Days Like These
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Screenplay Awards
When life cannot possibly get worse, two mates embark on a car rally, in a modified Jag with a group of mental health patients and discover that life is worth living.
Biography
Megan Rigoni is a graduate of Edith Cowan University and La Trobe University receiving her Bachelor of Education in 2000. A former teacher, Megan is an award winning playwright, screenwriter and producer. She enjoys writing heart-felt plays and screenplays that educate, elevate and engage audiences.
Trading as Centre Stage Scripts, Megan began writing for theatre in education and arts and health in 1999.
Her writing credits include: two plays for young people registered at Australian Plays Transform; four theatre in education plays with music for large casts (up to 100); two arts and health plays with music for large casts (up to 70) ; two touring mental health plays produced for small casts (2-3) ; two screenplays-Days Like These and The Rain Maker.
Production credits include:
‘Symphony of Life’ play with music paying tribute to Bravehearts on the Murray cancer support group Hothouse Theatre, 2012
‘Heroes’ men's health play with music, Cube Theatre,2014
‘Carpe Diem’ mental health play touring to 135+ regional and metro towns in NSW, ACT, Victoria and South Australia 2015-2024
‘The Rain Maker Film’ Project' for youth wellbeing (36 mins) 2021, ‘The Rain Maker ’ play touring NSW, Victoria and SA 2022
Awards include:
‘Carpe Diem’-partnership award NSW Government 2016
‘Days Like These' Screenplay- Best Australian Script- Best Script Award London 2022
Best Female Screenwriter-New York Screenplay Competition 2024
Finalist -Melbourne International Screenplay Awards 2025.
Megan lives on a beef cattle ranch in high country Victoria with her husband. Their daughters are based in Melbourne and son on his nearby farm.
