Meghan Andrews
Meghan Andrews | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. |
Education | State University of New York, Purchase (BFA) Lifetime Member of The Actors' Studio |
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, Songwriter |
Meghan Andrews may have been the youngest to ever perform at The Actors' Studio, where she did a scene from The Miracle Worker when she was 10 years old. After seeing her work, Estelle Parsons offered Meghan a role playing opposite her in Forgiving Typhoid Mary at George Street Playhouse. Later, Meghan would become a lifetime member of The Studio.
She made her Broadway debut in Steppenwolf Theatre Company's The Grapes of Wrath, alongside Gary Sinise and Lois Smith (she later worked in her adult career with Lois Smith both in The Cherry Orchard and The Trip to Bountiful Off-Broadway and at The Goodman Theatre, Chicago, working alongside legendary playwright Horton Foote). Meghan left Broadway at the time to move to television where she starred in 2 seasons of The Babysitters Club, which aired on The Disney Channel, HBO, and most recently NETFLIX.
Now Meghan is a classically trained singer and an award-winning Actress (WINNER! 2022 Broadway World Award for her work as "Lady Macbeth" at The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, NOMINATED! Lucille Lortel Award for "Thelma" in The Trip to Bountiful alongside Lois Smith). She's appeared in over 30 theatrical productions (Broadway, Off-Broadway, 1st National Tours, Regional, World Premieres, US Premieres). You may recognize Meghan from her Film and TV work on NBC, F/X, CBS, etc. Recently she premiered in Season 2 of Shrinking on Apple TV playing "Jennie" alongside Jason Segel, Michael Urie, and Heidi Gardner, directed by Zach Braff.
Ever since her aunt lent her a Martin guitar and Meghan taught herself to play, songwriting has been a part of who she is. She played her original music solo and in bands all over NYC (The Bitter End, CBGB's Gallery, City Winery, Rockwood Music Hall, Cornelia Street Cafe, The Living Room, Brooklyn Bowl) and LA (The Mint, House of Blues, Gengis Cohen, Witzend, The E Spot Lounge). She toured the West Coast and won a few awards (WINNER! Best Song & Best Performance for songs "Sweet Louise" and "99" West Coast Songwriters Competition 2014).
Meghan has 4 studio albums. Several notable musicians appear on each including Steve Gadd, Brain, Zev Katz, Greg Cohen, and Jaik Miller (R.I.P). She was asked to sing at Horton Foote's memorial and was subsequently introduced to Walter Sear (R.I.P), who offered to co-produce her album Lights Like This at his legendary studio, Sear Sound, NYC. After winning the West Coast Songwriter's Competition, Cookie Marenco of Blue Coast Records invited Meghan to record the album Just Let Go with her high-resolution audio label, leading to many collaborations with Cookie including a 4 song EP of covers and 2 Albums, Venus Rising and Special Event 43, all recorded live to DSD. You can hear Meghan's original music on Tidal, Apple Music, Spotify, Quobuz, Soundcloud, YouTube, Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon Music, and Blue Coast Music.
This New York City native found her heaven on earth in a little beach town along the California coast, where she lives with her husband and daughter. She also gives back to future generations by teaching vocal performance to youngsters all over the US.
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Earthday Birthday | (voice) | TV movie |
1990-1993 | The Baby-Sitters Club | Mallory Pike | 13 Episodes |
1991 | Flesh 'n' Blood | Beauty Weed | 12 episodes |
1996 | Law & Order | Brandson Daughter | Episode: "Corpus Deliciti" |
1997 | Cost of Living | Ted's Sister | |
2004–2005 | Guiding Light | Tara Ledom | TV series |
2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Vanessa Albert | Episode: "Lonelyville" |
2011 | The Adjustment Bureau | Cedar Lake Receptionist | |
2011 | Justified | Jill | Episode: "Save My Love" |
2016 | Drifting | Robbie | |
2016 | The Big Swim | Mary Simmons | Short |
2024 | Shrinking | Jennie | Episode: "Psychological Something-ism" |
Theatre
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
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1989 | The Secret Garden | Mary | 1st Broadway Workshop Production | Jujamcyn Productions |
1990 | Forgiving Typhoid Mary | Sarah | George Street Playhouse | |
1990 | The Grapes of Wrath | Ruthie Joad - Understudy | Cort Theatre - Broadway | Produced by Steppenwolf Theatre Company |
1990 | Tamara | Tamara | Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC | Off-Off Broadway |
1999 | The Taming of the Shrew | Bianca | Franklin Stock Company | |
2003 | All's Well That Ends Well | Countess | Blessed Unrest, NYC | Off-Off Broadway |
2004 | Defences of Prague | Diana | La Mama Experimental Theatre Club | Off-Off Broadway |
2004 | Sympathy | Jean | Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC | Off-Off Broadway |
2005-2006 | The Trip to Bountiful | Thelma | Signature Theatre Company, NYC | Off-Broadway Nominated Best Supporting Actress Lucille Lortel Awards |
2006 | Clocks & Whistles | Anne | Origin Theatre Company, NYC | Off-Off Broadway |
