Bruce Miller

Bruce Miller (theater director) is a stage director and producer living and working in Richmond, Virginia. In 2017 he received a lifetime achievement award from the Virginia Theatre Association for his work with the Barksdale Theatre, Theatre IV, and Virginia Repertory Theatre. Barksdale Theatre Miller served as the artistic director of the Barksdale Theatre. Miller's Barksdale acting credits include Red Hot and Cole and Diamond Studs (Phoebe Award, Best Supporting Actor). Other credits include Arnold in The Boys Next Door, Berenger in Rhinoceros, Clov in Endgame, Tom in The Glass Menagerie, and Yank in The Hasty Heart. Miller's Richmond directing credits include Barksdale’s productions of The Lark, Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, The Crucible, and The Little Foxes. In 2012, Barksdale and Theatre IV merged to become Virginia Repertory Theatre, which Miller co-founded with Phil Whiteway. Theatre IV In 1975, along with Phil Whiteway, Miller co-founded Theatre IV as Virginia’s first professional theatre for young audiences, frequently collaborating with his wife, artist and set designer Terrie Powers and creating the Acts of Faith series of plays for multiple Richmond venues. Miller was a founding director and founding producer of Theatre IV and Virginia Repertory Theatre, working with Phil Whiteway whom he met when they were both student actors at the University of Richmond. With Theatre IV Miller wrote and produced Hugs and Kisses, a touring play. "Many people are surprised to learn that Hugs and Kisses, Virginia’s principle child sexual abuse prevention program, is implemented by Theatre IV, the touring arm of Richmond-based Virginia Repertory Theatre," wrote Susan Davenport for Richmond Family Magazine in 2012. In 1986 Theatre IV purchased and occupied the building which had been the Empire Theater on Richmond's Broad Street. Virginia Repertory Theatre Virginia Rep, a non-profit organization, was formed in 2012 with the merger of Theatre IV and Barksdale Theatre and grew to be the second largest touring children's theater in the United States, performing in 33 states. In 1975, along with Phil Whiteway, he co-founded Theatre IV as Virginia’s first professional theatre for young audiences, frequently collaborating with his wife, artist and set designer Terrie Powers. He worked with the Acts of Faith series as a founding producer and receiving Phoebe awards.