Who is Jason Miller?
Jason Miller was an American playwright and film actor. He was born in New York in 1939, and died in 2001 at the age of 62. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his play, That Championship Season, and was later nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Exorcist. Jason Miller was born to a working class family, and attended University of Scranton for college. He began writing plays in the late-1960s, with Nobody Hears a Broken Drum, and the one-act plays Lou Gehrig Did Not Die Of Cancer, The Circus Lady, and It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie. His plays focus on very human experiences, looking at often somewhat grotesque people and the situations they find themselves in. Ultimately they are about interpersonal connection, friendship, and the overarching beauty of the human experience. His early plays were met with little fanfare. His three one-act plays were produced as a triple-bill at Triangle Theatre in 1967, and reviews were mixed. Nobody Hears a Broken Drum was produced at Fortune Theatre in
Jason Miller was an American playwright and film actor. He was born in New York in 1939, and died in 2001 at the age of 62. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his play, That Championship Season, and was later nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Exorcist. Jason Miller was born to a working class family, and attended University of Scranton for college. He began writing plays in the late-1960s, with Nobody Hears a Broken Drum, and the one-act plays Lou Gehrig Did Not Die Of Cancer, The Circus Lady, and It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie. His plays focus on very human experiences, looking at often somewhat grotesque people and the situations they find themselves in. Ultimately they are about interpersonal connection, friendship, and the overarching beauty of the human experience.
