Megan Downey is a screenwriter, speechwriter, performer, and digital strategist from New York.

Her work has appeared in McSweeney’s, The Belladonna Comedy, Points in Case, The Washington Post, Express, DC Theatre Scene, The Higgs Weldon, and ZINK Magazine and she’s performed in the “An Evening of Humorous Readings” series in New York and Washington, DC. Megan has written, directed, produced, and performed in multiple digital shorts and created an award-nominated webseries, “Like & Subscribe,” with Seasonal Produce Comedy. 

Megan recently earned an MFA in Screenwriting from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and her ultimate goal is to help diversify the way we see women on screen.

Megan got my gift for storytelling and dark sense of humor from my Irish grandpa. After an eight-year career in political fundraising and speechwriting, she had a revelation: seeing Gloria Steinem laugh at a funny story she’d written into a speech for a New York City street renaming ceremony, she took it as a sign—to buy a huge pair of aviator glasses and a take a left turn into comedy. So she dove head into sketch class at UCB NY and got herself into a top-tier screenwriting program in LA to work on her craft and, ultimately, chase that high of having feminist icons/hot older people laugh with her. Megan writes relationship-focused stories centered around lovable, fucked-up women who are cracking under societal pressure.

Catch her latest words over on her Substack, to whom it may concern.

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Read

HUMOR
Points in Case – How I Imagine it is to be Rich

Points in Case – Please vote for me, I’m exactly who you said you wanted

The Belladonna Comedy – 4 Ways to Throw a Dinner Party for 1

McSweeney’s – 7 Outfits That Will Tell Your Therapist How You Really Feel

The Belladonna Comedy – Great news from me, your congressdude

The Washington Post – Things I’m afraid to ask my therapist

The Washington Post – Wanna spin that cycling class into a lucrative future? Start with the free fruit.

The Higgs Weldon – Probable Reasons They Haven’t Texted You Back

The Washington Post – Best Places to cry in Washington

The Higgs Weldon – Underachieving: An Underappreciated Art

EDITORIAL
Express by The Washington Post – Yes, you have to shovel. Here’s what else you need to know about the next snow day.

Express by The Washington Post – Got a green thumb and nowhere to grow? Try one of D.C.’s community gardens.

Express by The Washington Post – Here’s why Bloomingdale is everyone’s favorite neighborhood

Express by The Washington Post – The key to finding a random roommate you’ll love to live with

#ShesWithUs – I love Hillary Clinton

The Washington Post – An ode to ice-skating solo

The Washington Post – Are you awake? How friends bond over pillow talk.

Express by The Washington Post – Where to stash books when your shelves are overflowing

Express by The Washington Post – Renters create temporary bedrooms and save on rent

THEATRE CRITICISM
DC Theatre Scene – Four Dogs and a Bone

DC Theatre Scene – That Kind of Girl

DC Theatre Scene – Writing Miss Clark’s Resume

DC Theatre Scene – Oh, What Can’t A Woman Do?

DC Theatre Scene – Luv, American Style

DC Theatre Scene – Self Portrait

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Watch

Like & Subscribe – Webseries
Writer/Producer/Performer

https://www.likeandsubscribewebseries.com

LikeandSubscribe_YT

See You Next Tuesday – Short Film
Writer/Director/Performer/Editor

https://youtu.be/U_oCNP6Ij8w

Coulda Been Worse – Short Film
Writer/Performer/Editor

Rejected Female Leprechaun – Sketch
Writer/Performer/Editor

LaCroix Intervention – Sketch
Writer/Producer/Performer

5 Steps To Get Your Sweater Body in Shape! – Sketch
Writer/Camera op

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Contact

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