Miles McMahan
Based in Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
stage actor and playwright
Miles is a California Theater performer who specializes in creating and devising works for the stage.
Performance experience ranging from live theater, musicals, dance, choir, puppetry, movement work, performance art, and digital content to roles as playwright, director, stage manager, house manager, and set designer.
Kennedy National Theater Festival: Winner of Best Ensemble Award 2023
MilesMcMahan2@gmail.com
Highest Honors
Creative Pursuit
My creative mission has two parts, my love to play and my love of the audience. The playing is easy, very fun, and is the core of what I do. If I can be so bold, I'm good at playing too. Yet, I still pale in comparison to the masterful abilities of children and dogs. The other side is the audience. Every work I have made gives my supposed audience a window into my own world of play. This window is open purposefully for them and is not guaranteed. It is a privilege to play for others, and it is a privilege to be viewed. I open up, and with it comes the fear and anxieties we all understand about being watched, yet I can take the time and the love given to me, and give it to the audience. My beautiful audience.
Particle Collector
original work in The partical collider showcase, ucsb
A movement piece of a humble collector of debris and dirt. The body and tool are one and the art is ephemeral. The Collector has a mop intersecting his body, to which he never touches it or his bucket with his hands. He paints with water using his full self and soon it evaporates, leaving nothing but a changed man.
Curated by Daniel Stein for the 2025 Particle Collider showcase.
The Greatest Pianist
Amplify go: plays in a day
playwright
We see the world destroyed and the last person left alive. All he wanted was to be the greatest pianist... too bad everyone had to die to make that happen.
A yearly festival to make a one-act play in 24 hours. As playwright, Miles had 12 hours to create a show based on the concept- UNKNOWN ARMAGEDON!
Explore worlds created for the stage, page, screen or any medium a story can be told.
Playwriting and Scripts
The Statue
playwright and director, ucsb
An old huntsman tracks an elusive rabbit into a ruined castle. There he finds a fallen statue, only to be horrified that it can talk. Her body is fixed yet her mind flows free, while the Huntsman is free, yet trapped by his past.
Performed at UCSB as Miles' Senior project.
Mentored by Risa Brainin and advised by A. Rey Pamatmat
Undergrowth
short novel
A kingdom composed of trash, even the people. A Trash-knight finds contraband of a different world and becomes obsessed by it's wonder. The Instructor commands his closes ally to hunt him down. All in the pursuit of something new, something green.
A 10 chapter novel designed for an animated adaptation.
A Murderous Manner
paso high theater company: spring one-acts
Co playwright- David trobish
Set in the manor of a Very Rich Philanthropist. He invites his entire extended family for his daughter's birthday. The philanthropist fakes his death as a gag, but soon after is found dead... panic ensues as this family of over the top characters must survive the night and figure out which one of them has a murderous manner.
Designed for beginner actors to have fun and express themselves through the biggest characters possible.
LIVE THEATER • PERFORMANCE • PLAYWRITING • VOICE • DIRECTING • MOVEMENT • FILM • SCENIC DESIGN • TECHNICAL • STAGE MANAGMENT • SINGING • DANCE • DIGITAL MEDIA •