Playwrights are given professional support, a director, cast and space in which to develop their script to a rehearsed reading level. After the reading, audience feedback is invited as a means of further development.
Previous Druid Debuts
- 2024: Denouement by John Morton, Unnerved by Róisín Coyle, We End Up Breathing Rust by Sebastian Schlecht
- 2023: Drop by Bridgid Galvin, Legacy by Gerry Moynihan
- 2022: And Tomorrow I’ll Dance With You by Méabh de Brún, The Pendulum Moon by Laura Hennessey DeSena
- 2021: And Other Hellish Things by Shane Burke, Flicker by Róisín Coyle, Håber Undone by Catherine Cronin
- 2020: Wall by Edward Lee, The Mouth of the Birch by Shane Mac an Bhaird, How’s Life by Nina Mitrović, An Honest Woman by Erica Murray
- 2019: Shin-Aid by Eamann Breen, Narcissus by William Dunleavy, Caoimhe, Carl, and the Great Tapir in the Sky by Sionnán Ní Nualláin
- 2018: You Belong to Me by Rory Nolan, Babysitter by Christian O'Reilly
- 2017: Bir Tawil by Barry McStay, Furniture by Sonya Kelly*
- 2016: Shelter by Cristín Kehoe*, In Lipstick by Annie Jenkins
- 2014: A Boy Called Nedd by Emily Gilmore Murphy, Helen and I by Meadhbh McHugh*
- 2013: Happy Birthday Jacob by Michael Marshall, Be Infants in Evil by Brian Martin*
- 2009: Sunday Morning Coming Down by Michéal Donnellan, The Home Front by John O’Donovan
- 2008: A Lock of Fierce Roars by John McManus, Those Yellow Boots by Maria Elner, A Certain Romance by Stephen Jones
- 2001: The Welcome by Gerald Murphy, It Just Came Out by Christian O’ Reilly, Learning to Love Doreen Nolan by Owen Dunne, Abeyance by Abbie Spallen, My Brilliant Divorce by Geraldine Aron*
- 2000: The Bower Wall by Paul O’Brien, Desert Places by Paul Kennedy