MEGAN ORWIG is a director, actor, and improvisor who hails from the small town of Kankakee, Illinois, and even though she lives in Cambridge, she still proudly calls herself a Midwesterner.  She graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota in 2002 with a B.A. in Theater Arts.  While there, she acted in numerous roles, including the Beggar Woman in Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd", Jill in "Jack & Jill" by Jane Martin, the Balladeer in "Assassins", and Nina in "Seagulls", an original
translation and adaptation of Chekhov's "The Seagull." 

Her directing credits include "Lips Together, Teeth Apart" by Terrence McNally, "The Short Eyes Project", an original script about racial tensions
inspired by the play by Miguel Pinero, and "Art", by Yasmina Reza.  Her
life in improvisation was forced upon her by a caring, unwittingly cruel collegue that would not allow her to quit her college long-form improv group.  And its been all downhill ever since.

After graduating, she spent a year traveling to Mali, New Zealand, Scotland
and Ireland while on a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to study, collect, and learn lullabies from various regions.  She has studied classical voice for several years, produced two full length voice recitals in college, and recently completed her first season singing with the Boston area choir, the"Spectrum Singers." 

When not working as an artist, Megan spends her time administrating the
Exploration Intermediate Program, a summer academic enrichment program for 8th and 9th grade students.  In her free time, you could find her playing very-bad guitar (usually bluegrass) or riding her 1986 vintage Schwinn road bike as fast as she can.