Tara Beagan is a proud Ntlaka'pamux and Irish "Canadian" halfbreed. She is cofounder/director of ARTICLE 11 with Andy Moro. A11 has worked in Aotearoa, Australia, and Edinburgh. Beagan has served as artistic director, community liaison, and co-artistic associate of Native Earth Performing Arts. Residencies include Cahoots, NEPA, the National Arts Centre, Berton House, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Banff Playwrights Lab, and, in 2024, New Harlem Productions. Nine of her thirty-seven plays are published, and two have received Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations, with one win. In 2020, Honour Beat won the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award. Beagan is also an award nominated actor and director. She is the 2020 laureate of the Siminovitch Prize.
