SHOWS | leahmiles

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**UPCOMING 2016 PRODUCTION**

Salem Theatre Company

Directed and designed by Nate Bertone

Incidental music by Paul Castles

September 21, 2016 - October 1, 2016

For ticket info visit: http://www.salemtheatre.com/#salem-theatre-company

Our darkest secrets always find their way to the light. Sometimes this light disarms them, diffusing their potency. And sometimes the light catches the cracks and the dirty corners, breathing life back into those dormant memories. And no matter how much we try to rewrite history, the truth always finds a way to muscle through the lies. In Entangled, two best friends, Ian and Scott along with Hillary, the woman Ian loves, find themselves trapped in an impossible predicament: un-knowing what they know. And so, on a stormy new year’s eve on the secluded Peaks Island in Maine, our characters find themselves trapped by the snow and the avalanche of horrible realities they’ve been trying to hide from one another over the years. Everyone’s secrets are revealed. No one is safe from blame. And someone will not make it off the island alive.

Past Production

Three Act Theatre Company

Directed by Eric Mark Olson

Lighting and sound design by Micah Joel

Performed by Madison Stratton, Sol Baird, Gerard Lobo

Friday March 20, 2015 7:30 pm & Saturday March 21, 2015 7:30pm

Davenport Theatre, 354 West 45th Street, New York, NY

Touching Loss

In loving memory of David Miles

Written by: Leah A. Miles

Choreographed by: Clare Cook

Music by: Paul Castles

ACADIANA CENTER FOR THE ARTS!
James Devin Moncus Theater
APRIL 28-30, 2016

THE ACADIANA CAST!
Sally.....Kristin Daniel
Elinor.....Theresa Wasiloski
Jack.....John Henry McCardell
Isabella.....Frances Barker
Louisa.....Nico Zaunbrecher
Bette.....Kara St. Clair

Manny.....Gregory Spencer

Lighting design by Brian Schneider

Costume design by Shannon Billeaud

Set design by Lauren Fontenot

Touching Loss is dance narrative that explores the cycle of loss and renewal of life. Sally, a dance therapist, leads her new group of patients through their grief using movement as the catalyst for their healing. This is a journey Sally has lead so many times before. But this time is different. This time it’s personal for her as well. Now, not only must Sally help her patients through their difficult time, but she must also walk through her own recent pain and loss. They will all have to help each other re-connect with life while honoring what was lost.

Touching Loss

Clare Cook Dance Theatre

Triskelion Arts "Split Bill" Series - Williamsburgh, New York

November 7th and 8th, 2013

Written by Leah A. Miles

Choreographed by Clare Cook

Music by Paul Castles

Directed by Lori Wolter-Hudson

Cast:

Sally - Stephanie Thompson

Elinor - Dana Hunter

Jack - Daniel Vincent O'Neill

Isaac - Brian C. Jones

Louisa - Christina Coleman

Bette - Catie Cuan

Manny - Alex Betka

Holly - Sydney Schiff

Nyla - Megan Nordle

Young Sally - Olivia Summer

The Bronx Zoo

Commissioned by Multi Sonic Evolution (MuSE), NYC

We all know what it’s like to want what we don’t have. But have you ever experienced getting what you wished for, even for a little while? In this one-act children’s musical, we meet Winston the Carrier Pigeon, transplanted at the Bronx Zoo all the way from the UK. Winston wants to hit it big as a performer in New York. But no one will give him the time of day. Even his best pal, Victor the Rat doesn’t want to hear his new material. It isn’t until the arrival of the zoo’s newest member, Bebe, a monkey from Brazil, that Winston’s dreams are crushed. Or are they? Watch how envy turns to empathy and then into the start of a lasting friendship in this musical that shows it’s better to love who you are than to wish for what you are not.

Special Thanks to the original cast members and directors: Alaina Fragoso, Jonathan Perez, Eli Katz Zoller, Director Eric Mark Olson, Music Director Mark Evans

Sunday Roaster Chicken Showdown

Commissioned by Ugly Rhino Productions

The Brooklyn Lyceum, New York

Full Production: September 10th, 2012

Mary is 40 years old. Mary has just lost her job. Mary has no other choice but to move back home with her parents. If only her parents would let her. Watch how Mary’s parents work their best reverse psychology in this ten-minute musical romp over an innocent chicken dinner.

