Meghan Swaby

is an actor and playwright born and raised in Toronto.

Her play Venus’ Daughter was produced by Obsidian Theatre in 2016 and was included  on The SureFire List (Playwrights Guild of Canada) as one of the top 23 recommended plays in Canada.

She has participated in various playwriting programs over the years, such as; Nightwood Theatre’s Write from the Hip, Diaspora Dialogues Playwright Residency and The Stratford Festivals’ Playwrights Retreat.  

Her work has been part of such festivals as rock.paper.sistaz, Groundswell, Hysteria and the inaugural 50in50: Writing Black Women Into Existence curated by Dominique Morisseau at the Billie Holiday Theatre in Brooklyn. She is a past participant of Playwrights Workshop Montreal and The CEAD Writers’ residency in Gros Morne, Newfoundland.

She was recently commissioned by Myseum of Toronto (Intersections Festival) to create a short play called DeRailed: The History of Railway Porters in Canada based on Cecil Foster’s book They Call Me George.

 Follow @maygunz on Instagram