Authors

Carys D. Coburn

Carys D. Coburn (they/them) is a writer and theatre maker based in Dublin. Their plays include Boys and Girls (Dublin Fringe Festival 2013, winner of Best New Writing Award, nominated for the Stewart Parker Trust Award); Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane (Dublin Fringe 2015); Citysong (winner of the Verity Bargate Award; Abbey Theatre Dublin and Soho Theatre London 2019); Briseis after the Black and Blackcatfishmusketeer (Dublin Fringe 2016); and This is a Room (Dublin Theatre Festival 2017).

They are a collaborating writer with MALAPROP Theatre, with whom they have co-written JERICHO (Bewleys Cafe Theatre, 2017), Everything Not Saved (Dublin Fringe, 2017), Before You Say Anything (Dublin Fringe, 2020), Where Sat the Lovers (Dublin Fringe, 2021) and HOTHOUSE (Dublin Fringe, 2023).

Carys D. Coburn was formerly known as Dylan Coburn Gray.

Citysong and other plays
Citysong
Boys and Girls
Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane
MALAPROP: plays
HOTHOUSE
Before You Say Anything
Everything Not Saved
Where Sat the Lovers

Stephanie Coen

Stephanie Coen is the former managing editor of American Theatre. She is currently associated with the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Washington.

American Theatre Book of Monologues for Men
American Theatre Book of Monologues for Women

Karen Cogan

Karen Cogan trained as an actor at RADA. She is also a playwright whose plays include: The Half Of It (Dublin Fringe Festival, 2017; nominated for five Fringe Awards and winner of the First Fortnight Award; winner of the 2018 Stewart Parker Award); and Drip Feed (Soho Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe 2018; shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award).

She was one of the playwrights chosen for Fishamble’s A Play For Ireland initiative 2018/19.

Drip Feed & The Half Of It: Two Plays
Drip Feed
The Half Of It

Susan G. Cole

Susan G. Cole is a political and cultural activist, author, and editor.

Outspoken

Billie Collins

Billie Collins is a writer from the Wirral, based in Manchester. They write for the stage, screen, and audio. Their plays include: Peak Stuff (ThickSkin, UK tour, 2024) and Too Much World at Once (Box of Tricks Theatre, UK tour, 2023).

Too Much World at Once
Peak Stuff

Company Three

Company Three is a theatre company that aims to create a space in which young people can speak to adults, and in which adults will really listen. Originally formed as Islington Community Theatre in 2008, the company works with an ensemble of young people aged 11–19, all referred or nominated by teachers and youth workers as those most likely to benefit from the company's work. Its plays are part of an ongoing exploration about what it means to be a teenager, created through long-term collaboration between the company's members and professional theatremakers. The company also runs regular training courses in devising theatre with young people for teachers, directors, playwrights and practitioners.

Brainstorm: The Original Playscript
When This Is Over

Annabelle Comyn

Annabelle Comyn is an Irish freelance theatre director, artistic director of Hatch Theatre Company and Director in Residence at The Lir, National Academy of Dramatic Arts, Ireland. She has directed for The Abbey Theatre, The Gate Theatre and Dublin Theatre Festival among others.

In 2013 she won Best Director at Irish Times Theatre Awards for her production of The House by Tom Murphy.

Asking for It