Merri Biechler是戏剧学院的院长, 教学副教授, 剧作家, 演员, 和教育家. 她是俄亥俄州艺术委员会个人优秀奖和回旋镖基金艺术家奖的获得者. 她的戏剧包括 塔米·菲的最终海选 (发脾气剧院, 都柏林, OH; Centenary Stage Company; Cincinnati Fringe 2015 – Best of Fringe; Washington DC Capital Fringe 2015 – Best of Fringe); 阿巴拉契亚圣诞颂歌 (Brick Monkey 剧院 Ensemble world premiere; Woodford Theatre, KY); 占领 (Hollywood Fringe 2016 – Dozen Best; Seven Devils Playwrights Conference semifinalist; P73 Playwriting Fellowship semifinalist; Perishable Theatre’s International Women’s Playwriting Festival finalist); 真正的女孩不会赢 (Centenary Stage Company Women Playwrights Series winner; Stavis Award nominee; David Mark Cohen Award finalist); 炸弹，宝贝和宾果 (Mortar Theatre Company world premiere; New Orleans Fringe Festival; Artist’s Laboratory Theatre workshop; P73 Playwriting Fellowship semifinalist; Clubbed Thumb biennial commission finalist); and 一个不情愿的看护者的自白 (埃德蒙顿的北极光剧院, 阿尔伯塔省, world premiere canceled due to COVID; Princess Grace Award finalist; Jane Chambers Student Playwriting Award winner; Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition finalist; WordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory participant, 并获得总计40美元的资助,用这部剧作为医学生的教学工具). 梅里在newbb电子平台获得了剧本创作硕士学位.

作为一名演员, 梅里曾就读于北卡罗莱纳艺术学院，并在桑福德·迈斯纳(Sanford Meisner)的邻里剧场和他在贝基亚岛的家中学习, 西印度群岛. 她花了18个月的时间和《 托尼和蒂娜的婚礼在电影中出现 He Said, She Said; The Thing Called Love; Claire in Motion; Trailerpark; and 四月的片段; and guest-starred on episodes of 判断Amy, E.R., 墨菲布朗. 她出演了坦特姆剧院的《 蛋糕.

她的新项目，与联合创始人塞缪尔·多德，是 健康村:沉浸式医疗剧院. 它使用美术技术和方法来教医疗保健学生与患者合作.