Megan Sandberg-Zakian is a freelance theatre director based in Jamaica Plain, MA. Recent productions include the world premiere of Nat Turner in Jerusalem (New York Theatre Workshop), Skeleton Crew (The Huntington Theatre Company), The Niceties (Portland Stage) and The Convert (Underground Railway Theater, Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Production, IRNE Award for Best Production and Best Director). She is the director-in-residence at Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell, MA, where credits include the world premiere of The Royale (IRNE Award, Best Production and Best Director) and Chill by Eleanor Burgess. Megan has previously served as the associate artistic director of The 52nd Street Project (NYC), The Providence Black Repertory Company (Providence, RI), and Underground Railway Theater (Cambridge, MA). She is a recipient of the Princess Grace Theater Award and the Theatre Communications Group Future Leaders fellowship, a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and co-founder of Maia Directors, a consulting group for artists and organizations engaging with Middle Eastern stories. megansz.com| maiadirectors.com