Collaborators
We invite some of the best professionals working in the Irish theatre business today to be part of SCRIPTS; writers, producers, directors, writing associates, dramaturgs and more.
They join us to host workshops, work with our professional actors and to select our winning play.
2026 COLLABORATORS
Jim Culleton
Director
Jim, a longtime collaborator with SCRIPTS is the Artistic Director of Fishamble: The New Play Company for which he has directed productions on tour throughout Ireland, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US.
His productions for Fishamble have won Olivier, The Stage, Scotsman Fringe First and Irish Times Best Director Awards. Jim has also directed for the Abbey Theatre, the Gaiety, the Belgrade, CoisCéim, Amnesty International, Little Museum of Dublin and Fighting Words. He has directed audio plays for Audible, BBC, RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ Lyric fm.
Jim will direct our professional actors in our Festival Finale, Nurtured New Works, on Sunday 15 July at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre.
Selina O'Reilly
Guest Judge
Selina is a theatre producer and arts administrator currently working as the Literary and New Work Assistant with the Abbey Theatre.
Selina has been with the theatre since 2020 and manages all events, workshops and writer development programmes run by the department. Prior to this, Selina worked as a producer namely with Rough Magic Theatre Company, Barabbas, the Company and Calypso Productions and has produced over 25 professional productions.
She holds a BA in Theatre and English from St. Mary’s University, in Twickenham.
Mark O'Rowe
Guest Judge
MARK O’ROWE is an Irish writer and director. His plays include From Both Hips (Fishamble Theatre Company), Howie the Rookie (Bush Theatre), Made in China (Peacock Theatre), Crestfall (Gate Theatre), Terminus (Peacock Theatre), Our Few and Evil Days (Abbey Theatre), The Approach (Landmark Productions), and Reunion (Landmark Productions / Galway Arts Festival).
He has also adapted several works, including Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler (Abbey Theatre), DruidShakespeare, an amalgamation of four of Shakespeare’s history plays (Druid Theatre Company), and Ibsen’s Ghosts, (a Landmark / Abbey Theatre coproduction).
Screenplays include Intermission, Boy A, Perrier’s Bounty, Broken and The Delinquent Season, which he also directed.
TV work includes the series Temple and Normal People.