Actor • Performer • Storyteller
A New York-trained actor whose range spans the intimate demands of experimental theater to the technical precision of film and television. Brave on set, thoughtful in the room, and genuinely collaborative at every stage of the creative process.
Megan Putnam is a New York-trained actor and performer whose range spans the intimate demands of experimental theater to the technical precision of film and television. A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts — where she trained in the Experimental Theater Wing and Stella Adler Technique — Megan brings a rigorous, craft-first approach to every role she inhabits.
Her screen credits include lead roles on Investigation Discovery’s I Almost Got Away With It and a string of independent films spanning NYU thesis productions to Bay Area features. On stage she has brought characters to life across Shakespeare, musical theater, and provocative new works at companies including the Marin Shakespeare Company, Custom Made Theatre, Thrillpeddlers, and New Conservatory Theatre Center.
What sets Megan apart is not just her versatility but her commitment to the full creative process. She is as comfortable in the writers room — listening, questioning, and building — as she is stepping in front of the camera or walking into the light. Her energy is infectious without being distracting, her instincts sharp without being precious. Directors and collaborators find in her someone who arrives prepared, stays curious, and elevates the work around her.
Megan has taken the lead in productions for Investigation Discovery, NYU Tisch, and SFSU, working with directors from coast to coast. Her television work includes I Almost Got Away With It (Indigo Films / Investigation Discovery) and 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. Film credits include Smithereens, The Morning After (NYU Thesis Film), Heart Strings, WaDaubi, and One Could Go Home Again But… — nearly all in lead roles.
Theater credits include work with the Marin Shakespeare Company, Custom Made Theatre Company, Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Thrillpeddlers, and New Conservatory Theatre Center, alongside extensive NYU productions ranging from classical text to avant-garde devised work.
Her physical and vocal range is equally impressive: trained in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and afro-Haitian dance; a soprano who can sing opera, pop, and musical theater in English and Italian; and a certified stage combatant skilled in broadsword, rapier, and hand-to-hand. She is, in every sense, a complete performer.
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