Meghana AT

theatre maker

writer/actor/director/pedagogue

founder tafreehwale

a theatre artist since 2012, who has worked as an actor, writer, director, producer, production manager, teacher, dramaturg - with more experiments to come.

As the co-founder of tafreehwale, she is engaged in original, political, and playful theatre making and training.

Master of Arts in

Authorial Acting and Pedagogy

Academy of Performing Arts (Prague)

Graduated with distinction (2021).

course based on the intersection of performance, direction, writing, and pedagogy.

Bachelor of Arts in

Sociology & Anthropology

St Xavier’s College (Mumbai)

GPA 3.67 out of 4 (2016)

Unshared Childhoods (dir. Tanvi Shah)

Pink is the New Black (dir. Danesh A.R. Khambata)

30 Dní/30 Days (dir. Tinka Avramova)

The Taming of the Shrew (dir. Deshik Vansadia)

Wolf ; The Exchange Student (dir. Trishla Patel)

Free Outgoing (dir. Mahesh Dattani)

Wisdom (dir. Jeff Goldberg)

Visiting faculty at the Drama School Mumbai

Theatre Workshop Facilitator for students / faculty at Bombay Scottish School, Akshara High School, CNM School, St Xavier’s College, SNDT College and others.

Conductor of public speaking and theatre workshops at Akshara Centre and Thane Women's Prison

education

acting on stage (selected)

Max, Min and Meowzaki (dir. Padmakumar N.)

Good Bad Girl (dir. Abhishek Sengupta)

Swipe Ride (dir. Debbie Rao)

IPL'India Ki Vibe Alag Hai' ad (Supari Studios)

Thinkistan (dir. Padmakumar N.)

What If? (dir. Ananya Samanta)

theatre director/dramaturg

pedagogical work

The Apology (dramaturg)

Glitch in the Myth (dramaturg)

O Gaanewali (co-director)

acting on screen

as Production Manager/Executive Producer

I Killed My Mother/it wasn't my fault: dir. Mallika Shah (2023)

The Unexpected Man: dir. Padma Damodaran (2018)

The Taming of the Shrew: dir. Deshik Vansadia (2018)

Il Matrimonio Segreto: dir. Rehaan Engineer (2017)

White Rabbit Red Rabbit: Nassim Soleimanpour (2016-17)

Festival Manager (2016)

Manager of Thespo 18, a year-round youth theatre movement in India

as Production Assistant

HowlRound for India: Martin E Segal Centre (2021)

The Exchange Student: dir. Trishla Patel (2017)

Chaar Small, Zinga Zinga Roses: dir. Trishla Patel (2013)

Plan B/C/D/E

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)

production work (selected)

A Peek into the Rehearsal Process (2023) for Drama School Mumbai's Blog
Rest is for (the) Show (2023) for Theatre Ink, Aadyam
Interview with Sandbox Collective (2022) for Drama School Mumbai's blog
How To Navigate The Missing Arts Infrastructure (2022) a series for Gitanjali Creative magazine
Pigeons on the AC (2021): creative writing for the Flora Fiction
Artists Working the Network (2021): a series for Gitanjali Creative magazine
Theatre of the Pandemic (2021): a series for Gitanjali Creative magazine
That’s What I Learnt (2020-21): a series on Aadyam's Theatre Ink blog
Press releases and Playbills for Aadyam (2018): for Hello Farmaaish and Jab Khuli Kitaab
A Practioner of Finger-Tip Feminism Activism Responds To Nivedita Menon (2018): published on Feminism in India
How to Plan a Solo Trip (2018): published in Go-Getter, the in-flight magazine of Go Air.