Megan Tripaldi

Megan Tripaldi (She/They) is an actor, internationally produced playwright, educator, and mom living and working in Portland, ME. They graduated from the University of Southern Maine with a BA in Theatre in 2012 and received a Masters Degree in Playwriting at Goddard College in 2023. She has had plays produced across the United States and Canada.

Megan Tripaldi (She/They) is an actor, internationally produced playwright, educator, and mom living and working in Portland, ME. They graduated from the University of Southern Maine with a BA in Theatre in 2012 and received a Masters Degree in Playwriting at Goddard College in 2023. She has had plays produced across the United States and Canada.

Scripts

The Greatest Beginning and Ending

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE-ACT
In the dark attic of the mind there is a box covered in dust. In it there may be the answer to the most urgent question: what is The Greatest Beginning and Ending? A Storyteller decides one day that the box must be opened and ventures into the dark. There they discover that within the box there are memories that haven’t been explored in a long time.

ONE-ACT
In the dark attic of the mind there is a box covered in dust. In it there may be the answer to the most urgent question: what is The Greatest Beginning and Ending? A Storyteller decides one day that the box must be opened and ventures into the dark. There they discover that within the box there are memories that haven’t been explored in a long time.

We Were Caught Wandering

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

TEN-MINUTE
Winter 1996, Brunswick, Maine: The headline says that cows escape from a local University campus onto a horse farm. A Cow, a Horse, and a Farmer each have to deal with the chaos that this escape creates.

TEN-MINUTE
Winter 1996, Brunswick, Maine: The headline says that cows escape from a local University campus onto a horse farm. A Cow, a Horse, and a Farmer each have to deal with the chaos that this escape creates.

The Road of Lost Things

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

FULL-LENGTH
The Road of Lost Things centers around a young girl, Jasmine who goes on a journey to find her lost sister, Lavender. Along with the ghost of her cat, Murphy, the two begin a journey to an unknown world that parallels their own; a world where memory is key and lost things come to life. As they journey on, Jasmine and Murphy each make discoveries of their own by looking back on and reliving their...

FULL-LENGTH
The Road of Lost Things centers around a young girl, Jasmine who goes on a journey to find her lost sister, Lavender. Along with the ghost of her cat, Murphy, the two begin a journey to an unknown world that parallels their own; a world where memory is key and lost things come to life. As they journey on, Jasmine and Murphy each make discoveries of their own by looking back on and reliving their memories, and eventually learning the truth of where Lavender has gone.

Gorgons

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

FULL-LENGTH.
Medusa is dead; Stheno and Euryale, her two sisters, remain. As a century passes they are left behind to process their grief over her demise and their grief over being trapped in the shadows by the gods and to figure out who they are without her.

FULL-LENGTH.
Medusa is dead; Stheno and Euryale, her two sisters, remain. As a century passes they are left behind to process their grief over her demise and their grief over being trapped in the shadows by the gods and to figure out who they are without her.

You and I and the End of the World

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE ACT.
1941, London. The Blitz.
The sounds fill the night like uproarious thunder, striking the earth with their lightning as if from the fist of a vengeful god. It is the sound of horror; it is the music of war.
The streets are filled with heaps of crumbled rock and ash; precious possessions charred and broken. Bodies; so many bodies. There is no water, no food, no clean clothes; only the ones he left...

ONE ACT.
1941, London. The Blitz.
The sounds fill the night like uproarious thunder, striking the earth with their lightning as if from the fist of a vengeful god. It is the sound of horror; it is the music of war.
The streets are filled with heaps of crumbled rock and ash; precious possessions charred and broken. Bodies; so many bodies. There is no water, no food, no clean clothes; only the ones he left behind can carry her through the streets to a safe haven. In the chaos she finds a moment, a place where she can hide. And it is here that she meets her angel. It is here that the world will end.

Cobblestones

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE-ACT
Three high school students from very different social groups experience a paranormal event that brings them together in the creepiest way possible.

