Marie Mullen and David Pearce in the Druid production of The Cripple of Inishman by Martin McDonagh
From January 2010
Please note that Druid is henceforth only accepting plays in the English language from Irish, UK and other European or Europe-based writers. (For the purposes of clarity, Druid is accepting translations of original plays into English that meet our criteria.) This is in response to funding stringencies in the present economic climate.
Please refer to the guidelines for submitting a script for more information. Should you have any further queries after reading the guidelines, please email literary@druid.ie and allow 72 hours for a response.
Druid and New Writing
Druid is a writers’ theatre with a track record for premiering new plays of international stature. All the work premiers in Galway, Ireland, and tours to venues throughout Ireland and to many of the world’s great stages. Druid has introduced to the theatre writers who have gone on to gain outstanding reputations among Irish and international audiences, including Martin McDonagh, Owen McCafferty, Vincent Woods, Abbie Spallen, Gerald Murphy, Christian O’Reilly and Lucy Caldwell and continues this commitment through our most recent Druid Debut series. Druid has also premiered new plays from writers entering into a highly acclaimed mid-career phase, among whom are Enda Walsh, Marina Carr and Stuart Carolan. Druid has achieved some of its greatest successes when working with Tom Murphy, among the most influential living Irish playwrights.
Druid is committed to producing those plays that are vital and challenging for the contemporary theatre. The open submissions process is very much bound into the heart of that commitment. For the open submissions process, a reading panel assists the Artistic Director and the Literary Manager in assessing submissions and ensures that a range of perspectives are brought to bear on each play. While Druid gives consideration to all plays submitted, we are not in a position to give a detailed a response to each play. The open submissions process takes it place alongside commissions, workshops, mentoring, public readings and other playwright development initiatives in Druid’s tireless endeavours to bring new work to the contemporary stage.