Megan Rivkin

Megan Rivkin is a playwright and librettist who splits her time between New York and Northern Michigan. She is currently writing the book for new musicals: Caleb Needs A Kidney (with composer/lyricist Caleb Martin-Rosenthal), an adaptation of The Odyssey (with composer/lyricist Jacob Ben-Shmuel), and a new musical with Evan Rees and Ed Horan (more info coming soon). Past projects include Neighbor Play (Stage Time), Bar Play (222 Speakeasy, Providence Fringe), Do You Party? (Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival), and Timmy (Columbia). An avid collaborator, Megan also produces outdoor, immersive, and audio projects through Wednesday Nights Company, where she serves as lead producer. Megan is the Writer-In-Residence at Interlochen Arts Academy, where she teaches Dramatic Writing. She holds...

Megan Rivkin is a playwright and librettist who splits her time between New York and Northern Michigan. She is currently writing the book for new musicals: Caleb Needs A Kidney (with composer/lyricist Caleb Martin-Rosenthal), an adaptation of The Odyssey (with composer/lyricist Jacob Ben-Shmuel), and a new musical with Evan Rees and Ed Horan (more info coming soon). Past projects include Neighbor Play (Stage Time), Bar Play (222 Speakeasy, Providence Fringe), Do You Party? (Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival), and Timmy (Columbia). An avid collaborator, Megan also produces outdoor, immersive, and audio projects through Wednesday Nights Company, where she serves as lead producer. Megan is the Writer-In-Residence at Interlochen Arts Academy, where she teaches Dramatic Writing. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University (2024) and is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop (Bookwriting).

Scripts

neighbor play

by Megan Rivkin

Synopsis

Christina’s neighbor stops by her tiny studio apartment to help with her closet, since she’s incapable of doing anything herself. She’s pretty sure he’s in love with her, and, even though she’s not really into him, she likes the way he looks at her and loves the feeling of someone thinking she's "down." Neighbor isn’t in love with Christina, though; he’s a medium-successful killer planning to murder her. But...

Christina’s neighbor stops by her tiny studio apartment to help with her closet, since she’s incapable of doing anything herself. She’s pretty sure he’s in love with her, and, even though she’s not really into him, she likes the way he looks at her and loves the feeling of someone thinking she's "down." Neighbor isn’t in love with Christina, though; he’s a medium-successful killer planning to murder her. But Christina’s really annoying, and killing small women who live alone is starting to feel insultingly easy, so he pivots — and decides to fix her messed-up knee instead.

NOTE: Play contains sexual language and light body horror.

Timmy

by Megan Rivkin

Synopsis

It’s the early 2010’s. A multigenerational family stuck at home in the suburbs is on the verge of killing each other. Instead, they enact an elaborate catfishing scheme, using a fictional boyfriend, “Timmy,” to con their oldest daughter, Alexa, out of $20k, which they use to renovate their home. Timmy was inspired by unbelievable true stories of long-term catfishing, especially in the 2010s. Timmy explores the...

It’s the early 2010’s. A multigenerational family stuck at home in the suburbs is on the verge of killing each other. Instead, they enact an elaborate catfishing scheme, using a fictional boyfriend, “Timmy,” to con their oldest daughter, Alexa, out of $20k, which they use to renovate their home. Timmy was inspired by unbelievable true stories of long-term catfishing, especially in the 2010s. Timmy explores the loneliness, repressed sexuality, and anger that comes from being isolated misunderstood by your family, and how that can lead people to do cruel things. This play contains sexually explicit language.

Heard You Were Leaving

by Megan Rivkin

Synopsis

Aspiring chef and dog-mom, Lane, whips through genres, time periods, and her memories to piece together her failed relationship with her ex-girlfriend. She relives heartbreak, gets lost in her memories and dreams, and tries to do the most difficult thing of all — sitting with her own feelings and accepting reality.

Aspiring chef and dog-mom, Lane, whips through genres, time periods, and her memories to piece together her failed relationship with her ex-girlfriend. She relives heartbreak, gets lost in her memories and dreams, and tries to do the most difficult thing of all — sitting with her own feelings and accepting reality.

Do You Party?

by Megan Rivkin

Synopsis

College freshman Abby thinks she’s going out to eat with a friend from class and her sister. This is exciting for Abby, who is desperate for a community. It quickly becomes clear that she may only be there as a potential Mary Kay recruit. How much is belonging really worth?

College freshman Abby thinks she’s going out to eat with a friend from class and her sister. This is exciting for Abby, who is desperate for a community. It quickly becomes clear that she may only be there as a potential Mary Kay recruit. How much is belonging really worth?

Bar Play

by Megan Rivkin

Synopsis

(40 Minutes) Lola is a bar owner who worked very hard for her almost-perfect life, and now a mysterious woman (her soulmate?) is trying to tear it all apart.

(40 Minutes) Lola is a bar owner who worked very hard for her almost-perfect life, and now a mysterious woman (her soulmate?) is trying to tear it all apart.

Outdoor Bird

by Megan Rivkin

Synopsis

A one-act, seven-character play about art, gender, unrequited love, and mental prisons. A writer makes her way through the dinner party she created for herself. Does she need it anymore?

A one-act, seven-character play about art, gender, unrequited love, and mental prisons. A writer makes her way through the dinner party she created for herself. Does she need it anymore?

Love-In-Idleness

by Megan Rivkin

Synopsis

Paige’s 25th birthday is coming up, and she feels like EVERYONE in her life has a problem with her. She goes to a psychic for help, and learns how to manipulates others into loving her. Love-In-Idleness is a funny, fast-paced coming out story.

Paige’s 25th birthday is coming up, and she feels like EVERYONE in her life has a problem with her. She goes to a psychic for help, and learns how to manipulates others into loving her. Love-In-Idleness is a funny, fast-paced coming out story.

We're Here

by Megan Rivkin

Synopsis

The Island” - a lovable jerk - wants to prove that we all still talk. They hold a shady ticket salesman and an extravagant theatre-going woman hostage to demonstrate. We’re Here is a fifty-minute surreal play set in scenic Midtown, Manhattan. We’re Here includes sex, love, allergies, sadness, wealth, family, (big) apples, acting, and maybe even sex. This is where you are right now.

The Island” - a lovable jerk - wants to prove that we all still talk. They hold a shady ticket salesman and an extravagant theatre-going woman hostage to demonstrate. We’re Here is a fifty-minute surreal play set in scenic Midtown, Manhattan. We’re Here includes sex, love, allergies, sadness, wealth, family, (big) apples, acting, and maybe even sex. This is where you are right now.

Kind Thing; Nice Thing

by Megan Rivkin

Synopsis

"Kind Thing; Nice Thing is a ninety-minute non-linear play following three characters (all they/them) who are warring with the role of love in their lives. Bennett is a stay-at-home parent, full of love for their son, who they refer to as “Ducky,” and who constantly feels resented in their marriage to Alex. Alex is regularly driven crazy by Bennett, and pursues an extramarital affair with one who they fawn over...

"Kind Thing; Nice Thing is a ninety-minute non-linear play following three characters (all they/them) who are warring with the role of love in their lives. Bennett is a stay-at-home parent, full of love for their son, who they refer to as “Ducky,” and who constantly feels resented in their marriage to Alex. Alex is regularly driven crazy by Bennett, and pursues an extramarital affair with one who they fawn over as an artist. The artist, Sam, is a college student who seeks attention and admiration from a relationship with Alex, even though it is morally dubious. Told through a series of bedtime stories and dreamlike vignettes, Kind Thing; Nice Thing is a beautiful journey through love and how to love."