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Playwrights Workshop

 Stewart Parker Trust Workshops at Annaghmakerrig

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Playwrights Workshop 2011: Stacey Gregg, Amy Conroy, John McManus, Mark Cantan and workshop director Graham Whybrow are visited by Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan.



The Stewart Parker Trust hosts an annual residential workshop for emerging playwrights at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan. The Trust has worked with many dramaturgs, directors and mentors of international standing including Max Stafford Clark, Joe Dowling, Stephen Jeffreys, Nicholas Drake, Dominic Dromgoole and Philip Howard. The dramaturg most closely associated with the Trust in recent years is Graham Whybrow, former Literary Manager at the Royal Court. Since the inaugural workshop in 1990, the following playwrights have taken part in this residency programme: 

Since the inaugural workshop in 1990, the following playwrights have taken part in this residency programme: 
PictureStephen Rea in Field Day Theatre Company’s 'Pentecost' by Stewart Parker, 1987.
1990 Marina Carr, Ken Bourke, John McClelland, Anne Hartigan 
1991 Daniel Reardon, Colin Teevan, Niall Williams, Henry Hudson, Deirdre Hines 
1992 Damian Gorman, Owen McCafferty, Hugh Murphy, Dolores Walshe, Trudy Hayes, Gavin Kostick 
1994 Theresa Donnelly, Gary Mitchell, Jimmy Murphy, Emma Donoghue, Liam O Muirthile 
1995 Pom Boyd, John Waters, Conor McPherson, Eilis Ni Dhuibhne, Arthur Riordan, Conall Morrison
1996 Darragh Carville, Philip Davison, Eamon Kelly, Anto Nolan, Gina Moxley 
1997 Loughlin Deegan, Declan Lynch, Mark O’Rowe, Max Haffler, Kevin Lavin 

1998 Charlie O’Neill, Anthony Goulding, Alice Barry, Maggie Croinin, David Parnell  
1999 Hilary Fannin, Joseph Crilly, Ken Harmon, Mike Finn, John Barrett, Chris Lee, Lisa O’Reilly
2000 John Breen, Sean Caffrey, Liam Heylin, Alex Johnston, Joe Steve O Neachtain, Ursula Rani Sarma  
2002 Michael Collins, Malachy McKenna, Colin O’Connor, Morna Regan, Rebecca Bartlett, Alan Titley  
2003 Ioanna Anderson, Shane Barr, Irma Grothius, Michael  Lovett, Christian O’Reilly 
2004 Jim O’Hanlon, Paul Meade, Neil Watkins, Deirdre Kinahan  
2005 Stuart Carolan, Mark Doherty, Michelle Read, Raymond Scannell 
2006 Gary Duggan, Rosemary Jenkinson, Gerald Murphy, Alan Archbold, Garrett Keogh 

2007 Abbie Spallen, Tom Swift, Declan Feenan, Frankie McCafferty 
2008 Phillip McMahon, Shona McCarthy, Dave Duggan, Ailis Ni Riain 
2009 Jody O’Neill, Conall Quinn, Elaine Murphy, Gerald Humphries 
2010 James McAleavey, Grace Dyas, Mary Coll, Mark Dillon, Audrey O' Reilly 
2011 Mark Cantan, Amy Conroy, Stacey Gregg, John McManus, Louis Melinn
2012 Nick Lee, Ciara Chuirc, Tara McKevitt, John Paul Murphy, Damian Kearney
2013 Philip O’Doherty, Sonya Kelly, Clare Dwyer Hogg, Peter Dunne, Julian Gough, Ross Dungan
2014 Jonathan Bailie, David Fennelly, Kate Heffernan, Genevieve Hulme-Beaman, Mikel Murfi, Stewart Roche
2015 Lee Coffey, Shaun Dunne, Bairbre Guilfoyle,  Emmet Kirwan, Tracy Martin
2016 Noni Stapleton, Emily Gillmor Murphy, Dick Walsh, Donal O’Hagan, Stephen Jones, Pat McGrath
2017 Sarah Gordon, Una McKevitt, Shane Mac an Bhaird,  Fionnuala Gygax,  Meadhbh McHugh
2018 Karen Cogan, Michael Marshall, Roisin Sheehy, Eoghan Quinn, Thommas Kane Byrne
2019 Fintan Brady, Katie Holly, Jane McCarthy, Ken Rogan



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Lee Coffey, Emmet Kirwan, John Fairleigh, Tracy Martin, Shaun Dunne & Barbara Guilfoyle
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