Beyond the Boards | Judith Miller
Judith & Randall will both appear in
August: Osage County
Previews begin March 30, 2022
Opening Night April 2, 2022
Featuring Judith Miller
San Jose Stage Artistic Director - Randall King sits down with Judith Miller, both of whom are slated to appear in The Stage’s highly anticipated production of Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County. The duo will take on the boards as Beverly and Violet, the patriarch and matriarch of the Weston family. This will not be the first time the two have appeared together as the centerpiece of a family in crisis, both having portrayed Big Daddy and Big Mama in The Stage’s celebrated production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. As a distinguished actor, Judith brings a unique perspective on our industry and insight into our conversations focused around the “New American Theatre”.
Judith has been an integral part of San Jose Stage’s success since our very first season and has continued to grace our stage for the past 39 years. Her legacy of work spans the Bay Area; she has appeared in over 24 productions with San Jose Stage alone. Other notable performances at The Stage include Big Mama in Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2019), Halie in Sam Shepard’s Buried Child (2012), and Patsy Cline in Ted Swindley’s Always Patsy Cline (2009).
About Judith Miller
Judith Miller did her first show with San Jose Stage Company in 1985. Over 25 years, she has performed in 24 productions with The Stage including Angry Housewives (1989-1992) which ran for over 200 performances in multiple cities, the original production of Always...Patsy Cline (1995) as well as its revival (2009), the World Premiere of Cumberland Blues (1998), Cabaret (2011), and Buried Child (2012). Throughout her career, she has worked at many Bay Area theater companies including California Actors Theater, San Jose Repertory Company, Marin Theater Company, Woodminster Summer Musicals, San Jose Stage, Los Altos Stage, Palo Alto Players, The Pear Theatre, Dragon Theatre Productions, 42nd Street Moon in San Francisco, and Jewel Theater in Santa Cruz. Her more recent projects include Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath at Los Altos Stage (nominee for Theater Bay Area Award for Best Performance by an Actor); Roberta in the West Coast premiere of Admissions at Los Altos Stage (nominee for Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role; recipient of Best Overall Production); Big Mamma in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at San Jose Stage (nominee for Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Overall Production); and Anne Marie in A Doll’s House, Part 2 at Palo Alto Players. She is slated to play Violet Weston in San Jose Stage Company's postponed production of August: Osage County. Judith remarked that Violet is a bucket list role and cannot wait to begin that journey when we are back on the boards at The Stage.