Megan Breen is a playwright/poet in Los Angeles. She has a BFA in Dramaturgy
from The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, and an MFA in
Dramatic Writing from USC’s School of the Dramatic Arts. Her plays explore
visceral, lyrical worlds and have been produced in Los Angeles, Orange County,
Chicago, Miami, Virginia and D.C. Her screenplay for Ron Hanks’ short film Dirt
Eaters premiered at Cannes’ 2015 Court Métrage, and her short play Sexy Popcorn was selected for and published in The Best of Playground 2015 – Los Angeles. She most recently wrote the libretto for a primitive opera ripped from the Hecuba myth –
Cynosemma: A Dirge from the Dog’s Tomb – for her company with three other USC
SDA alumni, By the Souls of Our Feet, in collaboration with O-Lan Jones’ Overtone
Industries. She teaches dramatic literature and playwriting at The New York Film
Academy in Los Angeles.