Lauren Miller

Shaping Moments,
Shifting Perspectives.

Theater should be provocative and challenging, inviting us into a range of experiences that both enrich and speak to our shared humanity. As an actor/singer, it is an incredible privilege to bring all kinds of complex characters and stories to life.

For who doesn’t love a really good story?

Upcoming

Co-Producer for Barefoot in the Park at Saint Sebastian Players!

https://aroundthetownchicago.com/theatre-reviews/barefoot-in-the-park-2/
Otherworld Theatre presents Garters
A Queer Romantasy play by Natalie Zutter, directed by Blake Hood.
Role: Lady Dagomar (May-July)

My career is one of reinvention. I began in the opera world, added a career in psychology, then re-entered the world of classical, contemporary and music theater. I love discovering the internal music and rhythm of character work from both sides of the proverbial table. Consulting, mentoring and working collaboratively in performance are all facets of this vibrant world that I adore. And….comedic work? It's the best!

Recent Theater Roles

Berthe (Boeing Boeing) Jeff Nominated 2023
Minnie McDougal (A Bump on the Leg)
Prospera (The Tempest)
Nurse and Prince (Romeo and Juliet)
Mistress Quickly (Merry Wives)
Stella (Light up the Sky)
Ouiser (Steel Magnolias)
La Poncia (Bernarda Alba’s House)
Peggy, Mr. Hitchcock’s assistant on set (The Birds, a parody)
The Player (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead)
Joan Didion (The Year of Magical Thinking)

Recent Music Theater Roles

Eulalie (Music Man in Concert)
Mother Superior (Nunsense)
Mother Superior (Sister Act)
Fraulein Schneider (Cabaret)
Princess Puffer (Drood)
Poe’s Mother (Nevermore)
Mother (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
Nettie (Diamond Lil & the Pansy Craze)
Mrs. Cratchit/Ghost of Christmas Present/Mrs. Dilber (A Christmas Carol)
Katisha (The Mikado)
Ivy Brown (1940’s Holiday Radio Shows)

Music Man (semi-staged)—Eulalie
Metropolis PAC/dir. Aaron Kaplan/Aaron Reese Boseman
Nunsense—Mother Superior
St. Sebastian Players/dir. Sean Michael Barrett
A Bump on the Leg —Minnie McDougal/Nurse/Gallagher
Subtext Theater/dir. Rocky Hagloch
Boeing Boeing (Jeff Nominated)—Berthe
St. Sebastian Players/dir. Sean Michael Barrett
Sister Act—Mother Superior
Metropolis PAC/dir. Sadé May
A Christmas Carol (musical)—Mrs. Cratchit/Mrs. Dilber/Ghost of Christmas Present
Metropolis PAC/dir. Joe Lehman/Erik Wagner
Diamond Lil & the Pansy Craze—Nettie A. Miller
Three Cat Productions/dir. Jason P. Smith
Steel Magnolias—Ouiser
Okoboji Summer Theatre/dir. Jeannie Woods
Light up the Sky—Stella
Citadel/dir. Gerald Pat Murphy
Cabaret—Fraulein Schneider/ Big Noise Theatre/dir. Brad Kisner, Jeffrey Poindexter
Drood—Princess Puffer
St. Sebastian Players/dir. Robert-Eric West
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead—The Player
St. Sebastian Players/dir. Jim Masini, Josh Messick
The Birds— Peggy/Worried Mom
Hell in a Handbag/dir. Cheryl Snodgrass
Spark (new musical)—Morgan
Three Cat Prod./dir. Jason P. Smith, Roy A. Freeman
1940’s Holiday Radio Shows—Ivy Brown Three Cat Prod./dir. Jason P. Smith, Roy A. Freeman
The Mikado—Katisha
G&S Opera Society/dir. Thrisa Hodits/ David Cubek
Nevermore—Poe’s Mother
Jedlicka PAC/dir. Steve Calzaretta/ Daniel Brottman
The Secret Garden— Holmes/Winthrop
Lake Forest Theater/dir. Steve Malone/ Aaron Kaplan
Kiss of the Spider Woman—Mother
Benevolent Theater/dir. Jessica Harling
Bernarda Alba’s House—La Poncia
Poetry Is/dir. Eric Robert Shoemaker
The Tempest— Prospera Shakespeare All-Stars/dir. Leslie Chapman
Romeo and Juliet— Nurse/Prince Accidental Shakespeare/dir. Iris Sowlat
Merry Wives of Windsor—Quickly
Hyde Park Community Players/dir. Andrea Holliday (staged reading)
The Year of Magical Thinking—Joan Didion Hyde Park Community Players/dir. Paul Baker
Dangerous Liaisons — Madame Des Volanges Hyde Park Community Players/dir. Laura MacGregor
And then what?—Four Ukrainian sisters over many decades
First Hand Theatrical/dir. Kevin Olson (Indie)
Romeo and Juliet—Nurse/Prince
Accidental Shakespeare/dir. Iris Sowlat
The Tempest—Prospera
Shakespeare All-Stars/dir. Leslie Chapman
Starting Over (S1)—Therapist (self)
NBC/Bunim Murray Productions (Reality TV)
Upstaged (S1/Ep 3,5,6,7,12,13)—Marion Barbnut
Film Stripped Productions (Web)
Visiting Friends—Karen
Logan Avenue Productions (Chgo Indie Award)
Local Area Network—Helen
Logan Avenue Productions (Indie)
Committee of Six—Donahue
Fred Schmidt-Arenales (Indie, Atlantic Film Festival)
The Machine Stops—Friend
Merry Beggars/Starboard Media (Podcast)
Midlife Crisis Hotline—Co-Host Women of a Certain Age/dir. Mary Labrie (Podcast)
Opera
Violetta (La Traviata), Gilda (Rigoletto), Cho-cho-san (Butterfly), Lauretta (Schicchi), Médée (Milhaud’s Medea), Servilia (Idomeneo), Pamina (Magic Flute), Cunegonde (Candide) among others. Companies included CSO, Chamber Opera Chicago, Chicago Opera Theater, Light Opera Works, Concertante di Chicago.
Concert Work
Numerous themed regional concerts specializing in Scandinavian repertoire, venues including Dame Myra Hess, Merkin Hall (NY), Bussetto (Italy), London (England).
Additional credits:
German Expressionism Cabaret (Second City/dir. Bernie Sahlins)
Jam Factoree (William Russo)