Covina Artistic Director Phil Miller Leaves CCPA, Continues Freelance Directing

The Covina Center for the Performing Arts announces that Artistic Producing Director Phil Miller will be leaving CCPA in the middle of May.

Miller will begin consulting contracts with both the Star Theatre in Oceanside, CA and the ABC Unified School District, as well as continuing to work as a freelance director.

Miller has had a decade-long affiliation with the CCPA, going back to when the center was the "old" Covina Valley Playhouse, where he acted and directed, both as a student and as a young artist. Since assuming the position of Artistic Producing Director in the middle of the 2008 season, he has been instrumental in the growth of the Center. Prior to his appointment as Artistic Producing Director, Miller was the Educational Director for CCPA, establishing such programs as the CCPA Young Performer's Institute, the CCPA Internship Program and The Master Class at the Center.

Miller directed the sold-out Seussical: The Musical to glowing reviews and audience appreciation. He helped bring the first regional production of The Light in the Piazza to the CCPA, where this new musical played to sold out houses and rave reviews. In addition, Miller brought Tony award winner Jason Robert Brown and Emmy award winner Fritz Coleman to the CCPA, and has continued the theatre's affiliation with the Festival of New American Musicals.

The last show he will direct for the Covina Center for the Performing Arts will be the West Coast Premiere of Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn, which is part of this year's Festival of New American Musicals and will be performed May 7-10. He is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, the independent labor union for stage directors and choreographers.

Of his departure, George Hagelis, the Chairman of the Covina Center for the Performing Arts Board of Directors says that the CCPA "wishes Phil success in his new endeavor"

 

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