- Wilson Milam
Wilson Milam is an English
theatre director .Nominated for a
Tony Award for Best Director of a Play for Martin McDonagh's "The Lieutenant of Inishmore ", Milam helmed the show from London, to Off-Broadway to Broadway. He also directedPatrick Marber 's "Closer" at the Berkeley Rep in San Francisco and "The Wexford Trilogy " at the Tricycle.His production of
David Rabe 's "Hurlyburly " for the Peter Hall Company at theOld Vic and Queen's theatres, London, was nominated for twoOlivier Awards including one for Best Play.Chicago credits include "
Pot Mom " at Steppenwolf; "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial " at A Red Orchid Theatre; "Skeleton" at Shattered Globe Theatre, and "Killer Joe " at the Next Lab Theatre, a production that moved to the "Traverse Theatre " in Edinburgh where it won the Scotsman Fringe First Award.In New York, he directed "Killer Joe" at 29th Street Rep in 1994 and Soho Playhouse in 1998, and the staged reading of "The Glory of Living" for New Plays at the Public Theater. He is a founding member and Artistic Director of The
Hired Gun Theatre Company .In London, he has been well received in the west-end and continues to have a good relationship with the
Royal Court Theatre where he directedChé Walker 's "Flesh Wound", Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder's "Fresh Kills" and in 2005,Richard Bean 's "Harvest". Other productions include;Sam Shepard 's "True West" at Bristol Old Vic and "A Lie of the Mind " at the Donmar Warehouse, "Defender of the Faith" at Abbey Theatre in Dublin, "Mr Placebo" at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, and "Bug" at Gate Theatre, London.He is currently directing Much Ado About Nothing at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
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