MILLER EVENTS

Scroll down to view Calls for papers, Conferences and panels, Current productions, and Special events, as well as links to archives for past events.
We would appreciate it if you could send us any current information for the following categories to make them as detailed as possible; include both current and past events so people can use this as an archive. Send information to Sue Abbotson .

We try to keep only upcoming events on this page--otherwise you can link to separate pages to see past conference papers, productions and events, thus the material is archived without this page becoming too large.  Please feel free to inform us of past events to add to these archives as well as anything else that is coming up.

N.B.  For information on the  Arthur Miller Journal--including how to subscribe
and contents for previously published isssues,  go to the Journal website.

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Calls For Papers:
The Arthur Miller Society is always looking for anyone who would like to organize Miller panels at other conferences, such as MLA, American Studies, ATHE--please contact our current President, Jane Dominik with proposals/details.

Ongoing CFP:
Looking for papers on any aspect of the life and work of Arthur Miller for the Arthur Miller Journal published Spring and Fall. Go to the Journal page for details.
The Journal also publishes book and production reviews.

Contact the respective editors for more information.

American Drama Conference
at St. Francis College, Brooklyn New York.
November 7-9, 2008

The conference invites papers on any aspect of American drama, playwrights, and theater. Of particular interest are discussions connecting playwrights to each other and to social, political, historical, and aesthetic issues. We also welcome papers on stagecraft, performance, and production history.

Papers should not exceed 10 pages for a twenty minute presentation. 
Please send manuscripts or one page abstracts to:

Stephen Marino
The Arthur Miller Journal
St. Francis College
180 Remsen Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Material may also be emailed to: smarino@stfranciscollege.edu
The deadline for submission is June 15, 2008
Sponsored by
The Arthur Miller Journal
Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies  published near the close of 2006 a special Arthur Miller Edition: Volume 11, Number 2 (2005):  ISSN:  12 18-7364  that contains several new essays on Miller's work--see details below under Special Events/Releases 2007 regarding how to order yourself a copy.  The Journal is meanwhile looking for further submissions:  Manuscripts should conform to the latest edition of the MLA Handbook in all matters of style (parenthetical citations keyed to a works-cited list). Contributions on history should conform to the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. All submissions should be sent together with a disk copy of the article in Word 95 for Windows. All correspondence should be addressed to the Editor, HJEAS, University of Debrecen, Pf. 73, Hungary 4010; e-mail: abnagyzo@delfin.unideb.hu
Below are photographs of Mr. Miller from the 9th International Arthur Miller Conf., taken by Dr. Jeffrey Mason, of University of Oregon.
 

Conferences and Panels:  (Link to AMS conference archive) (Link to ALA archive)

ALA San Francisco May 22-26, 2008

The Arthur Miller Society will be offering two panels--please try and attend:

Panel One: Miller's Literary Connections
Chair: Jan Balakian, Kean University

1. "Home and Homelessness: Family and Myth in Shepard and Miller," Timothy O'Grady, University of Washington

2. "Camus' The Fall and Miller's After the Fall," Carlos Campos, The College of Southern Nevada

3. "The Metaphor of Time in Arthur Miller and August Wilson," Stephen Macauley, Utah State University

Panel Two: New Directions in Teaching and Scholarship in Arthur Miller Studies (A roundtable)
Moderator:  Jane K. Dominik, San Joaquin Delta College

Participants:
Jan Balakian, Kean University
Carlos Campo, College of Southern Nevada
Kate Egerton, Berea College
Stephen Marino, St. Francis College/Editor of the Arthur Miller Journal

This Roundtable Discussion will examine the new lines of scholarly inquiry of Miller's dramatic and other writings, their live productions and film adaptations, and their application to teaching.

Check out the American Literature Association website for general conference details.

Wilder in the Twenty-first Century
First International Thornton Wilder Conference
Sponsored by The Thornton Wilder Society and The College of New Jersey
October 2-4, 2008
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ

The conference will take place on the campus of The College of New Jersey, which is approximately 5 miles from Trenton, 10 miles from Princeton, and one hour from both Philadelphia and New York.  Thornton Wilder had a strong connection to New Jersey from his having taught French at the Lawrenceville School from 1921 to 1928, with a break from 1925 to 1927 to earn a Master’s Degree in French literature from Princeton University.  No other state serves as the setting for part or all of a Wilder play, novel, or film as often as New Jersey.

In addition to formal paper presentations, we also plan to hold roundtable discussions (e.g., on teaching and directing Wilder), a reading by distinguished actors, including Marian Seldes; a playwrights’ panel with Edward Albee, John Guare, A. R. Gurney, and Donald Margulies; screenings of Our Town on video; and a campus production of The Skin of Our Teeth.  Scholars, writers, critics, and theatre artists planning on participating include Christopher Benfey, Christopher Bigsby, Christopher Buckley, Nancy Bunge, Michael Dirda, Gary Giddins, Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, J. D. McClatchy, John P. McIntyre, S.J., George Monteiro, Brenda Murphy, Penelope Niven, Michael Parker, Joseph Roach, Arvid Sponberg, Tazewell Thompson, Michael Vanden Heuvel, Christopher Wheatley, Edmund White, and Tappan Wilder.  

The Arthur Miller Society will be presenting a panel on connections between Wilder and Miller:

Panel Title: Thornton Wilder’s Influence on Arthur Miller

1. Thornton Wilder and Arthur Miller by Stephen Marino, St. Francis College.

2. Bending Time and Place:  Structure in Wilder’s and Miller’s Drama by Jane K. Dominik, San Joaquin Delta College.

3. Miller’s Debt to Thornton Wilder--To American Clock By the Skin of Our Teeth—Concocting the Right Recipe for Survival by Susan C. W. Abbotson, Rhode Island College.

4. Historicizing the Great Depression with Histrionics from Redemptive Vaudeville: Wilder’s Heaven’s My Destination and Miller’s The American Clock by Lew Livesay, Saint Peter’s College.

For inquiries about the Conference, please contact TWS Executive Director Lincoln Konkle at wilder@tcnj.edu.
Information on cost, accommodations, etc. will be available on the Society website in early 2008.  All participants must be members of the Society; for how to join, go to www.thorntonwildersociety.org


Current Productions
(Link to Archive)

STAGE NEWS: On Broadway: Charles S. Dutton to star in Death of a Salesman and John Lithgow in All My Sons!  See below for more details.

FILM NEWS:  The film version of The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, directed by Nicole Kassell, starring Michael Douglas--though in the can, has disappeared from view: literally. The 2001 movie, Plain Jane, based on Miller's novella Homely Girl, A Life was released in Europe in 2001 under the title Eden, but is not available in the US--the screenplay was not Miller's and there have been many changes.  Reviews were not great--so a US release is unlikely.  Sadly, it does not look like LaPaglia got the financing for his film version of A View from the Bridge based on the award winning 1998 stage revival. The film version of The Man Who Had All the Luck, directed by Scott Ellis with screenplay by Rebecca Miller has backed off release until 2009. Rebecca's latest project, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, about a woman in Connecticut heading for a nervous breakdown after her husband leaves her for a younger woman (played by Julianne Moore) sounds intriguing (though also not due for release until 2009).

  • During 2009
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  • Special Events/Releases 2008 (Link to Archive for past years)

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