Megan Lohne

Megan Lohne is a playwright and screenwriter whose work explores identity, power, and the complicated relationship between performance and truth. Her work has been produced nationally and internationally, including Just Right (Smith & Kraus Best Short Plays of 2024, Samuel French OOB Festival), Bite Me (Glass Ceiling Breakers Festival), This Odd Geometry of Time (Edinburgh Fringe, ACTF Region II), and Too Solid Flesh (virtual immersive piece created during the pandemic). She has developed work with the Royal Court Young Writers’ Programme, Actor’s Studio PD Workshop, and Brooklyn Generator, among others. Other credits include Willoughby (Heideman Award finalist), Reinventing the Wheel (Smith & Kraus 2013), and Words Like Fresh Skin (Adelphi University, Governors Island).

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Megan Lohne is a playwright and screenwriter whose work explores identity, power, and the complicated relationship between performance and truth. Her work has been produced nationally and internationally, including Just Right (Smith & Kraus Best Short Plays of 2024, Samuel French OOB Festival), Bite Me (Glass Ceiling Breakers Festival), This Odd Geometry of Time (Edinburgh Fringe, ACTF Region II), and Too Solid Flesh (virtual immersive piece created during the pandemic). She has developed work with the Royal Court Young Writers’ Programme, Actor’s Studio PD Workshop, and Brooklyn Generator, among others. Other credits include Willoughby (Heideman Award finalist), Reinventing the Wheel (Smith & Kraus 2013), and Words Like Fresh Skin (Adelphi University, Governors Island).

Megan holds an MFA in Playwriting from The New School for Drama and a BFA in Acting from Adelphi University. She is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild and the Actors Studio Playwrights/Directors Workshop. She also teaches, mentors emerging writers, and creates immersive theatrical experiences.

Scripts

Sexy Babies

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

In Sexy Babies, a millennial podcast host obsessed with curated vulnerability invites a Gen Z media phenom onto her show for a Halloween special. What begins as influencer banter spirals into a chilling showdown over truth, identity, and performance in the age of curated vulnerability.

In Sexy Babies, a millennial podcast host obsessed with curated vulnerability invites a Gen Z media phenom onto her show for a Halloween special. What begins as influencer banter spirals into a chilling showdown over truth, identity, and performance in the age of curated vulnerability.

Security Questions

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

After losing her phone in an airport bathroom, Wendy must rush to an unfamiliar phone store to replace it. After being asked security questions, more is revealed than expected and revelations are made.

After losing her phone in an airport bathroom, Wendy must rush to an unfamiliar phone store to replace it. After being asked security questions, more is revealed than expected and revelations are made.

Lost Time

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

The year is 2020 and Cell, a young artist beginning her journey to adulthood as a first-year student in art school, must navigate the onset of the pandemic, death and the beginning moments of love, identity and awakening while the world struggles to stay alive.

Adapted from Proust’s series of seven novels, which are regarded as some of the most important of the 20th century, Lost Time creatively lifts the...

The year is 2020 and Cell, a young artist beginning her journey to adulthood as a first-year student in art school, must navigate the onset of the pandemic, death and the beginning moments of love, identity and awakening while the world struggles to stay alive.

Adapted from Proust’s series of seven novels, which are regarded as some of the most important of the 20th century, Lost Time creatively lifts the narrative that Proust so deftly generated into the now.

Girl Dinner

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

Three women 30 years of friendship deep, attempt to catch up with each other over dinner in the midst of their lives drifting apart

Three women 30 years of friendship deep, attempt to catch up with each other over dinner in the midst of their lives drifting apart

Deceased

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

Spanning the course of five years, Deceased follows Di, a 43 year old confessional video game designer who has created an interactive game that allows you to feel what it means to die. Upon the release of the tech, Di must navigate a crumbling relationship with her young husband and a flirtation with her junior story writer, Mia, all in the midst of fielding the players of the game and the dangerous Pandora's...

