PLAYWRITING & PRODUCTION HISTORY
 
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Batman Returns Returns: A Holiday Musical written, adapted, and directed by Megan Tabaque
  • Produced by Museum of Human Achievement, Austin 2018
The Changelings by Megan Tabaque, music by Michael Zapruder, Directed by Hannah Wolf; an environmental musical satire about glamping culture and the consequences of trying to tame nature. 
  • Workshop/Reading, Salvage Vanguard Theater, Works Program Austin 2018
Two Sweaty Two Sweaty is the story of two estranged sisters who find their way back to themselves in an urban boutique cycling studio. Their journey of self-care and empowerment doesn’t stop at self-actualization. The cult like cycle club turns them into power crazy murderers.
  • Workshop/Reading, Salvage Vanguard Theater, Works Progress Austin 2018
  • Workshop/Reading, Paper Chairs Theatre, Reconnoiter Series, Austin 2017
Galactic Orphans Two gamer bros and kid sister geek out over the third installment of the Archangel FPS series : The Orphan Battle. The three teens fight their way through the game whilst simultaneously fighting their way through their angsty first world dilemmas of absent parents, apathy, diets too high in caffeine, and the endearingly hopeless desires to lose their virginity.
  • Workshop Production, UT New Theatre Festival, UT Austin 2017, dir. Graham Schmidt
  • Workshop Reading, InFusion Theatre, Greenhouse Theatre Ctr., Chicago 2009 Development
Decapitations an Asian American haunting about a multi-racial woman whose family loses their heads. 
  • Workshop, UT Austin, Spring 2016, mentor Liz Engelman, Dir. Gabrielle Randle Public Workshop
  • UT Austin, Fall 2016, visiting dramaturg Aditi Kapil, Dir. Gabrielle Randle
Apocalypse Graduation by Megan Tabaque, devised with the students of Crocket High School
  • Produced by Crocket High School, Austin 2015
Invisible Women a documentary theater piece exploring the history and effects of women in military combat positions in the United States armed forces
  • Workshop, UT Austin 2015, dramaturg Liz Engelman, Dir. Graham Schmidt
Teen Girl FANtasies written and directed by Megan Tabaque and Kimberly Belflower; a play with original music, about five girls and their miraculous love for the boy band, Only Reason. 
  • Workshop Production,  Cohen New Works Festival, UT Austin 2015
 
SHORT PLAYS
I Am Mister Miyagi a one-woman show, written and performed by Megan Tabaque; reflections on a lifetime of Asian character Halloween costumes
  • Frontera Fest, Austin 2016 (Best of Week Award)
Surprise! written and performed by Megan Tabaque and Elizabeth Doss; an interactive  tape recorder play about your best friend and why you planned a surprise party for her. 
  • Mi Casa Es Su Teatro Festival, Austin 2016
 Holy Sh#%: A Drone Play a woman has an existential crisis about Drone warfare and her Amazon packages. 
  • Produced by 20% Theatre Company, Cornservatory Theater, Chicago 2013
The Vegetarian and Her Dead Daddy Annie and her brother Dennis create a performance poem in an abandoned Burger King after their father ODs. 
  • Produced by 20% Theatre Company, Strawdog Theatre, Chicago 2012
A Cheesy Break-Up A newly declared vegan navigates a painful break up with her favorite food. Read it.
  • 14/48 Austin, The Vortex Theatre, Austin 2015
21st Century Hydra After more than a decade of loyalty and sacrifice working her desk job downtown, the Hydra has had it.
  • 14/48 Austin, The Vortex Theatre, Austin 2015
Save me, Sonja Henie An olympic hopeful bleeds out on the ice after a deadly collision with her mortal enemy, Stacey. 
  • Not yet produced
And then I was in the Shark's Mouth A girl bitten in half by a shark passes the rest of her death at the bottom of the ocean. Read it. 
  • Not yet produced
​The Francophiles Camille is the most inept server at Red Lobster in Celebration, Florida until she decides to leave the cheddar biscuits behind her to pursue her dream job at Disney World. A mysterious French stranger steals Camille's heart away, and also, subsequently her kidney. The Francophiles is a global adventure about a lost kidney and a lost girl.  ​
  • Not yet produced

EXTRA SHORT PLAYS
Vision - Austin 1 Minute Play Festival 2016
Number One - Austin 1 Minute Play Festival 2016 - Read it
Fish Tank - Austin 1 Minute Play Festival 2015 
Online Dating Baby! - Austin 1 Minute Play Festival 2015

Photo Credit : Lawrence Peart courtsey of The Unviersity of Texas at Austin / UTNT Galactic Orphans 2017