Lauren Miller (Co-Director, HERE Arts Center) is a theater director, producer, arts advocate, community organizer, and fundraiser. She brings to HERE over a decade of experience in cultural advancement for The Bushwick Starr, the Irish Repertory Theatre, and TACT/The Actors Company Theatre and her passion for contemporary performance-based work. From 2011-2015, Lauren developed 20 original plays as producer of the newTACTics New Play Festival. She co-created “Out of an Abundance of Caution”, a socially distant performance experiment which streamed live on Twitch every Sunday from March 2020-March 2021. Lauren serves on the Board of Directors of The Brick Theater, as a co-organizer of the Cultural Solidarity Fund, and fundraiser and organizer for progressive political causes. She is dedicated to realizing the just creative ecosystem and economy that cultural workers and communities deserve.