creative team
Carly Steyer
director, producer
Carly is a writer/director who works across film and theater. Her work explores social performance and self-mythology. She's directed three short films and is currently developing her debut narrative feature film with support from Cine Qua Non Lab. She also works in political media, as a creative producer and director.
She received her BA in Film from Stanford University and previously worked as the development assistant to director Ruben Fleischer and producer David Bernad on projects including HBO’s The White Lotus and Amazon’s Jury Duty. She also runs community film events with Roast n Post.
An SF native, she’s thrilled to bring Crushing home and direct her fourth monologue show.
Megan Calfas
director, producer
Megan is a writer based in San Francisco. She is on staff with the Stanford Storytelling Project and has coached over 200 people on telling their true, personal stories live on stage. A playwright and journalist, Megan often works across mediums on pieces that explore girlhood and identity formation.
Megan is currently a 2026-2027 Resident Playwright with Playwrights Foundation. Her most recent play, Sleepover, was produced at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
As a journalist, she has reported on the environment for the Los Angeles Times and investigated maternal mortality in Zanzibar.
Natachi Onwuamaegbu
co-producer
Natachi is a journalist, novelist, and founder. Her journalistic credits span The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Cosmopolitan, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, 5280 Magazine, and more. Natachi is currently working on the third draft of her novel, How to Fall in Sane, and was a featured writer in the 2023 debut of Crushing in New York City.
She is also the founder of The Ndeza Collective, a Nairobi-based multimedia storytelling group focused on empowering female business owners in Kenya.
Natachi graduated with honors from Stanford, and was a 2022-2023 Fulbright Scholar and a National Geographic Storytelling Fellow. She is now based in London, England.