Keng S. Meateanuwat (เก่ง สัณหวิชญ์ เมธีอนุวัตร) - He/They

 

Hi, it's lovely to meet you here. :)

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I’m a queer Thai theatre director, writer, translator, and storyteller based in New York City. At my core, I am a storyteller driven by the belief that theatre can reflect, resist, and rebuild. I create work that centers human relationships—how they’re formed, fractured, and shaped by social structures—within broader systems of power. As a queer Thai immigrant artist, I’m drawn to telling stories that are rarely seen or heard on U.S. stages—stories rooted in Thai culture and experience. My practice is grounded in empathy and urgency, bridging Southeast Asian narratives with the global stage to provoke dialogue, imagine justice, and foster connection across cultures.

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Recent directing credits include What You Are To Me (National Queer Theatre, HERE Arts Center), Lungs (Life Studio, Thailand), KHAM (ART/NY), Lanna Dream (The Den Chicago), The Adventure of Sky and Friends (New Victory LabWorks), A Sisyphean Dream (Pan Asian Rep’s NuWorks 2023), and The Revolutionists (Heartland Theatre Company).

I’ve also worked as an assistant director on Transitional Love Stories (TheatreLab NYC), Sanctuary City (Seattle Rep), and Big Hunk O’ Burnin’ Love (Roundabout Theatre Company).

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My adaptation Walk to the Stars was a semifinalist for the 2024 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center.​

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In 2025, I was selected as a cohort of The Drama League’s Directors Project under the Special Project Residency with New York Stage and Film, and I’m proud to be a recipient of the LMCC Manhattan Arts Grant for my upcoming work in NYC.

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Previous honors include the 2022 National SDC Directing Fellowship Award and the 2023 John Cauble Emerging Producer/Leader Award from the Kennedy Center. I also received the 2023 Drama League’s Irene Gandy Directing Assistantship, and I’m currently part of the Leon Levy Foundation Roundabout Directors Group (Cohort 5).

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I currently serve as Co-Executive Director of the Thai Theatre Foundation US and hold an M.F.A. in Directing from Illinois State University.

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Before moving to the U.S., I taught acting and directing at Bangkok University for three years and served as a resident director with the Bangkok University Theatre Company. During that time, I directed and translated various plays, including August: Osage County, True West, The Humans, Fool for Love, Bent, Death and the Maiden, and The Clean House.

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If you want to get in touch, please do so! 

I am looking forward to hearing from you. 

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Resume available upon request.

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