Megan Ruoro

is a Kenyan-American artist whose work interrogates identity construction through storytelling across mediums. 

As a writer, she is currently a 2025-2027 fellow of the Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group. Her playwriting has been developed at The Makers’ Ensemble, Yale Cabaret, The Workshop Theatre, Cape Cod Theatre Project, and Yale Playwrights Festival. 

As an actor, she studied performance at Yale University and is a trained vocalist. Her recent roles have included works at The Makers' Ensemble, New York City Center, and Yale.

She holds a BA in Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies and Political Science from Yale University

current/ upcoming:

august: [co-writer/deviser and performer] The Lesser Workshops Presents: The Bakkhai 

november: [writer] Workshop Presentation of THERE IS NO MCDONALDS IN NAMIBIA at The University of Michigan

spring 2027: [writer and actor] Emerging Writers Group Spotlight Reading Series at The Public Theater