Meaghan Deiter is a second-year M.F.A. acting student at IU.
For IU Theatre: Noises Off (Dotty/Mrs. Clackett) and Hedda Gabler (Miss Tesman). She can be seen in the upcoming IU Theatre production of The Exonerated. Other recent engagements include Gypsy (Mama Rose), Julius Caesar (Marullus/Titinius), and Fox on the Fairway (Muriel) with Festival 56.
Equally versed in opera, Meaghan co-directed and performed in a double bill of new opera works with New Voices Opera last spring and is looking forward to directing their 2017 double bill. Meaghan was a 2014-2015 Emerging Artist with Virginia Opera where she sang Buttercup in HMS Pinafore and traveled the state performing concerts. Other recent engagements include a world premiere and original recording of With Blood, With Ink (Sor Andrea) with Fort Worth Opera.
Additional career highlights include The Mikado (Katisha), Lysistrata (Kleonike), and Julio Cesare (Nireno) with Fort Worth Opera; The Romeo and Juliet Project (Anita) with Chautauqua Opera and Chautauqua Theatre Co.; The Barber of Seville (Berta) with The Santa Fe Concert Association; Rigoletto (Giovanna) with Saratoga Opera; Fiddler on the Roof (Yente) with Ash Lawn Opera and The New Theatre Restaurant; Pirates of Penzance (Edith) with Wichita Grand Opera; Iolanta (Laura) with Kentucky Opera; Gianni Schicchi (La Ciesca) with New Opera St. Louis; Candide (The Old Lady), Hello, Dolly! (Dolly Levi), and The Marriage of Figaro (Marcellena) with The Seagle Music Colony.
Meaghan is originally from Sabetha, Kansas, a rural farming community, and received her B.F.A. in theatre/voice and her MM in voice from the University of Kansas.
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