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Siobhán Cullen in Once Upon a Bridge by Sonya Kelly (2021), photo by Emilija Jefremova.

Druid is a writers’ theatre with a long track record for premiering new plays of international stature.

Our New Writing script submission window for 2026 has now closed. The deadline was 5pm, Thursday 20 August 2026.

Thank you to the hundreds of writers who sent us scripts - our reading panel look forward to reading your plays.

We will reopen for submissions in the summer of 2027.
 

2 Druid presents Helen and I by Meadhbh Mc Hugh photo credit Ros Kavanagh 201613

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We invite playwrights to submit their scripts to us via our annual New Writing script submission window.
A group of five people seated on stools on the stage of The Mick Lally Theatre with some audience members visible in the left corner.

Druid Debuts

A series of rehearsed readings of new plays from which we develop new work for the stage.
A production photo from Sonya Kelly's The Last Return with a man and woman seated together in the foreground and another woman with her head down in the background.

Druid Premieres

Druid has introduced numerous writers to the world's stages.

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