Spanning the course of five years, Deceased follows Di, a 43 year old confessional video game designer who has created an interactive game that allows you to feel what it means to die. Upon the release of the tech, Di must navigate a crumbling relationship with her young husband and a flirtation with her junior story writer, Mia, all in the midst of fielding the players of the game and the dangerous Pandora's Box that Deceased unleashes into society.

Just Right

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

Goldilocks and Baby Bear match on a dating site years after the break in and find they connect not only through their shared trauma but on a deeper level.

Goldilocks and Baby Bear match on a dating site years after the break in and find they connect not only through their shared trauma but on a deeper level.

Bite Me

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

Two sharks comfort each other regarding growing up and evolving into their identities.

Two sharks comfort each other regarding growing up and evolving into their identities.

Avail Check

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

When, Alessia, a NYC Talent Manager discovers she has a fatal diagnosis she seeks out the comfort of one of her oldest clients, Greg, who has since left the industry due to a tragedy of his own. The two visit a list of roadside destinations crafted by Alessia, trip down the path of old wounds, and attempt to meet again at the intersection of love and attachment with the promise of rebuilding Greg's career on...

When, Alessia, a NYC Talent Manager discovers she has a fatal diagnosis she seeks out the comfort of one of her oldest clients, Greg, who has since left the industry due to a tragedy of his own. The two visit a list of roadside destinations crafted by Alessia, trip down the path of old wounds, and attempt to meet again at the intersection of love and attachment with the promise of rebuilding Greg's career on the other side of their quest.

A sometimes funny, sometimes wounded exploration of love in the 21st century. Avail Check traverses the need we have for others and the inherent chase for connection in a distracted world.

The Great American Science Fair

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

Eight female scientists are brought on to the reality show The Great American Science Fair, competing in a series of experiments to please the American public over the course of a few days in the hopes that they will win the million-dollar prize to further fund their research. Filmed in front of a live studio audience, you, The Great American Science Fair is an interactive glimpse into the gender-biased world...

Eight female scientists are brought on to the reality show The Great American Science Fair, competing in a series of experiments to please the American public over the course of a few days in the hopes that they will win the million-dollar prize to further fund their research. Filmed in front of a live studio audience, you, The Great American Science Fair is an interactive glimpse into the gender-biased world of science through the gentle and palatable gaze of everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure, reality television. Every performance will have an ending based on audience votes so it will be an experience you can live again and again.

Willoughby

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

( 1m / 1w ) In the aftermath of her grandfather's death, Phoebe tries to work through her sadness in the only way she knows how….rehashing old episodes of The Twilight Zone with her Uncle.

( 1m / 1w ) In the aftermath of her grandfather's death, Phoebe tries to work through her sadness in the only way she knows how….rehashing old episodes of The Twilight Zone with her Uncle.

This Odd Geometry of Time

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

This Odd Geometry of Time is an exploration of inter sectional feminism and climate change through the guise of a nature documentary following the lives of several notable women from history over the last 260 years and one very spirited bowhead whale named Galina.

This Odd Geometry of Time is an exploration of inter sectional feminism and climate change through the guise of a nature documentary following the lives of several notable women from history over the last 260 years and one very spirited bowhead whale named Galina.

Sharing Silence

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

Emerson leaves a silent retreat to find the world in crisis in 2020. Through a series of three character monologues, secrets are uncovered, relationships are challenged, and each character is forced to accept their destiny.

Emerson leaves a silent retreat to find the world in crisis in 2020. Through a series of three character monologues, secrets are uncovered, relationships are challenged, and each character is forced to accept their destiny.

The Good Companion

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

(1W/3M) Dixie, a war vet, recently home from a tour celebrates Thanksgiving with her conservative southern family and introduces her new Latino husband, Juan.

(1W/3M) Dixie, a war vet, recently home from a tour celebrates Thanksgiving with her conservative southern family and introduces her new Latino husband, Juan.

Storm Warnings

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

When famed climatologist, GARLAND ARMSTRONG, is interviewed for a museum education video she warns of the future of our weather while the scene transitions back and forth to a moment far off in the future when two young women experience the first snowfall of their lives and the dangers of being outside.

