Iain Moggach

Iain Moggach (born c. 1990) is a Canadian Artistic Director, theatre director, theatre producer, and theatre educator. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Moggach studied at Canterbury High School for the Arts. He would go on to study at Carleton University and graduated with a Bachelor of Humanities. He later attended George Brown College, where he obtained a Diploma in acting.
Upon graduation from George Brown, Moggach was part of Theatre by the Bay's inaugural Indie Producer Co-op in Barrie, Ontario. Within months of completing the program, he was asked to become the General Manager, later, Executive Director. In 2018, Moggach became the Artistic Director of the company and built it into one of Ontario's foremost generators of new Canadian plays. 
In addition to his work with the company, Iain co-founded Burro'd Theatre with his wife, Marissa. 
In 2021, Iain was a founding member of the Barrie Arts Alliance, an ad-hoc group of Barrie arts leaders that meets to support local arts advocacy. Amongst the Alliance's successes, they led the charge to save the Georgian Theatre, led to the establishment of The City of Barrie's Arts Advisory Committee, and is leading the charge to build a new performing arts centre in Barrie's downtown.
Moggach is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Barrie Business Award for 'Young Professional of the Year' (2019), the Toast to Tourism Award for Barrie's 'Tourism Champion' and the George Brown College Alumni Awards for Leadership in 2019. As a theatre artist, Iain has worked across Ontario in a variety of styles, but with a focus on new Canadian plays. Most notably, Iain commissioned, and directed, Icemen by Vern Thiessen.
==Directorial work==
* 2011: This is our Youth
*2012: Oleanna
*2013: The Four of Us
*2015: Romeo and Juliet (with composer Landon Doak)
*2016: Shakespeare in Hospitals - Language for Love
*2016: Salt-Water Moon
*2018: All My Sons
*2018: A Midsummer Night's Dream
*2019: Dancing At Lughnasa
*2021: Solus
*2022: A Scandal For All Seasons
*2023: Icemen
==Work developed and produced with Theatre by the Bay==
*2015: The Nine Mile Portage
*2016: WE MUST HAVE MORE MEN!
*2017: The Five Points
*2018: Mary of Shanty Bay
*2018: Northern Lights
*2019: The Cenotaph Project
*2019: Cavernes des Caribous
*2021: Juncture
*2021: The Ghost Watchers
*2021: Mno Bimaadiziwin
*2022: The Lost Heroes of Oro
*2022: A Scandal For All Seasons
*2023: Bobbie
*2023: Icemen
==Awards==
Mayor’s Innovation Awards - 'Creative Collaboration' (for The Ghost Watchers) - 2021
Tootsie Awards - 'One to Watch' - 2021
Barrie Business Awards - 'Not-for-Profit/Charitable Organization of the Year' - 2021 for Theatre by the Bay
George Brown College Alumni Awards - 'Alumni Leadership Award' - 2019
Barrie Business Awards - 'Young Professional of the Year' - 2019 (Finalist in 2018 and 2017)
Barrie Advance Readers’ Choice Awards - 'Best Theatre Instructor' - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
Tourism Barrie’s Toast to Tourism Awards - 'Tourism Champion' - 2019
Barrie Advance Readers’ Choice Awards - 'Best Live Theatre' - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017 for Theatre by the Bay (Burro’d Theatre was also a 2019 Finalist)
Barrie Arts Awards - 'Emerging Artist' (Finalist) - 2018
Barrie Business Awards - 'Employee of the Year' (Finalist) - 2018
Category:1990 birth
Category:People from Ontario
Category:Canadian people
Category:Carleton University alumni
Category:Artistic directors
Category:Theatre directors