Alumna Josy Miller (PhD, performance studies, ‘15) returns to UC Davis in fall 2023 as guest artist to direct William Shakespeare’s classic comedy As You Like It.  

Miller has been directing professionally and in educational settings since she moved to Northern California from New York in the early 2000s. Her original production of The Dogs of War premiered at the university in 2014 and played the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the summer of 2015. In spring 2019 she returned to UC Davis to direct the premiere of {LOVE/logic}. Prior to her work at UC Davis, Miller spent five years as artistic director at Hapgood Theatre Company in the East Bay, where she directed more than a dozen productions, worked alongside guest directors from around the state, and produced both new work and classic American and European drama. Other regional directing credits include Atmos Theatre Company (SF) and the Eugene O’Neill Foundation Theater (Danville). Since 2016, Miller has worked as the Arts Programs Specialist for the California Arts Council.