This laboratory offers an opportunity for Global Majority actors to reclaim their powers of embodied expression onstage.

An internationally renowned teacher, Budi Miller guides actors through five days of rigorous training, drawing on ancient and modern approaches to acting, including Balinese performance traditions, Fitzmaurice Voicework, clown, and more. These techniques and traditions serve as the foundation for scene study, voice work, and physical storytelling. Working as an ensemble, students will find renewed energy in their performance through movement, mask work, and performing scenes from plays by BIPOC writers.

In addition to liberating their acting practice, students will find a community of fellow actors committed to deepening their artistry and supporting their colleagues as they navigate the challenges of their profession.

Please note that this workshop is designed for BIPOC students who have completed or are pursuing advanced training in acting, such as a conservatory or graduate school program.

ABOUT BUDI MILLER

Dr. Budi Miller, the groundbreaking head of acting at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia for seven years, holds the distinction of being the first Black person to occupy this esteemed position among Australia's top three drama schools. As the co-artistic director of the Theatre of Others, director of advanced training at the Fitzmaurice Voice Institute, and a lead teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, he is a certified integrative studies practitioner and an UNESCO designated master teacher of mask work. His innovative approach to acting encompasses Balinese Performing Art Training (BPAT), mask work, Fitzmaurice Voicework, Michael Chekhov, clown, Viewpoints, and Grotowski. As an actor-director-writer-teacher-producer, spanning diverse international stages in the United States, Australia, Singapore, Germany, Denmark, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, Dubai, and Indonesia since 1992, he notably introduced Fitzmaurice Voicework to Denmark, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Malaysia, China, and Indonesia.