Adam Miller, the marketing and public relations director for the theater department and Swine Palace Productions, is resigning after only three and a half years at the University.
Miller’s wife, Paige, was offered and accepted a position in Tuscaloosa, Ala. as executive director of the organization Turning Point.
Turning Point is a sexual assault and domestic violence service provider offering counseling and other services.
Miller was the first full-time director of public relations and marketing for Swine Palace and the theater department, and has enacted several programs and directives during his tenure.
Miller said he initiated the first dinner-and-a-play package, a collaborative effort with the Mall at Cortana, as well as several other distinctive marketing and public relations plans.
Miller and his wife made the decision to move in October, so he gave almost two months’ notice before leaving.
“After investing my time and energy, my heart and soul into this program, I wanted to see the body of work I had created continue to grow and evolve,” Miller said.
Miller said that even though he is a person who thrives on change, it will still be difficult for him to leave.
“The idea of saying goodbye will be really hard for me,” Miller said. “Every year you stay somewhere, the easier it is to stay one more year. This theater department is one of the most healthy I’ve ever been exposed to.”
Working at the University was Miller’s first professional job since earning his Master’s degree from the University of Alabama in 2001.
Miller said that his options in Tuscaloosa are wide open; the city does not have a huge theater scene, but he looks forward to the challenge.
“I’m looking for something that’s going to challenge me the way this position has,” Miller said. “I’m still looking for a job so if you know anyone … let me know.”
Kristin Sosnowsky, theater assistant professor and managing director of Swine Palace, is upset to be losing Miller.
“I’m devastated,” Sosnowsky said. “Certainly I hate to see him go, I think it is a great loss for LSU to see him go. I think it will be extremely hard for the program to fill his shoes.”
Sosnowsky said that even though she is sorry to see him go, personally she is very happy for the opportunity this presents for both Miller and his wife.
Sosnowsky said that a listing for the position has been put in Art Search, a trade paper for people who work in the arts, but Miller will be hard, if not impossible, to replace.
“I hope people will perceive that the bar has been set high,” Miller said. “I hope that what I have been able to do is bring a consistent feel and a consistent quality … to [the audience’s] experience. I hope that they will think it has been exemplary.”