Megan Rivkin

About Megan

Megan Rivkin is a playwright, librettist, and educator. Her writing explores sexuality, illness and the body, technology, and the ethics of deception through dark comedy. Rivkin wrote the book for Caleb Needs A Kidney, an original musical she developed with composer/lyricist Caleb Martin-Rosenthal. She is also writing the book for Jacob Ben-Shmuel’s musical adaptation of The Odyssey.

Past projects include Bar Play (222 Speakeasy, Providence Fringe), Do You Party? (Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival), Timmy (Columbia), babybird (Providence Fringe), We're Here (Harrisburg Fringe, LakeHouseRanchDotPDF, Providence Fringe), Heard You Were Leaving (Columbia), Apartment of Lies (Wednesday Nights), and Outdoor Bird (Lipstick Theatre Company, Northwestern).

An avid collaborator, Rivkin also produces outdoor, immersive, and audio projects through Wednesday Nights Company, where she serves as lead producer.

Rivkin teaches dramatic writing at Interlochen Arts Camp and Interlochen Arts Academy, where she is the current Writer-in-Residence. She holds an M.F.A. in Playwriting from Columbia University (2024) and is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop (Bookwriting).