Smock Alley is looking for submissions for the 2025 edition of its flagship Rachel Baptiste Programme.

• Are you Black Irish and/or a Person of Colour?
• Are you a writer, performer, or theatre maker?
• Are you interested in writing for the stage?
• Are you ready to commit time to exploring ideas about playwriting, putting ideas down on paper and then expanding into new drafts?
• Did you ever want to work with a dramaturg?
• Would you like the opportunity to talk to well-known playwrights and find out how they go about writing their plays?
• How about handing your script over to actors to hear your words read out?
• If you have ever thought about these things the Rachel Baptiste Programme at Smock Alley could be right for you.

Details here.

The final deadline for applications is midnight Sunday 1st December 2024.