Meredith McDonough

Director

Meredith McDonough

Meredith McDonough was the Associate Artistic Director at Actors Theatre of Louisville for seven seasons where favorite directing includes both parts of Angels in America, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime and The Last Five Years. In the Humana Festival she directed the premieres of Marginal Loss, Dot, brownsville song (b-side for trey) and Airness, amongst others. Before ATL, she was the Director of New Works at TheatreWorks in CA where she directed the world premieres of Triangle, Upright Grand and Auctioning the Ainsleys. Other San Francisco credits include the premiere of Miss BennettChristmas at Pemberley at Marin Theatre Company, and The Lily’s Revenge with Taylor Mac at the Magic TheatreRegionally, favorites include Noises Off (Guthrie Theater), Fair Use (Steppenwolf Theatre), Eurydice (Williamstown Theatre Festival), and the D.C. premiere of the musical Summer of ’42 and the U.S. premiere of NSFW (Round House Theatre). In New York City, Meredith has developed work with Playwrights Horizons, Red Bull, Keen Company, the Women’s Project and Ars Nova. She was the Associate AD of The Orchard Project, the New Works Director for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, a Drama League Fellow, an alum of the WP Directors Lab and a Kesselring Award Panelist. Education: Northwestern; MFA, UCSD. She is a Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and served on the Board of SDC for six years.

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