bioMegan Shuchman currently serves as Education Manager at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. As a freelance director and dramaturg, she has worked for such companies as Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre, TimeLine Theatre Company, American Theater Company, 16th Street Theater, Chicago Dramatists, Lifeline Theatre, XIII Pocket, 2nd Story and the side project theatre company. Megan formerly served as Northlight Theatre's Associate Director of Arts Education and acted as Curator of the New Play Reading Series at Around the Coyote Art Gallery from 2006-2009.

Before moving to Chicago in 2006, Megan was an executive member of the Prison Creative Arts Project, producing plays in prisons and juvenile detention centers around southeastern Michigan. She remains an active member of PCAP's Associates Board and is a leader of the Chicago chapter.

Megan received a BA in Theatre with a focus on directing from the University of Michigan.

videoAn introduction to Megan's work