Wilson Milam is an American

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from

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who works in the United States, UK and Ireland. He was nominated for a

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for Best Director of a Play for

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's ''

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'' as well as a

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nomination for his direction of

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's Killer Joe.

Biography

Milam began his career in Seattle working as an actor before moving to Chicago and getting work as an assistant director at the

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, Remains, and

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Companies. He directed the world premiere production of Killer Joe at the Next Theatre, which subsequently moved to the

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for the

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, where it won a Fringe First Award, before transferring to London. A subsequent production of Lett's next play, Bug, transferred to

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in London and Milam began working on both sides of the Atlantic.

Stage Productions

US: * Warrior Class (Alley, Houston) * Rank (Odyssey, LA) * American Buffalo (Seattle Rep) * God of Carnage (Alley / Seattle Rep) * A Perfect Future (Cherry Lane) * Glengarry Glen Ross (Seattle Rep) * The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Mark Taper, LA - Saturn Award - Best Production) * The Seafarer (Seattle Rep) * Three Changes (Playwrights Horizon) * Poor Beast in the Rain (Matrix, LA) * The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Lyceum / Atlantic, NYC) * Closer (Berkeley Rep) * Bug (Woolly Mammoth) * Killer Joe (Soho Playhouse) * Pot Mom (Steppenwolf) * The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (A Red Orchid, Chicago) * Killer Joe (29th Street Rep, NYC) * Skeleton (Shattered Globe, Chicago) * Killer Joe (Next Theatre, Chicago) * Festen (New Century Theatre Company, Seattle) UK and Ireland: * .45 (Hampstead) * Swimming With Sharks (Vaudeville) * Lay Me Down Softly (Abbey, Dublin) * The Santaland Diaries (Birmingham Rep) * Othello (Shakespeare's Globe) * Harvest (Royal Court) * Chimps (Liverpool Playhouse) * Defender of the Faith (Abbey) * Fresh Kills (Royal Court) * Mr Placebo (Traverse) * Flesh Wound (Royal Court / Galway Arts Festival) * True West (Bristol Old Vic) * The Lieutenant of Inishmore (RSC / Barbican / Garrick) * On Such As We (Abbey) * A Lie of the Mind (Donmar) * The Wexford Trilogy (Tricycle) * Hurlyburly (Queens / The Peter Hall Company at The Old Vic) * Bug (Gate) * Killer Joe (Vaudeville / Bush / Traverse) Other: * ''

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References

External links

*
Wilson Milam at Internet Off-Broadway Database
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Milam, Wilson American theatre directors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)