Karen Cogan

Karen trained as an actor at RADA. Her first play The Half of It won the prestigious Stewart Parker Award in 2018 after a sold out run in Dublin. The Half of It was nominated for 5 Fringe Awards and won the First Fortnight Award. Karen’s second play Drip Feed was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award. She reached the top 6 of 1,200 submissions.

Drip Feed will have its world premiere with the Soho Theatre in Edinburgh and London. Drip Feed has been optioned and commissioned for television development by Witchery Pictures. C’andle, her 6 part television series is in development with WARP Films. Karen has been shortlisted for the Red Planet Prize 2018 and the BBC Writers Room Drama Room 2019. She is RADA’s submission for the Adopt A Playwright Award 2018 and was shortlisted for the Award.

Karen is the Hospital Club Theatre and Performance Emerging Creative 2018/19. She was chosen for MAKE Theatremakers residency in the Tyrone Guthrie Centre alongside international mentors and theatre artists. Karen is one of the chosen playwrights for Fishamble’s A Play For Ireland initiative 2018/19.