SUZANNE MAYNARD MILLER’s work has been seen in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Singapore, Hong Kong, and throughout the UK.

Current projects include: a stage adaptation of Mesmerized from the book of the same name by Mara Rockliff; the musical stage adaptation of David McKee’s Elmer (with composer Allison Leyton-Brown); Leo Lionni’s Frederick (with composers Sarah Durkee and Paul Jacobs, “Distinguished Play Award,” American Alliance for Theatre & Education, 2016); the musical stage adaptation of the popular children’s book series Pete the Cat (with composer Allison Leyton-Brown), and the new play No Place for a Man. 

Miller is the Chair of the English Department at the New York City College of Technology/CUNY. In the past, she has taught writing and theater courses at Brown University, the Rhode Island School of Design, and Hunter College/CUNY. In addition, Miller has been an artist-in-residence in the Seattle, Providence, and New York City public schools, and in the Adult Correctional Institution in Rhode Island.

After graduating from University of Pennsylvania, Miller went on to receive her MFA in playwriting from Brown University, where she studied with Paula Vogel, Charles Mee, Aishah Rahman, and Mac Wellman. Miller was an original company member of Annex Theater in Seattle, and a founding member of the Seattle Playwrights Alliance.