2024 Workshop: The Visit
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.