Meghan Andrews

Meghan Andrews
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

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
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

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
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
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

1. "Rothko"
2. "Run Run Run"
3. "Brooklyn Song"
4. "Kid"
5. "Sweet Louise"
6. "Trouble"
7. "Traffic Jam"
8. "Kinski's Three"
9. "Venus Rising"
10. "Changed"
11. "Around"
12. "Lights Like This"

Just Let Go
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

1. "99"
2. "Venus Rising"
3. "Islene"
4. "Johnny Colorado"
5. "Waitin' Around to Die"
6. "New York City"
7. "Just Let Go"
8. "Sigh No More"
9. "Would"
10. "Whisk"

Venus Rising
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

1. "99"
2. "Johnny Colorado"
3. "Just Let Go"
4. "New York City"
5. "Sigh No More"
6. "Venus Rising"
7. "Waiting Around to Die"
8. "Islene"
9. "Would"
10. "Years Pass"

Center of Gravity
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

1. "Center of Gravity"
2. "The Garden of Hardly Here"
3. "Trial & Error"
4. "Annie"
5. "Human Love"
6. "Carry Me"
7. "Tiny Belgian Town"
8. "Oasis"

Covers
Studio album by Meghan Andrews
Released	2024
Recorded	2005–2006
Genre	Folk
Label	Blue Coast Records

Track listing of Covers

1. "Don't Come Around Here No More"
2. "Forever Young"
3. "I'm On Fire"
4. "I Can't Give Everything Away"
5. "Mad Mission"
6. "Strange & Beautiful"
7. "Summer of '69"
8. "The Long Ride Home"
9. "Waiting Around to Die"
10. "When You Were Mine"
11. "Would?"

References

1. There's No Place Like an Imaginary Home by Ben Brantley New York Times 12/5/2005
2. Finding Deeper Meaning in 'Bountiful' Chicago Tribune 3/7/2008
3. Broadway World Awards 2022
4. Lucille Lortel Awards 2006
5. LA Times Miracle on South Division Street
6. Doubt and Dowd Deliver Convincingly NJ.com

External links

• 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