Megan Rivkin

About Megan

Megan Rivkin is a playwright and librettist. Her recent projects include Timmy (Redtwist Playfest, Mashup Rock & Roll, Columbia), Do You Party? (Murmuration First Flight, Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival), Neighbor Play (Stage Time), and Bar Play (222 Speakeasy, Providence Fringe).

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 an untitled cult musical with Evan Rees and Ed Horan for Stairwell Theater.

An avid collaborator, Rivkin also develops outdoor, immersive, and audio projects through Wednesday Nights Company.

Rivkin was the 2025-2026 Virginia B. Ball Writer-In-Residence at Interlochen Arts Academy, where she currently 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).