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About the company
White Rooster Theatre was incorporated in April 2001 and has committed the past 19 years to seeking and producing the best work of our female writers. With a global movement to increase the presence of women in theatre, White Rooster is the most consistent producer dedicated to women writers in Atlantic Canada. We support the work of women in all aspects of production by prioritizing them for design and other opportunities. We’ve steadily built a reputation for creatively presenting top, award-winning artists with an approach respectful of all artists in the process. In 2019, our season includes 6 productions, three of which include performers of diverse backgrounds. Our intent is to develop talent, regardless of experience, background, education, or ability.
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Meghan GreeleyARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Meghan Greeley is a writer, performer, and director from Corner Brook, NL. She holds a BFA in Theatre (Acting) from Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. Past playwriting credits include: Jawbone (developed through Nightwood's Write From the Hip program; workshop production at the University of Calgary in 2020; premiere production by White Rooster Theatre in 2021); To the Girls (Stephenville Theatre Festival, 2021), The Cut of It (White Rooster, 2019); Blue Castle (Rising Tide, 2018); Hunger (White Rooster, 2015 premiere and 2019 provincial tour), China (created through the Tarragon Playwrights Unit, 2017); Kingdom (White Rooster Theatre, 2012 premiere and Stages Festival 2013; CONTRA Productions, 2016), and the short play Brother, Brother (InspiraTO winner). Directing credits include Santiago Guzmán’s Altar (RCAT, 2021) and Mallory Clarke's motherskin (White Rooster/RCAT, 2022). As a performer, select theatre credits include: Jawbone, Hunger, Kingdom (White Rooster); Out of It, West Moon, Saltwater Moon, Play Me Home (Rising Tide); Three Sisters, Richard III (Wolf Manor Collective); Rabbit Rabbit (Poverty Cove). For film: Crackie (Kickham East; Canada's Top Ten selection, TIFF 2009); Warehouse 13 (Syfy/NBC Universal); Quelle Affaire (Blue Pinion); Swallowed (People's Choice Winner, TIFF Talent Lab). If Meghan looks vaguely familiar to you but you can’t quite place her, it might be because you’ve seen her as Lucy Maud Montgomery in a Canadian Heritage Minute. Most recently, her play Hunger was published by Breakwater Books in 2022. Current projects include a play in development with Poverty Cove’s inaugural playwrights' unit and the writing of a debut novel thanks to the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts and ArtsNL.
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Board of Directors
Recognitions & Awards
Our 2014 co-production of Catherine Banks’ Governor General Awardwinning play It Is Solved By Walking with Halifax-based HomeFirst Productions, directed by Mary Vingoe, received 5 Merritt Award nominations in NS.
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