Weyni Mengesha
Artistic Director, Director, Dramaturge, Performer
Awards & Nominations
2017 Dora Award Nominee (General Theatre Division) – Outstanding Direction (Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts I, II, III))
2014 Dora Award Nominee – Outstanding Direction (Lungs)
Assistant Director
| As You Like It (2008) | Assistant Director |
| Three Sisters (2007) | Assistant Director |
| The Threepenny Opera (2007) | Assistant Director |
Director
| A Streetcar Named Desire (2024) | Director |
| The Guide to Being Fabulous (2023) | Director |
| Pipeline (2021) | Director |
| Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train (2020) | Director |
| A Streetcar Named Desire (2019) | Director |
| Butcher (2017) | Director |
| Kim's Convenience (2017) | Director |
| Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts I, II, III) (2016) | Director |
| Kim's Convenience (2015) | Director |
| Butcher (2015) | Director |
| Lungs (2015) | Director |
| Kim's Convenience (2014) | Director |
| Lungs (2014) | Director |
| Kim's Convenience (2013) | Director |
| The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs (2012) | Director |
| Kim's Convenience (2012) | Director |
| Another Africa - Shine Your Eye (2011) | Introduction Director |
| Another Africa - Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God (2011) | Introduction Director |
| A Raisin in the Sun (2010) | Director |
| Yellow-Man (2009) | Director |
| A Raisin in the Sun (2008) | Director |
| blood.claat: one womban story (2006) | Director |
Dramaturge
| Another Africa - Shine Your Eye (2011) | Dramaturge |
| Another Africa - Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God (2011) | Dramaturge |
| The Africa Trilogy - Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God (2010) | Dramaturge |
| The Africa Trilogy - GLO (2010) | Dramaturge |
| People Power (2008) | Play Creation Facilitators / Dramaturge |
Performer
| The Threepenny Opera (2007) | Betty |
Staff
| Soulpepper Theatre Company | Artistic Director (2019-) |
| The Amy Project | Artistic Director |
