Vernice Miller (She/they)(Anna) is a Jamaican-born, Afro-Caribbean theatre artist rooted in New York City, whose work across borders is guided by an unwavering faith in the arts as a common language of transformation and hope. WAM Theatre: Where We Stand Producing Director: Keen Teens, the educational arm of the Obie and Drama Desk Award-winning Keen Company, which provides NYC high school students the opportunity to collaborate with professional playwrights, directors, and designers on world-premiere Off-Broadway productions. Co-founder and Artistic Director: A Laboratory for Actor Training Experimental Theatre Company in New York City. Devising and teaching intensive actor training inspired by Grotowski and Barba, using movement and voice work to strengthen presence and unlock the performer’s physical and imaginative expression. Director: Joe’s Pub @ The Public Theatre, NYC; Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC; HartBeat Ensemble, Hartford, CT; Market Theater Laboratory, Johannesburg, South Africa; Ukrainka Dramatic Theatre, L’viv, Ukraine; Glej Theatre, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Warsztaty Teatralne, Opole, Poland; Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland; Skolen Teater, Dans og Musik, Silkeborg, Denmark. Actor: NYC – The Public Theatre; 59E59 Theatre; The Duke; Brooklyn Academy of Music; La Mama E.T.C. Abroad – Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK; Glej Theatre, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Warsztaty Teatralne, Opole, Poland; Odin Teatret, Holstebro, Denmark; Metropole Theatre, Aarhus, Denmark. Additional artistic credits: Writer, director, actor, producer, educator, activist. Creative inspiration: At the core of my artistic work is the belief in dignity—the conviction that every human being deserves the chance to live a worthwhile life—and, like Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist who sowed justice through hands-on action, I strive to nurture the seeds of change by channeling the rhythms, resilience, and ancestral wisdom of those who came before me to tell stories that stir awareness, deepen empathy, and inspire meaningful transformation. Community Engagement/Activist work: Facilitator/coach with LEAD FOR IMPACT a social impact enterprise that provides transformational leadership services internationally; Co-produced and directed the fundraiser To Amadou with Love featuring Angelique Kidjo, supermodel Iman. For Partnership for the Homeless directed the 16th, 17th, & 18th Annual Benefits with Jessye Norman, Audra McDonald, Lawrence Hamilton, and LaChanze. Trained as a Peacekeeper with New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG). Membership/Affiliations: Actors’ Equity Association; Ensemble member of HartBeat Ensemble, Hartford, CT; Company member New Circle Theatre Company (Formerly Circle Repertory Company); Alumna WP Directors Lab. Selected training: Cross-disciplinary Performance Studies Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium, International School of Theatre Anthropology, Odin Teatret Denmark. Month Long Intensive Shakespeare and Company, Lenox, MA. Suzuki Actor Training with Ellen Lauren & SITI Company, NYC. Graduate William Esper Studios Meisner Technique, NYC. City University of New York, Hunter College. Awards/proudest achievements: Recipient of the London New Play Festival’s Best Actress Award for the solo performance of Medea:Now. Established THE DRAMA CLUB (ALATetc) a free, after-school theatre program at Public School 282 in Park Slope Brooklyn. Profiled in Best of the Fest, celebrating 10 years of London New Play Festival, edited by Phil Setren, and in Inside the Performance Workshop by Paula Murray Cole and Michele Minnick, Routledge, publisher. Original cast member The Treasure Makers by Patricia Sternberg, Samuel French, publisher. Final word: Oh, the desire to be/long. To be seen. To be included. To be counted. Connect: www.alatetc.org