Miriam Weiner has over 30 years of experience as a freelance director, dramaturg and teacher. She has developed plays at The GPTC New Play Festival, Norman Festival of New Plays at Juilliard, Jewish Plays Project, Beehive Dramaturgy Studio and Center for New Jewish Culture. Miriam is the executive producer and host of the podcast, "Theater Practice" (theaterpractice.com), a pod where guests practice how to be more mindful audience members one show at a time. Se was a lead supporter of Deep Blue Sound by Abe Koogler, produced by Clubbed Thumb at The Public. She is the Associate Artistic Director of Vineyard Theatre where she has developed the work of many playwrights including John J. Caswell, Jr., Sarah Gancher, Nazareth Hassan and T. Adamson among others. Currently a professor at the Tepper Semester, Syracuse University Department of Drama. Brooklyn College, Directing MFA, Brandeis University, BA.

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”I’ve had the great good fortune to lean on the expertise of Miriam Weiner for a range of professional projects. Miriam’s dramaturgical skills are second to none. She is able to mine, with total ease, the structural underpinnings, creative core, and artistic intent of any piece of work placed in front of her. Most importantly she has the ability to bring to the fore the beating heart at the center of a work of art, acting as a reminder as to why it all matters in the first place.”
— Welker White, actor and founder of The Moving Frame

“I had the pleasure to work with Miriam on a digital short project Under the Weather. We were brought together by serendipity and our mutual passion to prevent global climate change. Miriam was the original creator, but she treated me as a full writing partner. Miriam brought her intense passion, enthusiasm for the artistic process, and a galvanizing energy. She welcomed all ideas, willing to go down any creative path to see where it led, while also demonstrating her discerning taste and professional experience, producing a work of which we are both extremely proud. I would welcome the opportunity to work with Miriam again.”
— Katie Sammis, author