Hi, I’m Megan.

I’m a writer & director specializing in form-shattering ensemble stories about death, love, and growing up. I’ve devised, directed, and performed original theatrical works on historic tall ships, a massive public art sculpture, an historic icehouse, multiple community gardens, in fountains, and over Zoom – in addition to directing in “traditional” theaters (although never “traditional” plays). I’ve also written several screenplays, directed a handful of music videos, and am currently trying my hand at interactive game design. Recent projects include a music video with Austin post-punk collective Psychic Seatbelt, a magic-realist screenplay based on my award-winning autobiographical play Cause of Failure, and an all-women rock opera about the life of former Texas governor Ann Richards. 

I trained in multimedia theatermaking at Arizona State University, acting and playwriting at the National Theater Institute, community-based collaboration with Sojourn Theater, physical devising with the SITI Company, and digital performance with The Wooster Group. As a director, I’ve been honored with two AriZoni Theatre Awards, a KCACTF Meritorious Achievement Award, a Puffin Foundation Grant for independent theater artists, and the Northern Trust/Virginia Piper Enrichment Award, which funded my month-long residency in Bali to study the island’s mask and dance traditions. As a writer, my work has been recognized by the New York International Fringe Festival, the Austin Film Festival, ScreenCraft, the AriZoni Theatre Awards and Indie Theatre Now.

I have a BA in Theatre from George Fox University and an MFA in Directing from Arizona State University. I’m the former director of theater & music programming at Mystic Seaport, and founding executive artistic director of FullStop Collective, which ran from 2009-2016 in NYC. I currently work as a strategic advisor with the College of Fine & Applied Arts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and I ghostwrite for B-corps and culture-building entrepreneurs about creativity, inclusion, leadership, and teamwork.

In my free time I practice Ashtanga yoga, teach myself piano tunes, read hopepunk sci-fi and fantasy novels, cuddle my awesome cats Ellie and Joon, and go for hikes and bike rides all over Central Illinois.