About the Company
Meet The Whole Pack.
We are a team of passionate, skilled, and creative women, determined to create opportunities for women in our industry. We believe that women contain multitudes, and we deserve to see all shades and facets of ourselves represented onstage. Our productions are dramatic, fresh, exciting, versatile, not afraid to take risks - but always rooted in the text. Between us we have years of experience in theatre and Shakespeare.
Meet Our Team
Jessamy James
Founder, Performer, Director
Jessamy has a particular passion for Shakespeare, but she has experience in a wide range of theatre, including new writing, open-air and children's theatre. She is constantly looking to broaden her experience and learn new skills. Previous credits include Alice Through the Looking Glass (Strange Fascination Theatre), Macbeth (Bowler Crab Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bowler Crab Theatre), Lifeline (Produced by Adam Page), Joffrey! The Pantomime (Quintuple L), Romeo and Juliet (Bowler Crab Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Chapterhouse), In Search of Myself (Distracting Cats Productions), Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Strange Fascination Theatre). Trained at Cygnet Theatre.
Megan Carter
Founder, Performer, Director
Megan Carter (she/they) is an American actor and writer based in London. She holds a BA in Theatre from Loyola University Chicago and an MA in Classical Acting from LAMDA. Megan has previously served as the movement director for The Whole Pack's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and will be directing their upcoming production of Macbeth.
With her strong musical theatre and dance background, Megan especially loves theatre that is highly physical and that involves lots of movement and stage combat. They are passionate about bringing classical works to contemporary audiences in a way that allows people to feel like they have a place in the story and a way to connect to it.
Favourite stage roles include include: Victoria Frankenstein in Frankenstein, Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cordelia in Jekyll and Hyde, Viola in Thirteenth Night: Malvolio’s Revenge (all with British Touring Shakespeare); Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Whole Pack Theatre); Mary Wollstonecraft in Mary's Daughters (BiLLO Studio); Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (Loyola); and Cressida in Troilus and Cressida (LAMDA). They have voiced characters in the audio dramas Gavin's Graveyard Gold (Wyrdworks), That Vampire Show (Tandon Productions), Gower Hall (11th Hour Audio), Accipiter (Dir. Joe Vevers), and in the English dubs of The Empress (Netflix), The Leopard (Netflix), and The Calendar Killer (Amazon).
Mary Anne Coleman
Founder, Designer, Stage Manager
Mary Anne has been a professional Stage Manager since 2004, following her graduation from the University of Salford. Her career highlights include sold-out productions of The Buddy Holly Story (Upstairs at The Gatehouse) and F**king Men (The Arts Theatre London). In 2009, she joined Facsimile Productions as their resident Company Stage Manager.
During her tenure with Facsimile, Mary Anne has toured nationally with classic productions such as Dracula, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Hound of the Baskervilles, and more recently, Jekyll and Hyde. Concurrently, she has dedicated herself to fostering new theatrical works, with credits including Bacchus In Rehab, 13th Night: Malvolio's Revenge, and the acclaimed rock musical Rasputin Rocks!
Mary Anne is thrilled and excited to collaborate with the exceptional ensemble of The Whole Pack, contributing to their innovative reimagining of Shakespeare's works.
Meghan Louise Taylor
Founder, Performer, Musical Director
Meghan Louise Taylor is an award-winning singer, performer, and voice director who originally hails from the USA.
Her classical voice training began whilst earning her undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia before embarking to the UK where she earned her postgraduate degree in vocal performance from the Royal Academy of Music in London. Over the years Meghan has cultivated a particular talent for physical comedy alongside her captivating,versatile, and dramatic singing voice. Meghan relishes bringing roles to life whether it be on stage, on screen, or singing in front of an orchestra.
Notable stage roles include: Gabby/ UglySister in Cinderella with Redroofs Pantomime, Rosalinde from Die Fledermaus and Lucia from Lucia di Lammermoor with Fulham Opera. Notable TV / Film credits include her work as both the Casting and Voice Director on an upcoming Cartoon Network show, Goat Girl, and recently as a mourner in the short film, We Are the Things We Lost. Meghan has also had the privilege of serving as a sound design panelist for the Irish Animation Awards in both 2021 and 2023.
Outside of the world of show-biz, Meghan is the proud dog-mom of two terrier mixes who can be just as loud as she is!