Meg Flather has won two Bistro and two Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) Awards as a performer, a MAC and BroadwayWorld.com Cabaret Award as a songwriter, the 2020 Special Production MAC Award for Meg Flather Songs/A Cabaret Sisterhood, the 2023 United Solo Award for Best Storytelling Show for her original solo musical, Hold On Tight . . . a love story, and the 2023 BroadwayWorld.com Cabaret Award for Best Show for Hammerstein & Sondheim: CAREFULLY TAUGHT. Hold on Tight also was nominated for 2023 MAC and BroadwayWorld.com Cabaret Awards. Meg received a 2022 Major Female Artist MAC Award nomination and Best Show BroadwayWorld.com Cabaret Award nomination for her work in her critically acclaimed show, Rodgers & Hammerstein TODAY. Meg has released eight CDs of her original music and has authored two books: Home Shopping Diva. . . Lessons, Lyrics and Lipstick and Hold On Tight . . . a love story. She has written and recorded songs for independent films, Off-Broadway, and on behalf of HIV/AIDS, 9/11, Alzheimer’s, Autism, suicide awareness, political activism, and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Meg made her cabaret debut at NY’s original Duplex in 1985, but these days is an artist in residence at NY’s oldest continuing cabaret room, Don’t Tell Mama. Meg has been a featured performer at NY’s 54 Below, The Laurie Beechman Theatre, The Triad, Urban Stages, Webster Hall, the Tribeca Film Festival, the Philippine Consulate, Mohonk Mountain House, The 2018 and 2022 Mabel Mercer Cabaret Conventions at The Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the 2022 and 2023 Provincetown Cabaret Festivals, and Boston’s Club Café. Meg has performed her solo musical, Hold On Tight . . . a love story at Theatre Row, Teatro LATEA, and The Tank in NYC.
Meg is a member of SAG/AFTRA & AEA and has acted in numerous commercials and corporate films. She has appeared on all home shopping networks in the US, Canada, and Australia, and proudly serves as Brand Ambassador for StriVectin skincare on HSN and TSC, Canada.
Born in the Philippines as the youngest daughter of Peace Corps parents, Meg spent her first five years in Micronesia and Malaysia. Her family then moved to Massachusetts, but she eventually settled in New York City where she attended the High School of Music and Art in Harlem and then NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the State University of New York (SUNY). After college, Meg devoted several years to volunteering with AIDS and cancer patients through the Supportive Care Program at St. Vincent’s Hospital. Meg is a member of New York’s 117-year-old The Dutch Treat Club (for performance and literary artists) as well as The American Songbook Association, which promotes music appreciation in NYC public schools.