Cliff Miller

 

My Approach to Teaching:

The core principle of my teaching philosophy is to help students gain the skills necessary to excel as actors and people. By teaching to the student’s needs and utilizing diverse and systematic training methods, students can find the thrill in learning more empowered ways to communicate. My goal is to create a teaching space where the work inspires joy and curiosity and where each student feels respected and a part of the experience.

 

My Perspective on Training for the Industry:

Acting is a skills-based industry, so continued training is essential to develop a career. Training comes in the form of taking classes, viewing and analyzing great performances, and working independently in the areas you want to advance. It is also a relationship-based industry so cultivating and maintaining meaningful connections is important. Ask how can you support the work of your peers. Find a way to contribute your skills to the work of people you respect. Surrounding yourself with people who are caring, driven, and excited by the challenges will help keep your spirits up in the lean times and feel gratitude in the abundant times.

 

Meet Cliff Miller:

Cliff Miller is an audiobook narrator and actor. He has narrated over 150 audiobooks across several genres of fiction. He also has appeared in feature and short length films and works in theater. Stage work includes Roe (ZACH); Hamlet (Hartford Stage); Hedda (Austin Shakespeare); Death of a Salesman, Henry IV, The Tempest (Dallas Theater Center); Our Town, Red (New Stage Theatre); Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey); House and Garden, A Texas Romance (Austin Playhouse). While living in NYC, he worked in new play development.  Performing interactive theater for children in hospitals in NYC with Only Make Believe has been some of his most rewarding acting work. He has studied Fitzmaurice Voicework and Knight-Thompson Speechwork. He has been a member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) and Pan-American Vocology Association (PAVA).  He received his BA in Theatre from Southwestern University and his MFA in Acting from the Meadows School of the Arts at SMU. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association. www.cliffmiller.us