Keira Loughran
Keira Loughran is an award-winning artist with over 25 years as an actor, director, playwright, dramaturg and producer. She is currently on faculty at York University, teaching Acting, Devised Theatre, Playwriting and Performance Creation at the undergraduate and graduate level. She was the inaugural Associate Producer at the Stratford Festival (2012-2018) where she spearheaded organizational change to support new work, diversity, inclusion and Indigenous reconciliation. Selected directing credits include 4 productions at Stratford (Wendy and Peter Pan, The Comedy of Errors, The Komagata Maru Incident, The Aeneid), Pu-Erh (K’Now Theatre, Dora nomination), Deportation Cast (York University), Titus Andronicus (Canadian Stage) and Little Dragon (Co-directed with Marion DeVries). As an actor, Keira has performed in theatres across the country. She has appeared in several movies, short films and television, including CBS’s Good Sam, and Hallmark Channel’s Good Witch. Keira lives in Stratford with her partner and two kids, where she also trains in Aikido, in which she holds a 3rd degree black belt.