physical theatre and development of devised movement based work, as well as the tradition of farce and the contemporization of the Commedia dell’Arte. She has directed and developed new work at many theatres including Playwrights Horizons, The Juilliard School, The Sundance Theatre Institute, The Mark Taper Forum, The Guthrie Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, ASK Theatre Projects, Naked Angels, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and The Kitchen Theatre. Beth is a graduate of Cornell University and the ART Institute for Advanced Training at Harvard University.

Artistic Director Curt Columbus states, “I am thrilled that Beth F. Milles has joined the Brown/Trinity Consortium. She brings with her to our program her unparalleled experience in nurturing young artists, as well as her substantial body of work as a director and a creative force in the American theater.  I have no doubt that Beth will prove to be an invaluable addition to the Brown/Trinity family.”

Brown University/Trinity Rep Consortium
The Brown University/Trinity Rep Consortium provides a three-year professional training program for eighteen students under the auspices of an Ivy League University and Rhode Island’s Tony Award-winning theatre company. Brown University’s Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance is internationally recognized for the quality of its faculty and instruction. Trinity Rep, with its deep tradition of resident artists, provides powerful artistic assets and creates a firm foundation for a new generation of theatre artists.

Trinity Repertory Company
Since its founding in 1963, Trinity Repertory Company has been one of the most respected regional theaters in the country. Featuring the last long standing permanent resident acting company in America, Trinity Rep presents a balance of world premiere, contemporary, and classic works for an estimated annual audience of nearly 160,000. In its 44-year history, the theater has produced 54 world premieres, mounted national and international tours, and, through its graduate-level theater arts conservatory, trained hundreds of new actors and directors. This season marks the 42nd year of Project Discovery, Trinity Rep's pioneering educational outreach program. Launched in 1966, the program introduces over 20,000 Rhode Island and Massachusetts students a year to live theater. Since 1973, Trinity Rep's home has been the Lederer Theater Center, a historic landmark built as the Majestic Theatre in 1917. With an annual budget of $8.1 million, the theater employs 120 artistic and administrative staff and annually generates more than $24 million in economic activity. For more information, call the box office at (401) 351-4242 or visit Trinity Rep’s website at www.trinityrep.com. 

Pictured: Beth F. Milles