Catherine Miller
@cmillez.bsky.social
weaponizing my BFA in dramaturgy as a casting director in Chicago, IL l Artistic Associate with About Face Theatre l they/them l Creator of FromBehindTheTable.substack.com
Sooo I made a spreadsheet of all of the majority white or all white casts that happened in the past year in Chicago theatre. AND IT IS ROUGH.
Take a gander.
Take a gander.
Chicago Theatre SOOOOOO White, Still: Part 2
The sexy yet CRINGEWORTHY data
substack.com
July 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sooo I made a spreadsheet of all of the majority white or all white casts that happened in the past year in Chicago theatre. AND IT IS ROUGH.
Take a gander.
Take a gander.
Playing house for the next week in DA BURBS and walking up stairs so frequently is wild.
July 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Playing house for the next week in DA BURBS and walking up stairs so frequently is wild.
I think my B’Nai Mitzfah entrance is just going to be me as Tom Francis recreating the title number of the “Sunset Boulevard” revival.
June 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I think my B’Nai Mitzfah entrance is just going to be me as Tom Francis recreating the title number of the “Sunset Boulevard” revival.
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How is this even real? Don’t answer that.
June 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
How is this even real? Don’t answer that.
It’s a meeeeee.
Transforming local stages - Chicago Reader
Nonbinary casting director and dramaturg Catherine MIller advocates for better representation onstage for trans and BIPOC performers.
chicagoreader.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It’s a meeeeee.
New substack piece is up and I think the title speaks for itself: open.substack.com/pub/frombehi...
May 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
New substack piece is up and I think the title speaks for itself: open.substack.com/pub/frombehi...
You ever get sick of dating people who cannot communicate clearly(aka my last year).
Take my advice: date a social worker. Cause PHEW, IS CLEAR COMMUNICATION HOT AF!!!!!
Take my advice: date a social worker. Cause PHEW, IS CLEAR COMMUNICATION HOT AF!!!!!
April 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
You ever get sick of dating people who cannot communicate clearly(aka my last year).
Take my advice: date a social worker. Cause PHEW, IS CLEAR COMMUNICATION HOT AF!!!!!
Take my advice: date a social worker. Cause PHEW, IS CLEAR COMMUNICATION HOT AF!!!!!
I sat through EPA’s this week and constantly had actors walk in the room saying “hey ladies!” which was jarring. I feel weird correcting actors in that moment cause it can really throw them off as they go into their monologue so for the love of goddexx, DE-GENDER YOUR LANGUAGE.
April 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I sat through EPA’s this week and constantly had actors walk in the room saying “hey ladies!” which was jarring. I feel weird correcting actors in that moment cause it can really throw them off as they go into their monologue so for the love of goddexx, DE-GENDER YOUR LANGUAGE.
we all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you
April 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
we all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you
why is every person I’ve recently dated (5 since mid January) awful at communicating.
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
I made you spiral cause I didn’t respond to a single text. That seems like a you problem.
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
I made you spiral cause I didn’t respond to a single text. That seems like a you problem.
April 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
why is every person I’ve recently dated (5 since mid January) awful at communicating.
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
I made you spiral cause I didn’t respond to a single text. That seems like a you problem.
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
I made you spiral cause I didn’t respond to a single text. That seems like a you problem.
WE LOVE TO MAKE SILLY AWARD CATEGORIES UP AND SHOUT OUT OUR PEERS!
The 2024 Chicago Theatre Year in Review you didn't ask for
But you've always yearned for.
frombehindthetable.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
WE LOVE TO MAKE SILLY AWARD CATEGORIES UP AND SHOUT OUT OUR PEERS!
…got a secret slutty tumblr now cause I need to be profesh on Bluesky.
soooo if anyone’s on there, let me know.
soooo if anyone’s on there, let me know.
March 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
…got a secret slutty tumblr now cause I need to be profesh on Bluesky.
soooo if anyone’s on there, let me know.
soooo if anyone’s on there, let me know.