2006 | Honky Tonk Angels | Darlene | Alabama Shakespeare Festival | |
2007 | Dracula | Mina | Fulton Opera House | |
2007 | Doubt: A Parable | Sister James | George Street Playhouse | |
2007 | Frost/Nixon | Evonne, Caroline understudy | St. James Theatre - Broadway | Produced by The Donmar Warehouse |
2008 | The Trip to Bountiful | Thelma | The Goodman Theatre | Chicago |
2008-2009 | Frost/Nixon | Evonne | Broadway Tour | 1st National Tour |
2012 | Words By... Ira Gershwin | Chanteuse | North Coast Repertory Theatre | San Diego, CA |
2013 | Educating Rita | Rita | North Coast Repertory Theatre | San Diego, CA |
2013 | Miracle on South Division Street | Beverly | Colony Theatre - Burbank | ArtsInLA.com Best Actress Critics Pick |
2014 | Collected Stories | Lisa | Rubicon Theatre | Ventura, CA |
2015 | The Empty Man | Kate | The Blank Theatre Company | Los Angeles |
2016 | Much Ado About Nothing | Hero | Here & Now Theatre Company | West Townshend, Vermont |
2017 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Helena | Here & Now Theatre Company | West Townshend, Vermont |
2017 | The Spitfire Grill | Shelby | North Coast Reperatory Theatre | San Diego,CA |
2017 | King Charles III | Kate Middleton | Pasadena Playhouse | Los Angeles |
2018 | Theory Of Nothing | Sugar | Pasadena Playhouse | Los Angeles |
2018 | King Lear | Regan | Rubicon Theatre | Ventura, CA |
2019 | Ladies | Lady Elizabeth Montagu | Boston Court Pasadena Theatre Company | Los Angeles |
2020 | Passion | Fosca | Boston Court Pasadena Theatre Company | Los Angles |
2022 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Alabama Shakespeare Festival | Winner! 2022 Broadway World Awards Best Performer |
2023 | Into the Breeches | Maggie | I.C.T | Long Beach |
2023 | The Sound of Music | Elsa | Musical Theatre West | 2023-2024 Scenies Winner! Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical Stage Scene LA |
Awards and nominations
[edit]Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1992 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Series | Flesh 'n' Blood | Nominated |
2006 | Lucille Lortel Award | Outstanding Featured Actress | The Trip to Bountiful | Nominated |
2014 | West Coast Songwriters Competition | Best Song & Best Performance | “Sweet Louise” “99” | Won |
2022 | Broadway World Awards | Best Performer | Macbeth | Won |
2023 | Stage Scene LA Awards "Scenies" | Best Featured Performance in a Musical | The Sound of Music | Won |
Lights Like This | |
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Studio album by Meghan Andrews | |
Released | 2012 |
Recorded | 2010–2012 |
Studio | Sear Sound, NYC |
Genre | Folk |
Label | Blue Pearl Records |
Producer | Loren Toolajian, Walter Sear, Meghan Andrews |
Track listing of Lights Like This
[edit]- "Rothko"
- "Run Run Run"
- "Brooklyn Song"
- "Kid"
- "Sweet Louise"
- "Trouble"
- "Traffic Jam"
- "Kinski's Three"
- "Venus Rising"
- "Changed"
- "Around"
- "Lights Like This"
Just Let Go | |
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Studio album by Meghan Andrews | |
Released | 2018 |
Recorded | 2018 |
Studio | Blue Coast Records |
Genre | Folk |
Label | Blue Pearl Records |
Producer | Cookie Marenco, Meghan Andrews, Marco Ferrero |
Track listing of Just Let Go
[edit]- "99"
- "Venus Rising"
- "Islene"
- "Johnny Colorado"
- "Waitin' Around to Die"
- "New York City"
- "Just Let Go"
- "Sigh No More"
- "Would"
- "Whisk"
Venus Rising | |
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Studio album by Meghan Andrews | |
Released | 2019 |
Recorded | 2018 |
Studio | Blue Coast Records |
Genre | Folk |
Label | Blue Coast Records |
Producer | Cookie Marenco |
Track listing of Center of Gravity
[edit]- "99"
- "Johnny Colorado"
- "Just Let Go"
- "New York City"
- "Sigh No More"
- "Venus Rising"
- "Waiting Around to Die"
- "Islene"
- "Would"
- "Years Pass"
Center of Gravity | |
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Studio album by Meghan Andrews | |
Released | 2006 |
Recorded | 2005–2006 |
Genre | Folk |
Label | Blue Pearl Records |
Producer | Meghan Andrews, George Andrews, Jo D. Andrews |
Track listing of Center of Gravity
[edit]- "Center of Gravity"
- "The Garden of Hardly Here"
- "Trial & Error"
- "Annie"
- "Human Love"
- "Carry Me"
- "Tiny Belgian Town"
- "Oasis"
Covers | |
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Studio album by Meghan Andrews | |
Released | 2024 |
Recorded | 2005–2006 |
Genre | Folk |
Label | Blue Coast Records |
Track listing of Covers
[edit]- "Don't Come Around Here No More"
- "Forever Young"
- "I'm On Fire"
- "I Can't Give Everything Away"
- "Mad Mission"
- "Strange & Beautiful"
- "Summer of '69"
- "The Long Ride Home"
- "Waiting Around to Die"
- "When You Were Mine"
- "Would?"
References
[edit]- There's No Place Like an Imaginary Home by Ben Brantley New York Times 12/5/2005
- Finding Deeper Meaning in 'Bountiful' Chicago Tribune 3/7/2008
- Broadway World Awards 2022
- Lucille Lortel Awards 2006
- LA Times Miracle on South Division Street
- Doubt and Dowd Deliver Convincingly NJ.com
External links
[edit]- Meghan Andrews at IMDb
- Meghan Andrews at IBDB
- Meghan Andrews at IOBDB
- Meghan Andrews at CD Baby
- Meghan Andrews at Blue Coast Records
- Meghan Andrews at Actors Access