Brishen Miller

Brishen Miller (’18) originally hails from Kalamazoo, MI where he was a Managing Partner of Fancy Pants Theater from 2010-2014. He received a BA in Theatre from Wayne State University in Detroit in 2007, where he was seen onstage as Bynum in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and served as Score Composer/Arranger of Othello and Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God.  Returning to Kalamazoo he helped establish Fancy Pants Theater from the ground up, directing shows such as A Thousand Clowns and Kiss of the Spiderwoman, and appearing in many roles such as John Proctor in The Crucible. Brishen moved from Michigan to Pennsylvania and received an MA from Villanova University in 2018, where he gained the honor of Acting Scholar as well as studying as a director, scene carpenter, dramaturg and production manager. A true Jack-of-all-trades, Brishen has held every role in theatrical production. He is happy to have found a home at Passage. He is an actor, playwright, director and producer in the Philadelphia area.