Troy's theatrical adventures began at quite an early age. From performing in school plays to creating skits for the family to reenacting the most recent movie he saw; always performing but the director in him was always present.
By the end of Troy's High School years he had been in over 20 productions with the High School theater group, and involved in some capacity on almost every show they did. Troy learned all the technical and scenic elements as well as stage management, running crew, make up design; you name it, he did it! But everything changed his senior year when Troy was given the opportunity to direct. It was then that everything clicked and fell into place for Troy, "this is what I am meant to do." The show was Neil Simon's LOST IN YONKERS and was regarded by many as "wonderful work for such a young person" and "you may be a talented performer, but its clear directing is what you are meant to be doing."
For the years that followed, Troy balanced his education with professional regional acting jobs and where he could, he would direct at the collegiate level. By the end of his college career he had directed all over the Washington D.C. area and had drawn a following of fans of his work not only peers but professional actors, directors, playwrights and theater administrators. All of this led to one of Troy's most important decisions, to attend Trinity Rep Conservatory to earn his Masters of Fine Arts in Directing.
While earning his MFA in Directing, Troy had the opportunity to work with and study with award wining artists, such as Craig Lucas, Marion McClinton, Bart Sher, Oskar Eustis, Kevin Moriarty, Tony Kushner, Tony Taconne, Chris Bayes, Molly Smith, Anne Bogart and others. It was during his final months as a graduate student that he began to develop a relationship with multiple Tony nominated playwright Craig Lucas. Troy directed a stirring production of Mr. Lucas' THE DYING GAUL which prompted the then Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis to introduce Troy to Mr. Lucas. Shortly after, Troy joined the Artistic Team for the Tony Award winning Lincoln Center Production of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA working closely with Mr. Lucas as his assistant and the rest of the Artistic Team (Bart Sher, Adam Guettel, Ted Sperling, Bruce Coughlin, Cathy Zuber, Chris Akerlind, Michael Yeargen)
Troy's work on THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA led to him directing a new Craig Lucas play, BATHROOM HUMOR that premiered Off Broadway at Playwrights Horizon's for their STORIES ON FIVE STORIES. BATHROOM HUMOR starred John Benjamin Hickey and Daniel Zaitchik. The collaboration between Mr. Lucas and Mr. Miller continues to this day with THE FIFTH PART/THE AUTOPSY.
Some of Troy's Recent and favorite credits include, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, HORATIO with the NY Fringe Festival '07, NOISES OFF! with Festival 56, CRASH (workshop) Emerging Artists Theatre starring Drama Desk winner Marylouise Burke, BATHROOM HUMOR at Playwrights Horizon's with John Benjamin Hickey, BLITHE SPIRIT with the Barnstormers, ROAR as assistant director to Marion McClinton at The New Group, POSTCARDS FROM A DEAD DOG and OUR LADY OF THE SEA with Emerging Artists, SPRINGES TO CATCH WOODCOCKS at The Genesius Guild, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, THE DYING GAUL, MOTHER COURAGE, THE WOMAN IN BLACK at Trinity Rep Conservatory; SHELTER FROM THE STORM, GAME OF CHESS and HE SAYS, I THINK, I SAY at Source Theater in Washington, D.C.
Outside of directing Troy has also had the opportunity to produce, nurture playwrights and their works as well as continue to build a variety of relationships with organizations and people in the theater industry. Since living in New York City, he has produced a New Short Play Festival that employed 25 playwrights, 22 Directors and over 75 actors. While working on this Festival, fostered relationships with local merchants and organizations that would ultimately help to generate ticket sales, donations both financially and resources wise, advertising sales space. This festival generated the highest ticket sales in the theater’s history, as well as rejuvenated its subscriber base and advance ticket sales. Under an umbrella organization, he has produced a series of readings, workshops and productions. The work that has been developed in these readings and workshops are focused on the human identity in an ever changing world; some topics include the Queer Identity, Feminism of the 1960’s to today, cross-cultural relations and survival in the most extreme circumstances. Some of the playwrights he has built relationships with include: Craig Lucas, Rupert Holmes, Roberto Aguirre-Sacassa, Betty Shamieh, Quiara Alegria-Hudes, Laura Schellhardt, Brian Quirk, Jill Campbell, Tim J Lord, Stephen Levi, Isabelle Assante, FJ Hartland, and Aoise Stratford.
Currently Troy is an adjunct Professor at Essex County College and Bergen Community College, where he teaches courses on Acting, Creative Writing and the Microsoft Office Applications. In addition he conducts workshops on acting and audition techniques in New York City.
Troy holds a Master’s of Fine Arts in Directing from Trinity Rep (Brown University/Rhode Island College) in Providence, RI and a Bachelor’s of Arts from The George Washington University in Cultural Studies. He is an associate member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC),a company member with Emerging Artists Theater Company in New York City and the Co-Artistic Director of 3S Theatre Collective.