ONE-ACT
Three high school students from very different social groups experience a paranormal event that brings them together in the creepiest way possible.

Bugs

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE ACT.
Three children have to learn to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland and avoid the terrors of a country turned against itself. But the turmoil of their lives gets turned up to eleven when the people that they're running from find their hiding spot.

ONE ACT.
Three children have to learn to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland and avoid the terrors of a country turned against itself. But the turmoil of their lives gets turned up to eleven when the people that they're running from find their hiding spot.

The Thing on the Floor

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

TEN-MINUTE.
Two roommates struggle to find out what do do about the mysterious "thing" on their floor.

TEN-MINUTE.
Two roommates struggle to find out what do do about the mysterious "thing" on their floor.

Em and Web

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

FULL-LENGTH.
Em and Web are two people who, in spite of loving each other, have quite a bit of baggage and face obstacles in their romantic relationship. The play demonstrates how real relationships not only take work, but can also prove amazing in the simplest of moments.

FULL-LENGTH.
Em and Web are two people who, in spite of loving each other, have quite a bit of baggage and face obstacles in their romantic relationship. The play demonstrates how real relationships not only take work, but can also prove amazing in the simplest of moments.

Rat-Catcher

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE ACT.
Four students have to rehearse the big fight scene from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" for their English class, but soon what starts as a simple reading turns into a real stand-off straight out of Shakespeare's script!

ONE ACT.
Four students have to rehearse the big fight scene from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" for their English class, but soon what starts as a simple reading turns into a real stand-off straight out of Shakespeare's script!

War: A Love Story

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE-ACT.
Three Furies are sick of the Greek Patriarchy, so they decide to revamp the story of Aphrodite for a more progressive audience. Interweaving through the story they tell, the Furies become the characters that Aphrodite meets as well as Aphrodite herself, proving time and time again that there is both Love and War in all of us.

ONE-ACT.
Three Furies are sick of the Greek Patriarchy, so they decide to revamp the story of Aphrodite for a more progressive audience. Interweaving through the story they tell, the Furies become the characters that Aphrodite meets as well as Aphrodite herself, proving time and time again that there is both Love and War in all of us.

Waking Nightmare

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE ACT.
An adaptation of the myth of Phaedra focusing on mental health and memory. How do we remember tragedy? How do we live with it? How do we survive it?

ONE ACT.
An adaptation of the myth of Phaedra focusing on mental health and memory. How do we remember tragedy? How do we live with it? How do we survive it?

Instructions for the Fallen

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE ACT.
Four Angels have been kicked out of heaven. With the assistance of a recording left by their formers they need to choose whether to navigate the complexities of being human or oblivion.

ONE ACT.
Four Angels have been kicked out of heaven. With the assistance of a recording left by their formers they need to choose whether to navigate the complexities of being human or oblivion.

The Vindication of Strife

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE-ACT
Eris, the Greek Goddess of Strife is completely responsible for inciting the Trojan War - and she will prove it! But even though her case is sound, she is caught in a time loop that she can't get out of while being pursued by a terrifying shadow. What is missing?

ONE-ACT
Eris, the Greek Goddess of Strife is completely responsible for inciting the Trojan War - and she will prove it! But even though her case is sound, she is caught in a time loop that she can't get out of while being pursued by a terrifying shadow. What is missing?

Thunder-Callers

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

TEN-MINUTE.
Two orphaned sisters try to ride out a tornado in their basement, and are forced to confront both their own relationship and their individual relationships to their grief all while the ghost of the teenage version of their mother haunts them.

TEN-MINUTE.
Two orphaned sisters try to ride out a tornado in their basement, and are forced to confront both their own relationship and their individual relationships to their grief all while the ghost of the teenage version of their mother haunts them.

The Afterlife Transit Office

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

TEN-MINUTE.
A man wakes up to find that he is dead and that means quite a bit of paperwork.

TEN-MINUTE.
A man wakes up to find that he is dead and that means quite a bit of paperwork.

