b r o o k l y n – b a s e d w r i t e r + d i r e c t o r
i n v e s t i g a t i ve + s i t e-s p e c i f i c + i m m e r s i v e + s t a g e + s c r e e n + e x p e r i e n c e
Recent directing includes Juggerknot’s site-specific, immersive production of Miami Motel Stories, named in Vogue Magazine’s Cultural Guide to Avoiding Art Basel & Inphantry’s Best Brand Experiences and Activations at Art Basel and Miami Art Week 2018, and The Civilians’ site-specific production of The Way They Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, named in The New Yorker’s Favorite Cultural Moments of 2015. Her award-winning debut film, Full Disclosure, premiered in NYC, and recently screened in LA, Amsterdam, and Toronto. Her plays have been developed by BRIC, The Public Theater, P73, New Georges (affiliated artist), Culture Project, The Civilians, Perishable and foolsFURY. Recent speaking engagements include a BizBash webinar led by Google and Opus Agency on event personalization and immersive experience.
Mia was Associate Director for the critically acclaimed immersive productions of Sweeney Todd (Tooting Arts Club/Barrow St Theater) and The Tenant (West Park Presbyterian Church/Woodshed Collective), and Assistant Director for Time Stands Still on Broadway. She has directed new works for Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep, LaMaMa, New Group, HERE, WP Theater, New York Theater Workshop, St Anne’s Warehouse, Berkeley Rep, Classic Stage, 59E59 Theaters, The Civilians (associate artist), Partial Comfort (company member), INTAR, The O’Neill, Ars Nova, Clubbed Thumb, New York Stage & Film, Playwrights Realm, Atlantic, Labyrinth, Bushwick Starr, JACK, TerraNOVA, EST, The Amoralists, A.R.T. and others. Mia is an alumna of: The Public Theater’s Devised Theater Working Group, BRIClab Performing Arts Residency, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, Civilians R & D Group, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, Women’s Project Directors Lab, New Georges Jam & St. Ann’s Puppet Lab.
BS in Performance Studies: Northwestern University; MFA in Directing: Brown University.
Recent p r o j e c t s
ELEVATOR, an immersive 3-channel video installation, premiered in January 2023 at The Public Theater’s Under The Radar Festival.
Created with cross-disciplinary collaborators: Tahir Karmali + Liz Thys
In 2020, BRIC presented a virtual iteration on Bricbrooklyn YouTube.
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Full Disclosure, a new film, premiered in NYC Oct. ’22 at Cinema Village, and in Feb. ’23 at The New Ohio Theater.
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Indie Short Fest
Winner:
Outstanding Achievement Award – Comedy Short
Best First Time Female Director Award
Nominee:
Best Comedy Short
Best Original Screenplay
Best Short Script
Best Acting Duo
Amsterdam International Short Film Festival
Winner:
Best Comedy Award
Best Actor Award
Best Shorts Competition
Winner:
Award of Excellence: Script/Writer
Awards of Merit: Direction, Film Short, Women Filmmakers
Toronto Indie Shorts
Award Nominee
San Francisco Short Film Festival
Hollywood ShortsFest
NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival
NY Shorts International Film Festival
NY Lift-Off Global Film Festival
Hollyshorts Monthly Series (upcoming)
Semi-finalist:
Dumbo Film Festival
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Paris International Short Festival
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The Blind, an audio/visual meditation adapted from Maeterlinck’s Les Aveugles was co-created with long-time collaborator Jeanette Yew. This journey through sound, object, light, animation and shadow puppetry featured original choral compositions by Alaina Ferris, and premiered Dec. 2020 at HERE Arts Center.
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a w a r d s
2020-23 The Public Theater Devised Theater Working Group Residency
2020-21 BRIClab Performing Arts Residency
2020 Catwalk Residency
2017-18 Drama League Directing Fellowship in Film/Television (Madam Secretary, CBS)
2018 2 Berkeley Rep Ground Floor Residencies
2016 MacDowell Fellowship
2016 Playwright in Residence, Rutgers MFA Playwriting Program
2016-17 CUNY Arts Across Curriculum grant: Experiments in Interdisciplinary Performance
2014 New Georges Audrey Residency
2013 Berkeley Rep Ground Floor Residency
2013 NY State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant
2010 SDC Observership
2010 MTC Jonathan Alper Fellowship
2009 Drama League Fellowship
2007 P73 Yale Summer Residency
c r e a t i v e d i r e c t i n g
Mia works with award-winning agencies to collaborate with clients on compelling experience design and holistic end-to-end creative strategy alignment for live/virtual/HYBRID events, product launches, activations, immersive experiences and new media production. From concept to execution, her creative collaborations center sustainable practices and partnerships that elevate local artists and vendors. Her storytelling lens is uniquely informed by two decades as an arts professor and multi-hyphenate artist, working across several disciplines in diverse environments ranging from shipping containers and vacant motels to world-class museums and Broadway houses.
u n i v e r s i t y t e a c h i n g
Current MFA faculty of NYU Tisch School of the Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)
Former faculty: Brown University, New College of California, New Group/LIU, Hunter College, NYU/Tisch (Production & Design Studio; Playwrights Horizons Theater School).
CV available upon request.
