Tara Meddaugh

Tara Meddaugh is an award-winning published playwright. Select theatrical honors include The AriZoni Theater Award for Excellence, The Sloan Screenwriting Fellowship, Arts Westchester Grant, The Bradford Gromelski Jury Award, The Shubert Fellowship in Dramatic Writing, The New Works for Young Women [Actors] Award, The Write Stuff Award, and The Arts Alive Recovery NY Regrant Award. Her work has been published by YouthPLAYS, Smith & Kraus, Oxford Press South Africa, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA), Limelight Editions/Applause Acting Series, The Hunger Journal, Meriweather Publishing, Applause Theatre & Cinema, Performer Stuff and Ace-Your-Audition.

Tara’s plays have been presented around the world from Norway to Thailand, Ireland to the UAE. Select theaters include Fusion Theatre, Mosaic Theater Company of DC, Axial Theatre, East Valley Children’s Theater, The Directors Company, Le Petit Theatre de Terrebonne, Theatre One, Tutti Bravi Productions, Westchester Collaborative Theater, Possibilities Theater, Tagragg Productions, GoJo Clan Productions, One Armed Man, Oracle Theatre, Inc, The Acme Theatre Company, The Harlequin Players, Woman Seeking…,and countless universities, colleges and schools. Her work has showcased at festivals such as the Artists of Tomorrow Festival in NYC, The Bangkok Community Theatre Fringe Festival, the Pittsburgh New Works Series and the Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Alaska.

Tens of thousands of teachers, actors and students worldwide have utilized her monologues for competitions, course material, social media, auditions, performances, and showcases. Additionally, she has script-consulted on several animation and VR projects and once wrote monologues for a receptionist before Siri was a twinkel in Apple’s eye! Tara has taught Playwriting at Carnegie Mellon, the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, The Westport Country Playhouse, and numerous Theater workshops for teens and children. She holds her MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon University, is a member of the Dramatists Guild.