Watching “Your Monster” rn and please, I would like one of those…
March 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Watching “Your Monster” rn and please, I would like one of those…
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If you work at the Washington Post, now is the time to resign. You’re a part of this now.
March 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If you work at the Washington Post, now is the time to resign. You’re a part of this now.
Anyone else finally have a fulfilling hookup after a lot of mediocrity and then think to yourself, “you know, I think I’m good for the next 6 months.”
Mainly cause TIRED.
Mainly cause TIRED.
March 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Anyone else finally have a fulfilling hookup after a lot of mediocrity and then think to yourself, “you know, I think I’m good for the next 6 months.”
Mainly cause TIRED.
Mainly cause TIRED.
GABBY MOTHERFUCKING WINDEY DRAG NUMBER WHEN?!?!?!?!?!
February 28, 2025 at 5:08 AM
GABBY MOTHERFUCKING WINDEY DRAG NUMBER WHEN?!?!?!?!?!
Why do I feel like if I post, asking for help in finding the hot bleach blonde butch in apartment complex, somehow, the queers on this app can assist me in find out their name…
February 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Why do I feel like if I post, asking for help in finding the hot bleach blonde butch in apartment complex, somehow, the queers on this app can assist me in find out their name…
Majority or all White casts with no explanation about their choice to cast as such, HATE TO SEE ME COMING.
*side note: White TGNC folks…we’re still White. Our transness never cancels out the color of our skin and what it gains us*
*side note: White TGNC folks…we’re still White. Our transness never cancels out the color of our skin and what it gains us*
February 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Majority or all White casts with no explanation about their choice to cast as such, HATE TO SEE ME COMING.
*side note: White TGNC folks…we’re still White. Our transness never cancels out the color of our skin and what it gains us*
*side note: White TGNC folks…we’re still White. Our transness never cancels out the color of our skin and what it gains us*
Shameless self-promotion cause it rarely happens but…I’m in my director era and DAMN do I love this play.
February 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Shameless self-promotion cause it rarely happens but…I’m in my director era and DAMN do I love this play.
Can we please get some beard oil to every person with a beard on the SNL 50th Homecoming concert?
Like, MY GOD THAT SHIT LOOKS DRY AF.
Like, MY GOD THAT SHIT LOOKS DRY AF.
February 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Can we please get some beard oil to every person with a beard on the SNL 50th Homecoming concert?
Like, MY GOD THAT SHIT LOOKS DRY AF.
Like, MY GOD THAT SHIT LOOKS DRY AF.
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This is your periodic reminder that when the CPD murdered Laquan McDonald, Mayor Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder so he could win re-election.
Rahm Emanuel, ex Chicago mayor and former US ambassador to Japan, joins CNN as a commentator. cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2025/02/13/r...
RAHM EMANUEL JOINS CNN AS SENIOR POLITICAL AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS COMMENT
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cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is your periodic reminder that when the CPD murdered Laquan McDonald, Mayor Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder so he could win re-election.
I don’t think this is a hot take but it’s odd how some theatre reviews for fancier institutions are fairly harsh and yet, the star rating doesn’t actually reflect that.
Also, some of these places have never gotten below a 2.5 which is baffling cause $$$ does not equal good art.
Also, some of these places have never gotten below a 2.5 which is baffling cause $$$ does not equal good art.
February 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I don’t think this is a hot take but it’s odd how some theatre reviews for fancier institutions are fairly harsh and yet, the star rating doesn’t actually reflect that.
Also, some of these places have never gotten below a 2.5 which is baffling cause $$$ does not equal good art.
Also, some of these places have never gotten below a 2.5 which is baffling cause $$$ does not equal good art.
you know you’re trans when you think a lot about the gender euphoria of being a musical theatre tenor.
February 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
you know you’re trans when you think a lot about the gender euphoria of being a musical theatre tenor.
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Lawyers, now is your time.
The American Bar Association has just called upon every attorney, regardless of their political views, to join them & stand up for the rule of law & at minimum insist that our government "follow the law."
Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
February 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Lawyers, now is your time.