AWARDS & REVIEWS - LIST
WAITING FOR OPRAH
“Smash Hit” Darien News, Darien, GA
“#1 Critics Choice” Terry Morris, Dayton Daily News, Dayton, OH
“Voted AUDIENCE FAVORITE" 2006 Dayton FutureFest Competition, Dayton, OH
“Delight from start to finish...brilliant dialogue. The subtleties provided
the audience with character identification, sympathy and convincing pathos,
resulting in a great theatrical experience.” Reviews by Bert Saidel, Dayton, OH.
- 2006 16th Annual FutureFest Award, Dayton Playhouse, Dayton, OH.
- 2006 Summer Reading Series, Working Title Playwrights, Theatre Decatur, Decatur, GA.
- 2006 McIntosh County Library, Workshop Production, The Island Players, Fundraiser - McIntosh County, GA.
- 2005 First Draft Reading Series, Working Title Playwrights, Neighborhood Playhouse, Decatur, GA.
“NEXT”
“A Must See Comedy” Southeast Georgia Health System, Brunswick, GA
“It saved my life.” Doris Shaheen Breast Health Center, Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA
“Marvelous” Doris Shaheen Breast Health Center, Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA
“It touched my heart.” Breast Cancer Surovors, Brave New Works, Theatre Emory, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- 2006 Southeast Georgia Health System, Brunswick, GA
- 2005 Doris Shaheen Breast Health Center, Cancer Awareness Month,
Piedmont Hosiptal, Atlanta, GA.
- 2003 Samuel French Off-Broadway New Play Festival, New York, NY
- 2003 Love Creek Productions One Act Festival, New York, NY
- Brave New Works Project, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- Southeastern Playwrights Project, New Play Development, Emory
University, Atlanta, GA
- BareBones Theatre Group Play Festival, Charlotte, NC – Finalist
PATTERSON’S
“Delightfully funny” Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur, GA
- 2005-2006 Autumn Players, Asheville Community Theatre, Asheville, NC
Currently touring as part of the Mary Miller Medley.
- 2005 Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur, GA
- 2005 Southeastern Playwrights Project, New Play Development, Emory
University, Atlanta, GA
VIRGIN TEARS ON WYOMING AVENUE
"BRILLIANT" Island Sun Newspaper, Ft. Myers, FL
"Engaging story ... cleverly written dialogue ... spiraling dramatic
subtexts" News-Press, Ft. Myers, FL
"breathtaking ... worth seeing for a variety of reasons ... thought
provoking scenes ... various approaches to faith that will instigate
post-play discussions." Naples Daily News, Naples, FL
- 2004 World Premiere - Theatre Conspiracy, Ft. Myers, FL
- 2004 Theatre Conspiracy, Ft. Myers, FL - Finalists
- 2004 New Plays in Process, Hertz Stage at the Alliance Theatre,
Atlanta, GA
- 2003 Women Playwrights' Initiative Orlando, FL - Runner-Up
- Finalist - Women At The Door Theatre Competition Chicago, IL
- Southeast Playwrights Project Lab, Emory University Atlanta, GA
- Percolating Play Reading Series, Theatre in the Square Marietta, GA
- "A true classic-in-the-making" Marietta Daily Journal Marietta, GA
A MATTER OF GRACE
- 2007 Orange Curtain Theatre Productions, South Orange County, CA
- 2005 Raven Theatre Workshop Production Series, Chicago, IL
- 2005 Working Title Playwrights, Monday Night Reading Series,
Neighborhood Playhouse, Decatur GA
- 2004 Chicago Dramatists, Saturday Reading Series, Chicago, IL
- 2004 Festival of New American Theatre, Atlanta, GA - Finalist
- 2003 Jane Chambers Plawriting Award - Honorable Mention
- 2003 Women At The Door Theatre Competition Chicago, IL - Finalist
- Southeast Playwrights Project, New Play Development Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
- National Repertory Theatre Foundation - National Play Award
- "Outstanding script" Gretchen Smith/Jane Chambers Award Administrator
LIGHT BURGERS WALTZING THROUGH THE GARDEN WITH JOE
- Georgia Theatre Conference 31st Annual Convention, Augusta, GA, Winner
Best Actor & Supporting Actress Awards
- Tillandsia Festival Production, Ritz Theatre, The Island Players,
Brunswick, GA.
- Playwrights' Theater of Denton: New Play Competition Denton, TX
- World Premiere Off-Off Broadway Carousel Theatre Company, New York, NY
- LISA IS LOVING LIGHTBURGERS - "I identified with the role...I
wanted to do comedy...I always wanted to play a Southern Belle."
