Megan Twycross is a writer, director and performer committed to bringing regional stories to the stage.

(BIO) Megan is currently the theatre director for The Find Your Voice Collective — an all abilities performing arts company based in South West Victoria. Here she works on ensemble theatre, film clips and multidisciplinary arts experiences. Through this she collaborates with world-renowned artists and composers of all abilities including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Mama Kin Spender and Snuff Puppets. She is also the recipient of the 2025 inaugural Fletcher Jones Fellowship and Griffin Theatre Company’s Literary Assistant based in Sydney.

After graduating from University of Melbourne Arts (Honours: Theatre Studies/Creative Writing), Megan worked alongside playwrights such as Declan Greene, Lally Katz, Angus Cerini, Dan Giovannoni, Ross Mueller and Patricia Cornelius. Megan also honed her skills in acting, directing and teaching through various collaborations with Nadja Kostich, and Susie Dee.

In 2011, Megan's first full-length play SMUDGED was previewed at LaMama Courthouse and was the recipient of Under the Radar fund, allowing it to premiere at Brisbane Festival. CLUSTER, her first play for young people won the 2020 APT Regional Playwriting Award, a mentorship with director Susie Dee and a reading with actors Emily Goddard, Eva Seymour and Carly Sheppard, as well as being shortlisted for the 2021 MTC Cyber Electric Series. Her play STUCK was also shortlisted for the Red Stitch Ink program in 2022, a public reading with Eva Seymour and Peta Brady at LaMama's 2024 Explorations season and a further 2 week development at LaMama in 2025 with actors Lucy Ansell and Caroline Lee. As a playwright Megan is committed to bringing the voice of regional Australia to the foreground of Australian theatre and wants metro audiences to be educated on the regional experience.