Education
mfa, playwriting, columbia university in the city of new york
bfa, performance, ohio university
awards
shubert foundation scholarship, columbia university
new play finalist, magic in rough spaces — rorschach theatre for camp champ.
new play finalist, new works northwest ACT theatre camp champ
residences
catwalk arts residency — kipsy + the pirates + the river that runs both ways
the orchard project
brb — fresh ground pepper nyc, the mall project
morgan mcnaught writes old faerie tales for new worlds.
obsessed with ritual, pop culture, quantum futures, old ways of knowing, the self as character, the color pink, and site-specific experience-making, they deftly mix pop culture with mysticism, glitter, and nihilism to create a whole .
working in performance art, video, transmedia, theater, experimental and collaged text, morgan collaborates with movement and dance-based artists—offering text scores, world-building offerings, vibe synthesis, and intuitive dramaturgy.
the worlds of their plays are haunted by murderous scouts, performance artists trapped in their own work, bunnies who need to go to bed, a sea monster that lives forever on the hudson river, and a haunting site-specific picnic at hanging rock set at the met cloisters.
from sustained silent book club to pizza writers to co-founding an artist residency, morgan’s work conjures collective spaces for reflection, play, and generating speculative futures through shared acts of witnessing.
