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Scott is a seasoned theatre educator and accomplished professional theatre director. Following a distinguished tenure as head of the Music Theatre program at Illinois Wesleyan University from 2007 to 2024, Scott retired with the title of Associate Professor Emeritus. He subsequently served as Visiting Professor of Musical Theatre at Ohio Northern University during the 2024-25 academic year. Currently, Scott holds the position of Associate Professor of Musical Theatre, Acting, and Directing at Nebraska Wesleyan University, and is available to provide freelance services as a theatre director (SDC - Stage Directors and Choreographers Society), guest artist, coach, and consultant.
Scott boasts an impressive portfolio of over sixty professional and academic credits, both nationally and internationally, including world premiere musicals (the first being Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped, featured in TCG's American Theatre January 2002 musicals issue) and two original international tours. Scott serves on the executive committee of MTEA, the Musical Theatre Educators Alliance - International, as Chair of MTEA Acting since 2023 and as a Member at Large following two terms as Great Lakes Regional Director. He is a 2005 recipient of the Passano Family Interdisciplinary Chair for Communications and the Sans Tache Faculty Prize.
As a frequent Audition Workshop practitioner, he has presented at the 2009 and 2011 international MTEA conferences in Denmark, Germany, and Sweden. His other conference presentations include "Music Theatre Curriculum/A Look at the European Music Theatre Training Model" at the 2010 MTEA annual conference in Austin, TX; "Conversation with Kaitlin Hopkins: From Artist to Educator" at the 2013 MTEA annual conference in St Louis, MO; "Conversation with Scott Miller: Writing About Musical Theatre" at the 2019 MTEA annual conference in New York City, NY; and "Balancing Enrollment: DEI & Student Opportunity" at the 2010 SETC Conference in Lexington, KY, the 2011 SETC conference in Atlanta, GA, and the 2012 SETC Conference in Chattanooga, TN.
In a previous life, he was an actor working primarily in musical theatre, with credits that include the 1996-97 national and international tours of The Sound of Music (Rolf), starring Marie Osmond, and featured as part of the 100 Days of Wonder as Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty. He played Ziggy in Tycoon at the John Houseman and Douglas Fairbanks Theaters; Ali/PJ in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom at The Duplex; and regionally, The Lisbon Traviata (Mike), Cabaret (Cliff), The Baltimore Waltz (Carl), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Demetrius & Oberon), and Camelot (Arthur & Lancelot), as well as over a dozen productions with UDT, including Into the Woods (Baker), Metropolis (Steven), Blood Brothers (Edward), City of Angels (Stine), Joseph...Dreamcoat (Joseph – 10th Anniversary Production), Guys & Dolls (Nathan Detroit), and Oklahoma! (Curly). His concert performances include 'An Evening with Tim Rice' with Sir Tim Rice, and a 2003 arena symphonic concert of Jesus Christ Superstar starring original cast members Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, again featuring Sir Tim Rice.
Scott is currently working on his first book, Wheatley’s Folly: A History of American Musical Theatre & Literature, to be published by Cognella Publications. He holds an MFA in Directing from Towson University (thesis: 'Investigating the Director’s Role in the Production of a New Musical') and a BA in Theatre from the University of Texas at El Paso. His most cherished role is father to two amazing children: Elijah, married and working in central Illinois (he and Gabby are expecting their first child), and Eden, a professional actor in New York (recently graduating with a BM in Music Theatre from Baldwin Wallace University’s Conservatory of Performing Arts. Visit Eden's Website).
