
Actor, Director, Artist
MFA, Acting
Fields of Interest
Biography
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Semaj Miller is an actor, director, producer, and educator from Chicago. His work in Chicago includes two world premiere productions by Pulitzer Prize nominated writers, 3 Joseph Jefferson Award winning productions, and he is an Artistic Associate of Black Lives, Black Words. He has performed at Syracuse Stage, Victory Gardens, Chicago Dramatist, Black Ensemble Theatre, Remy Bumpo, Silk Road Rising, ETA Creative Arts Foundation, Redtwist Theatre, Raven Theatre, and many others. In addition to his work onstage Semaj has developed after school programs for high schools in the Chicagoland area teaching acting, poetry interpretation (often Shakespeare and Tupac in rep), and directing in underserved communities. He was an Associate Speech and Drama Coach at Thornridge High School for 6 years.
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School of Drama Productions
Production Role Year The Women of Lockerbie Bill 2020 A Midsummer Night's Dream Oberon 2019 The Learned Ladies Trissotin 2019 Rutherford and Son Richard 2019 Incident at Vichy Monceau 2018 Angels in America Part II: Perestroika Joe/The Father/The Angel Europa 2018 12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs) G 2018