Special Thanks to the original cast members and directors: Jane Blass, Doug Shapiro, Madison Stratton, Director Danny Sharon, Music Director Andrew Sotomayor

Providence: A Musical Comedy

Providence: A Musical Comedy tests the boundaries of how best to love and who gets it right. The show chronicles the competitive whims of three Muses as each pitches their best “happily ever after” scenario with the help of two willing “Players.” The audience gets to vote their head, heart, or nether-regions in this fast-paced musical comedy set on the soundstage of a reality TV show. With multiple endings to choose from, you'll never look at love the same way again.

Fall/winter production in NY, 2012-2013
The Duplex Theatre, NY, staged reading part of Gay Pride Week June 17-18 2011
The Richmond Shepard Theatre, NY, full production May 12-22 2011
The Metropolitan Room, NY, staged reading, March 17, 2011
The Duplex Theatre, NY, staged reading, August 20, 2010
The Minnesota Fringe Festival, MN full production, August 7-13, 2010

Video available on YouTube

https://www.facebook.com/ProvidenceAMusicalComedy

Special Thanks to all the cast members and directors who made this production possible. Cast members Leo Ash Evens Kathryn Fox Hart, Anne Fraser Thomas, Joel Waggoner, Sasha Weiss, Madison Stratton, Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld, DIanna Duffy, Lindsay Gallagher, Jeffrey Paul Baker, Susanne Layton, Morgan DeTonge, Jason Modica, DJ Petrosino, Brad Rakushin, Jennifer Lim, Amy Burgess, Jonathan Fadoul, Jennifer Wren, Justin Gentry, Cammie West. Directors Kara-Lynn Vaeni, Sean Patterson, Eric Mark Olson. Music Directors Ian Schugel, Andrew Sotomayor, Orr Matias.

Everyone's Waiting

New York, New York

Everyone’s Waiting is a folk-rock musical about the Starke family surviving the tragic accident of the family’s eldest child, 18 year-old Wesley. In addition to trying to cope with Wesley’s absence, each family member is also burdened with a secret about his death. The story’s protagonist, 16 year old Clayton, loses himself in the avatar video game he creates which gives his brother Wesley a virtual life. As the game wears on, the objectives become blurred for Clayton. He slowly loses the ability to know what is virtual and what is real and he desperately tries to hold on to Wesley at all costs. The family is thrust into action to save Clayton and in turn discover the path to saving themselves.

Music & More Series at The Salem Theatre Company in MA, Staged Reading, November 18-20, 2010
Songs You’ve Never Heard And Shows You’ve Never Heard Of, ASTEP Benefit Concert (Artists Strive To End Poverty) at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in NY, October 25, 2010
Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program Masters Thesis at New York University, AEA Staged Reading, April 6, 2010

Video available on YouTube

https://www.facebook.com/EveryonesWaiting

Special Thanks to the original cast members and directors:

Cast members Peter Adams, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Nic Cory, Leo Ash Evens, A’lisa D. Miles, Jason Michael Snow, Anna Stone. Director Kara-Lynn Vaeni, Music Director Molly Gachignard.

This Is Us

"This Is Us", a one act musical with composer Joel Waggoner was presented August 17-18 2013 at Mr. Finn's Cabaret at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden Street Pittsfield,MA.

Little Women: The Musical Journey of

Jo March

Callan Studio Theatre, Salem, MA

Composed and orchestrated by Leah A. Miles, book and lyrics by Brent Sprague, adapted from the Louisa May Alcott novel, Little Women. Past productions include: SeaStage world premier production 1998, Little Women Orchestral Suite presented by the Hillyer Festival Orchestra 1998, Manor High School, Texas 2001, It's Only Tuesday Productions, Lancaster, CA 2002, Towanda High School, PA 2003, Central Coast Home School Theatre Ensemble, Astascadero, CA 2004, Collins Middle School, 2005

Special Thanks to the original cast members and directors:

Sheri Apprille, Tim Bowden, Justine Caron, Martha Cavanaugh, Gary Hetzler, Maryellen Hickey, Todd LeBrasseur, Nancy Lemoine, Alexandra McDougall, Paul Maillioux, Ana Reisman, Alan Resnic, Nancy Rexford, Charles Turner, Gerritt Turner, Erin Rogers Vadala, Director Brian Twomey, Music Director Karen Gahagan