Mimi Quillin (Writer and Performer) is a dancer, actor, and teacher.  Her dance career started with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and the Milwaukee Ballet changing to theatre dance with Lee Theordore’s American Dance Machine.  There, she performed the iconic choreography of Carol Haney, Agnes De Mille, Pat Birch, Ron Field, and Onna White.  Bob Fosse cast her in the 1986 Broadway revival of Sweet Charity.  She also served as dance captain, assisting Fosse and Verdon in recreating the original 1966 choreography.  Subsequent shows included working with Graciela Danielle, Michael Shawn, and Wayne Cilento, the original Canadian and Broadway productions of Ragtime, and the Broadway cast of Ain’t Broadway Grand.   

Fosse’s impact on Mimi extends beyond dance and choreography. He awarded her a scholarship to the Strasberg Institute, expanding her talents and vision to include acting. Off-Broadway, she performed in the Hudson Guild Theater production of Jean Genet’s The Balcony and in Carnal Knowledge with Jon Cryer and Judd Nelson. Regionally, she appeared in A.R. Gurney’s Snowball at both Hartford Stage and The Old Globe Theater. TV credits include two episodes of Law & Order.  International credits include BBC Radio’s Custom of the County by Edith Wharton and Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury in Great Britain.

As a playwright, Mimi’s one person play Call Fosse at the Minskoff was awarded Best Production at the 2016 United Solo Festival and was previously hosted by the Harbor Lights Theatre Company and the Hangar Theatre.  In July 2017, the world premiere of Mimi’s three person play Dégagé (disengage) played at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, New York.