JULIET’S NURSE: An One-Act Play by Yael K. Miller

Long before “Tootsie” was a musical, Yael wrote her play “Juliet’s Nurse.” The play is inspired by Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” in particular Ovid’s general theme of creation through violence. The one-act play examines the unfulfilled desire between Juliet and her Nurse and how this unfulfilled desire drives Juliet to act out her role in Shakespeare’s play.

Awarded the Penn Playwriting Fellowship for 2004-2005 at the University of Pennsylvania