When famed climatologist, GARLAND ARMSTRONG, is interviewed for a museum education video she warns of the future of our weather while the scene transitions back and forth to a moment far off in the future when two young women experience the first snowfall of their lives and the dangers of being outside.

Too Solid Flesh

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

In an unconventional distance learning institution, where the students who hide behind screen names more often than not become the teacher, an anxiety ridden pupil, O, tries to find a connection to save her from her thoughts and herself. A cross pollination of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, & The Tempest, Too Solid Flesh explores youth in the midst of pandemic, connection across screens, and the dangerous...

In an unconventional distance learning institution, where the students who hide behind screen names more often than not become the teacher, an anxiety ridden pupil, O, tries to find a connection to save her from her thoughts and herself. A cross pollination of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, & The Tempest, Too Solid Flesh explores youth in the midst of pandemic, connection across screens, and the dangerous undiscovered country of mental health in a world where it is lethal to touch.

My Boy Builds Coffins

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

My Boy Builds Coffins, a dark comedy, follows the journey of Mia as she embarks on life’s greatest and final journey death. In an effort to control her ultimate demise due to a terminal illness she decides that her family will bury her themselves and follows the steps of her spiritual guide Ra to complete her final path and decorate her casket with memories from her life. Her husband Ted struggles with this...

My Boy Builds Coffins, a dark comedy, follows the journey of Mia as she embarks on life’s greatest and final journey death. In an effort to control her ultimate demise due to a terminal illness she decides that her family will bury her themselves and follows the steps of her spiritual guide Ra to complete her final path and decorate her casket with memories from her life. Her husband Ted struggles with this decision and it is only when her estranged son Trevor shows up with his hipster girlfriend that she must come to terms with the reality of her dying and how some things no matter how much we want to, cannot be controlled.

Cat Hair & Cupcakes

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

(2W/2M) With the aid of his talking cat, Mr. Buttons, Cooper finally makes a move on the detail oriented girl of his dreams, Rose.

(2W/2M) With the aid of his talking cat, Mr. Buttons, Cooper finally makes a move on the detail oriented girl of his dreams, Rose.

Reinventing The Wheel

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

(1W/1M) A southern woman, Carla, appeases her husband and his haphazard inventions while grappling with her own mortality. In her own words "Jesus was the first idea man".

(1W/1M) A southern woman, Carla, appeases her husband and his haphazard inventions while grappling with her own mortality. In her own words "Jesus was the first idea man".

The Eden Project

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

Lilly and Glenn, a local delivery boy, build a biodome in her basement to attempt achieving fame and a way out of their dead end lives. When her mentally ill sister Rose gets in the way-chaos ensues, and their experiment goes horridly awry.

Lilly and Glenn, a local delivery boy, build a biodome in her basement to attempt achieving fame and a way out of their dead end lives. When her mentally ill sister Rose gets in the way-chaos ensues, and their experiment goes horridly awry.

Purge Partners

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

Two wildly different women meet on the steps of an abortion clinic and end up connecting in ways they never anticipated.

Two wildly different women meet on the steps of an abortion clinic and end up connecting in ways they never anticipated.

Pickle Dust

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

When Master Baker, a lewd pickle man at the Renaissance Faire is discovered by one of his high school students he must break character and talk her down from committing her own Elizabethan tragedy.

When Master Baker, a lewd pickle man at the Renaissance Faire is discovered by one of his high school students he must break character and talk her down from committing her own Elizabethan tragedy.

MELVILLE'D

by Megan Lohne

Synopsis

When famed 19th century novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne tries to cast a spell on his pal, Herman Melville because their relationship is getting a little too close for comfort his cousin watches on and helps navigate the two reconnecting after a recent discretion. Set in the historic House of the Seven Gables, Melville'd is a delightful romp exploring a lesser told moment in history between two of American's most...

When famed 19th century novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne tries to cast a spell on his pal, Herman Melville because their relationship is getting a little too close for comfort his cousin watches on and helps navigate the two reconnecting after a recent discretion. Set in the historic House of the Seven Gables, Melville'd is a delightful romp exploring a lesser told moment in history between two of American's most infamous literary treasures.