education
Master's in Authorial Acting and Pedagogy
from The Academy of Performing Arts (Prague) (2021)
Course based on the intersection of performance, direction, writing, & pedagogy.
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Bachelor's in Sociology-Anthropology
St Xavier's College (Autonomous), Mumbai (2016)
workshops
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Would I Lie to You? - 6 week workshop on digital documentary theatre led by Anuja Ghosalkar and Kai Tuchmann (2022)
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InFocus - Lighting for theatre workshop led by TechQuartet and Studio Safdar (2021)
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Milon Mela - Grotowski's method meeting with Indian classical forms at a 4 week residency; led by Abani Biswas (2018)
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Intermediate Acting - one month; led by Mahesh Dattani (2012)
actor on screen/voiceover work
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Max, Min and Meowzaki (dir. Padmakumar N.): upcoming film, feature cast | 2023
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Good Bad Girl (dir. Abhishek Sengupta): webseries on Sony LIV, ensemble cast | 2022
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Swipe Ride (dir. Debbie Rao): ad for Tinder | 2021
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IPL 'India Ki Vibe Alag Hai' (Supari Studios): ensemble cast | 2021
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Thinkistan (dir. Padmakumar N.): ‘Natasha’. Season 1 of webseries, on MXPlayer | 2019
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Vitamin Stree: 'Birth Control and Chill' (Supari Studios) video on contraception | 2017
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LaughGuru: Voice-over for e-learning product | 2014-16
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Iesha: Host of 6 educational videos on reproductive health for pre-teens | 2015
theatre director/dramaturg
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Remote (co-director) | Mumbai | 2025
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The Apology (dramaturg) | Mumbai | 2024
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O Gaanewali (co-director) | Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Delhi |
2022 - present -
The First Call, Thespo 23 (director) | online | 2021
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Art (Yazmina Reza) (director)| NCPA, Godrej Theatre | 2016
actor in theatre
Performance (Director) Venue | Year
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Pink is the New Black (Danesh A.R. Khambata) NCPA, St Andrew's Auditorium | 2022 - present
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Unshared Childhoods (Tanvi Shah) Harkat Studios/Online, Method Art, Theatre at Home | 2021-present
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30 Dní / 30 Days (Tinka Avramova) Prague | 2020-21
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Drift (David Somlo, HU), Tangled (Ant Nevin, AU), Trophy (Sarah Conn,CA) Prague Quadrennial | 2019
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The Taming of the Shrew (Deshik Vansadia) Drama School Mumbai, Prithvi Theatre | 2018
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Wolf (Trishla Patel) Pune | 2018,2022-present
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The Exchange Student (Trishla Patel) Prithvi Theatre, NCPA | 2017 - present
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This World That Crosses Us (Renato Rocha) Prithvi House | 2017
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Thespo 18 First Call (Akshay Anand Kohli) Prithvi Theatre | 2017
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Art (Meghana AT) Godrej Theatre, NCPA | 2016
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Does God Not Catch A Cold? (Prthvir S.) KGAF | 2015
- Free Outgoing (Mahesh Dattani) Playpen Terrace | 2014
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Wisdom (Jeff Goldberg) St Andrew’s Auditorium | 2013
original shows
an original, interactive performance about surviving the climate crisis. With 40+ performances, in India, Czech Republic and online since 2019 Awards: outstanding new writing, outstanding director, outstanding actor (female), outstanding production at Thespo 23 (youth theatre festival)
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The Art of Crying | (upcoming)
Meghana AT
theatre maker/
writer/pedagogue
co-founder - tafreehwale
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production work (selected)
as Production Manager/Executive Producer
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I Killed My Mother/it wasn't my fault: dir. Mallika Shah (2023)
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The Unexpected Man: dir. Padma Damodaran (2018)
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The Taming of the Shrew: dir. Deshik Vansadia (2018)
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Il Matrimonio Segreto: dir. Rehaan Engineer (2017)
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White Rabbit Red Rabbit: Nassim Soleimanpour (2016-17)
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​Festival Manager (2016)
Manager of Thespo 18, a year-round youth theatre movement in India
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as Production Assistant
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HowlRound for India: Martin E Segal Centre (2021)
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The Exchange Student: dir. Trishla Patel (2017)
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Chaar Small, Zinga Zinga Roses: dir. Trishla Patel (2013)
writing
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A Peek into the Rehearsal Process (2023) for Drama School Mumbai's Blog
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Rest is for (the) Show (2023) for Theatre Ink, Aadyam
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Interview with Sandbox Collective (2022) for Drama School Mumbai's blog
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How To Navigate The Missing Arts Infrastructure (2022) a series for Gitanjali Creative magazine
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Pigeons on the AC (2021): creative writing for the Flora Fiction
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Artists Working the Network (2021): a series for Gitanjali Creative magazine
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Theatre of the Pandemic (2021): a series for Gitanjali Creative magazine
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That’s What I Learnt (2020-21): a series on Aadyam's Theatre Ink blog
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Press releases and Playbills for Aadyam (2018): for Hello Farmaaish and Jab Khuli Kitaab
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A Practioner of Finger-Tip Feminism Activism Responds To Nivedita Menon (2018): published on Feminism in India
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How to Plan a Solo Trip (2018): published in Go-Getter, the in-flight magazine of Go Air.
pedagogical work
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Faculty at The Drama School Mumbai in-city programme and hybrid course (2023-present)
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Drama Facilitator at Akshara High School (Oct-Dec 2022)
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Guest lecturer for Honours students at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, St Xavier's College, Mumbai (2022)
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Drama Facilitator at Bombay Scottish School (Mahim) - training students for their dramatics competition (2022)
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Faculty at Buniyaad NGO - teaching English, Communication and Expression (2021)
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Pinnacle Rise! - corporate workshop facilitator, 2021
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Programme Co-ordinator at Akshara Foundation for Arts and Learning, for 'Arts for All – At the Theatre (2017-2018)
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Co-conductor of theatre workshops under Khula Aasmaan NGO, at Thane Women’s Prison (March-May 2017).
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Workshop conductor, Akshara Centre: public speaking workshop for college girls (April-May 2015)
academic writing
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Play by My Rules - reflections on the relationship between audience and performer in Plan B/C/D/E (2021, Master's thesis)
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Sukoon – Drama and Discovery in an Indian Prison (2018, published in Teaching Artists’ Journal, Routledge)
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My House, My Rules (2017, seminar paper at the department for Public Policy St Xavier's College)
The following papers were written during my Bachelor's studies at St Xavier's College, Mumbai.
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The Dramaturgy of the Lavani Spectator (2016, Sociology of Gender dissertation)
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Sex and the State: India’s reproductive health policy (2016, Applied Anthropology dissertation)
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Spreading Democracy: the role of the United Nations (2015)
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Harry Potter and Ideological State Apparatus (2014)