The Rink at the End of the World

by Megan Tabaque

FULL LENGTH - IN DEVELOPMENT: When an entire country club of athletes get taken out by a rogue bout of covid, a motley crew of mall-rink figure skaters find themselves on a flight to Croatia to compete in the World Synchronized Figure Skating Championships as first-alternates. As they train, complain, destroy, and rebuild each other on their quest to achieve the impossible, something even darker looms on the...

FULL LENGTH - IN DEVELOPMENT: When an entire country club of athletes get taken out by a rogue bout of covid, a motley crew of mall-rink figure skaters find themselves on a flight to Croatia to compete in the World Synchronized Figure Skating Championships as first-alternates. As they train, complain, destroy, and rebuild each other on their quest to achieve the impossible, something even darker looms on the edges of the global stage: a nuclear arms race. This play asks the hard questions, like: Where is Croatia again? // What the hell is Putin’s problem? // Why is Tall Heather Co-Captain and not me? // Where can we find relief and the strength to go on when it feels like the world is only out to destroy us?

The Rink at the End of the World is a comic experiment in synchronization, surreality, and apocalyptic survival that uses the high octane, high stakes, high learning curve emotional drivers of teenage girls to capture a contemporary sense of doom that younger generations might feel living in a world uninvested in its own future and instead invested in its own demise.

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  • Robert Axelrod: The Rink at the End of the World by Megan Tabaque
    “

    If you are looking for a play that will make you laugh, while pushing the bounds of what you thought was possible with theatre, look no further. Megan Tabaque's fantastic play is something that will keep you thinking, and talking about, long after you've left the theatre. This gem of a play is filled with roles that actors will be eager to sink their teeth into, and characters that audiences won't want to leave. Get ready for one incredible ride of a play!

    If you are looking for a play that will make you laugh, while pushing the bounds of what you thought was possible with theatre, look no further. Megan Tabaque's fantastic play is something that will keep you thinking, and talking about, long after you've left the theatre. This gem of a play is filled with roles that actors will be eager to sink their teeth into, and characters that audiences won't want to leave. Get ready for one incredible ride of a play!

    ”
  • Rachel Borders: The Rink at the End of the World by Megan Tabaque
    “

    Megan brings together humor and thought-provoking discourse about the fragility of our world. As a former skater myself, there are so many nuggets to tickle someone who knows skating, but there is also no barrier to entry for those unfamiliar. It weaves creativity and movement together beautifully and is able to accomplish a world much larger than its 8-person cast. Watching Megan develop this play was a joy. I know audiences will fall in love with this team of teenagers.

    Megan brings together humor and thought-provoking discourse about the fragility of our world. As a former skater myself, there are so many nuggets to tickle someone who knows skating, but there is also no barrier to entry for those unfamiliar. It weaves creativity and movement together beautifully and is able to accomplish a world much larger than its 8-person cast. Watching Megan develop this play was a joy. I know audiences will fall in love with this team of teenagers.

    ”
  • Adam Hunter Howard: The Rink at the End of the World by Megan Tabaque
    “

    If you see this title on a marquee or in your "tickets now available" inbox, grab your seat now! What a ride. Tabaque combines biting humor with gravitas, infusing various, inspiring styles of dramatic writing to a piece that takes us in directions we never saw coming...but maybe should have. This rink, and the girls skating around it, through it, and above it, will undoubtedly leave you chatting in the lobby and taking a deep look at where we've been and where we dread we might be headed.

    If you see this title on a marquee or in your "tickets now available" inbox, grab your seat now! What a ride. Tabaque combines biting humor with gravitas, infusing various, inspiring styles of dramatic writing to a piece that takes us in directions we never saw coming...but maybe should have. This rink, and the girls skating around it, through it, and above it, will undoubtedly leave you chatting in the lobby and taking a deep look at where we've been and where we dread we might be headed.

    ”

Development History

  • Reading, The Road Theater - Under Construction 5, 2025