Living Bones

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

TEN-MINUTE.
While on a field trip to a science museum, two educators are trapped in a hallway while an animatronic dinosaur rages out of control in the next room.

TEN-MINUTE.
While on a field trip to a science museum, two educators are trapped in a hallway while an animatronic dinosaur rages out of control in the next room.

Needles

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE ACT.
A frustrated knitter laments the decision to summon the forces of darkness in order to finish all the presents she has to knit for the holiday season.

ONE ACT.
A frustrated knitter laments the decision to summon the forces of darkness in order to finish all the presents she has to knit for the holiday season.

Take the Long Way Home

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE ACT.
When your mother’s life is at stake, 4AM isn’t too early to have a serious discussion. Over several pots of coffee and heaps of junk food three siblings decide whether or not when the time comes they can bring themselves to pull the plug.

ONE ACT.
When your mother’s life is at stake, 4AM isn’t too early to have a serious discussion. Over several pots of coffee and heaps of junk food three siblings decide whether or not when the time comes they can bring themselves to pull the plug.

Exquisite Mayhem

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE-ACT
Trapped in an alley during a supervillain's rampage, two strangers bond over terrible work situations and a bad breakup. While they wait for help to arrive, a revelation about Emery's ex changes everything.

ONE-ACT
Trapped in an alley during a supervillain's rampage, two strangers bond over terrible work situations and a bad breakup. While they wait for help to arrive, a revelation about Emery's ex changes everything.

Vigilante

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE ACT.
A masked hero and a bystander get trapped in an office building while his mysterious arch nemesis is wreaking havoc outside. As more time goes by we see his insecurities come out and the bystander's plans unfold.

ONE ACT.
A masked hero and a bystander get trapped in an office building while his mysterious arch nemesis is wreaking havoc outside. As more time goes by we see his insecurities come out and the bystander's plans unfold.

A Swamp Tale

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE ACT. TYA.
An epic reimagining of the classic tale: The Frog Prince.
Hans (Hank) is a prince on a mission to find out what kind of prince he actually is. Is he a fighting prince? A prince who goes on adventures? A romantic prince? Who knows!
While on a mission to save his kingdom from starvation Hank meets a mysterious stranger who leads him into the swampy forest and turns him into a frog. Thus begins the...

ONE ACT. TYA.
An epic reimagining of the classic tale: The Frog Prince.
Hans (Hank) is a prince on a mission to find out what kind of prince he actually is. Is he a fighting prince? A prince who goes on adventures? A romantic prince? Who knows!
While on a mission to save his kingdom from starvation Hank meets a mysterious stranger who leads him into the swampy forest and turns him into a frog. Thus begins the epic adventure of Hank's dreams full of animal sidekicks, faeries, long-lost siblings, and sticky high-fives.

The Epic Staging of "The Big Bad Wolf"

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE ACT. TYA.
A modern retelling of "The Three Little Pigs" that focuses on an unlikely hero.
Bernard is a descendant of a long line of "Big Bad Wolfs". His brother, Zack is all for keeping the legacy, (or so he says), but Bernard finds himself drawn to more artistic endeavors. When he meets the three siblings who run The 3LP Theatre Company he realizes that he doesn't need to run away from his problems, he...

ONE ACT. TYA.
A modern retelling of "The Three Little Pigs" that focuses on an unlikely hero.
Bernard is a descendant of a long line of "Big Bad Wolfs". His brother, Zack is all for keeping the legacy, (or so he says), but Bernard finds himself drawn to more artistic endeavors. When he meets the three siblings who run The 3LP Theatre Company he realizes that he doesn't need to run away from his problems, he just needs to act his way out of them.

The Star in the Jar

by Megan Tripaldi

Synopsis

ONE ACT. TYA.
A young chipmunk has to step up and become the hero when the stars are stolen from above her home, bringing the Forest of Orion into total darkness.

ONE ACT. TYA.
A young chipmunk has to step up and become the hero when the stars are stolen from above her home, bringing the Forest of Orion into total darkness.