Lisa Peluso Soap Opera Weekly
- "The biggest event at the Ritz Theatre since 1955" The Harbor Sound
Brunswick, GA
- "Delightful new play by the prolific Ms. Miller" Jekyll's Golden Islander
Jekyll Island, GA
- "Light Burgers was a hit!" Matt Fry, Brunswick News, Brunswick, GA
I WITNESS
- World Premiere Alice Arts Center, Oakland, CA
- Ohio Premiere Dayton Playhouse, Dayton, OH
- Dayton Future Fest Competition, Dayton, OH - Winner
- "A panel of five adjudicators chose Mary Miller's drama I WITNESS as the
prize-winning play." Dayton Daily News
- "This was a play -- of finished quality thanks to the writing." Terry Morris
Dayton Daily News
- "The highlight of the festival was Mary Miller's I WITNESS. The script both
reads well and plays well. Ms. Miller has an outstanding ear for dialogue.
Her language is full of both humor and poignancy. She also has a wonderful
command of rhythm. Her characters are grounded in well-observed details
which make them specific and identifiable and interesting." Deborah Frockt
ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE
- "Playwright Mary Miller's portrayal of an African American family torn between
righteousness and reaching for a dream is an eerie and moving slice of urban
life." Tyler Davidson Oakland Tribune Oakland, CA
- "I Witness...delivers an affecting, microcosmic view of urban hope at end point."
Dennis Harvey The Bay Guardian San Francisco, CA
- A FINE KITCHEN DRAMA *** Matthew Surrence Tri-Valley Herald
Oakland, CA
- "Oakland Ensemble Theater's I WITNESS shows what happens when
extraordinary things happen to ordinary people." T. H. Tompkins
Oakland Tribune Oakland, CA
UNFINISHED DREAMS
- 2006 "An Evening of One Acts" The Island Players, St. Simons Island, GA
- Adapted orginal play A Christmas House, into the novel "Unfinished Dreams"
- South Carolina's Playwrights' Conference Beaufort, SC - Finalist
- Directors Lab, Workshop Reading, New York City, NY
- "Our readers were impressed with your writing ... you have a talent worth
developing" National Playwrights Conference Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
MULBERRY LANE
- 2006 "An Evening of One Acts" The Island Players, St. Simons Island, GA
- 2006-2005 "Mary Miller Medley" Autumn Players - Senior Theatre, Asheville Community Theatre, Asheville, NC
- 2005 Eileen Heckart Senior Drama Archives/Lawrence & Lee Theatre Institute Ohio State University
- Senior Barn Players Repertory Theatre (1235 Mulberry Lane) toured Kansas City
- Five Flags Theatre, Dubuque, IA (1235 Mulberry Lane) Production
- National Playwriting Competition One-Act Play Contest Dubuque, IA - Winner
- "Absolutely stunning!" The Island Players - Downtown, Brunswick, GA
TAKE PROPER CARE
- 2004 Peninsula High School One Act Competition, Gig Harbor, WA
- Five Flags Theatre, Dubuque, IA Production
- National Playwriting Competition One-Act Play Contest Dubuque, IA - Finalist
- National One-Act Playwriting Competition Little Theatre of Alexandria
Alexandria, VA - Finalist
- George Kernodle Playwriting Competition University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR - Finalist
- "The story line was wonderful" ... "very touching" ... " a heartwarming
believable love story of a child and a caretaker" ... "it rings true" ...
"so timely in these times of facing old problems of race"
Five Flags Theatre Dubuque, IA
FERRIS WHEEL
OVER 200 PRODUCTIONS IN 38 STATES, 9 COUNTRIES & TRANSLATED INTO 3 LANGUAGES
Published by Random House/Vintage Books in the collection TAKE TEN-New 10 Minute Plays
- "Extraordinary" TAKE TEN Eric Lane & Nina Shengold Editors- Random House
- "A major success" Los Angeles, CA
- "Delightful play" Houston, TX
- "Great audience response" Plainview, TX
- "Our audience loved it!" Fort Plain, NY
- "I wish to translate into French Mary Miller's play Ferris Wheel"
La Compagnie du HIC! Provence, France
- "A great play" Rhinelander, WI
- "...wonderful play" Clinton, MI
- "Fantastic" Milligan College, TN
- "A fun and interesting play" Cambridge, MA
- "A quiet, short, understated piece, its humor and pathos arising directly
out of character and situation - not out of wisecrack or historical
contrivance. The sort of truth and gradual revelation you might expect
from Alan Bennett, though this is by an American author. Excellent."
Saltburn Drama Festival North Yorkshire, England
- "a real crowd pleaser" Hatton, ND
- "...students had a great time and people loved the show..." Lacey, WA
- "Wonderful!!" Ridgefield, CT
- National One-Act Play Contest Dubuque, IA
- National Humana Festival of New Plays Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville, KY - Finalist
AT 3:00 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
- 2005 Samuel French Off Broadway One Act Competition, New York, NY
- 2004 Brief Acts Company, Love Creek Productions, New York, NY
- George Kernodle Playwriting Competition University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR - Finalist