Annette Miller Nominated for Carbonell Award
16-Year Veteran of Shakespeare & Company
By: Bard - Jan 31, 2012
Annette Miller was recently nominated for a prestigious Carbonell Award, which recognizes excellence in South Florida Theatre. Miller was nominated for her role as Violet Weston in the Actors’ Playhouse production of August: Osage County , the critically-acclaimed play by Tracy Letts, which was the recipient of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Actors’ Playhouse received 14 nominations in total, including Best Production of a Play. Similar to the Tony Awards, The Carbonell Awards are a reflection of theatrical achievements in both theatre acting and production.
About to begin her sixteenth season with Shakespeare & Company, Boston based actress Annette Miller will be appearing as Marjorie in the outrageous comedy The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife by Charles Busch and directed by fellow Company member Jonathan Croy . The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife is a very funny and provocative tale about a woman on the Upper West Side who experiences a journey of intellectual discovery and emotional revelation. The play runs from June 6th to August 31st in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. Tickets go on sale February 14, 2012.
Ms. Miller is the winner of the 2003 Elliot Norton Award and IRNE Award for Best Actress as Golda Meir. She received an Elliot Norton nomination for Best Actress for Martha Mitchell Calling in 2008. At Shakespeare & Company, she has appeared in Richard III (Duchess), The Ladies Man (Madame Aigreville), Martha Mitchell Calling (Martha), which she also toured at Stageworks Hudson (Best Actress, Independent News 2007), The Actors Playhouse, and at the Nora Theater Co. (2009 Elliot Norton Award nominee); Full Gallop (Diana Vreeland); Golda ' s Balcony (Golda); Love Letters and Ancestral Voices (with A.R. Gurney); Collected Stories (Ruth Steiner); Richard III (Margaret); Twelfth Night (Maria); Merchant of Venice (Nerissa); Ethan Frome (Zenobia).
On Broadway, she appeared in The Odd Couple, female version (Sylvie), and Off Broadway in The Primary English Class (Debbie Wastba). In Boston , she appeared at the Shubert Theater in Dance of Death (Woman with Ben Gazzara, Colleen Dewhurst), Nobody Dies on Friday at A.R.T. (Paula Strasberg), The Seagull (Arkadina), Hamlet (Gertrude), The Cherry Orchard (Madam Ranyevskaya), Glass Menagerie (Amanda), and Sisters Rosensweig (Sarah). She has appeared in such films as Autumn Heart, Next Karate Kid, Night School, Boardwalk, and The Company Men, and on television in As the World Turns (Smythe/Bettina) Brotherhood (Kate). She trained at the Stella Adler Studio and attended Brandeis University , where she received both a B.A. and M.F.A
The awards ceremony will be held on Monday, April 2, 2012 at the Broward Center for Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale .