Keira Loughran

Assistant Professor, Theatre, Dance and Performance – AMPD

Keira has worked for 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. As the inaugural Associate Producer for the Forum and the Laboratory at the Stratford Festival, she spearheaded organizational change to support new work and EDI best practices. Prior, she was Artistic Producer of the SummerWorks Festival. Keira splits time between Stratford, Ontario and Change Islands, Newfoundland. Her documentary, Exclusion: Unravelling a Century of Silence will be broadcast in February 2025.