Jim CulletonArtistic Director & CEOJim Culleton 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, the Gaiety, the Belgrade, 7:84 Scotland, Project, Amharclann de hÍde, Tinderbox, Passion Machine, the Ark, Second Age, Dundee Rep, CoisCéim/Crash Ensemble/GIAF, Frontline Defenders, Amnesty International, Little Museum of Dublin, Fighting Words, Soho Theatre, Scripts Festival, and Baptiste Programme. He has directed audio plays for Audible, BBC, RTÉ Radio 1, and RTÉ lyric fm. He has directed for Vessel and APA (Australia), TNL (Canada), Solas Nua, Mosaic, and Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Odyssey (LA), Origin, Irish Arts Center, New Dramatists, and 59E59 (Off-Broadway), as well as for Trafalgar Theatre Productions on the West End, and IAC/Symphony Space on Broadway. Jim has taught for NYU, NUI, GSA, Uversity, the Lir, Villanova, Notre Dame, UM, UMD, JNU, and TCD.
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Eva ScanlanExecutive DirectorEva Scanlan is the Executive Director at Fishamble: The New Play Company. Current and recent producing work includes Outrage by Deirdre Kinahan; The Treaty by Colin Murphy and Embargo by Deirdre Kinahan, both as part of the Decade of Centenaries; The Alternative by Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney; On Blueberry Hill by Sebastian Barry on the West End, Off-Broadway, and on Irish and international tour; Fishamble’s award-winning plays by Pat Kinevane Before, Silent, Underneath and Forgotten on tour in Ireland and internationally; The Humours of Bandon by Margaret McAuliffe; Maz and Bricks by Eva O’Connor; Inside the GPO by Colin Murphy; Tiny Plays for Ireland and America at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC and the Irish Arts Centre in New York; and Swing by Steve Blount, Peter Daly, Gavin Kostick and Janet Moran on tour in Ireland, the UK, and Australia.
Eva produces The 24 Hour Plays: Dublin at the Abbey Theatre in Ireland (2012-present), in association with the 24 Hour Play Company, New York as a fundraiser for Dublin Youth Theatre. She has worked on The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway and The 24 Hour Musicals at the Gramercy Theatre in New York. Previously, she was Producer of terraNOVA Collective in New York (2012-2015), where she produced Underland by Ally Collier; terraNOVA Rx: Four Plays in Rep at IRT Theater; the soloNOVA Arts Festival; the Groundworks New Play Series; Woman of Leisure and Panic (FringeNYC), P.S. Jones and the Frozen City by Rob Askins, among other projects. She has worked on events and conferences at the New School, the Park Avenue Armory, and Madison Square Garden. |
Gavin KostickLiterary ManagerAs Literary Manager at Fishamble, Gavin works with new writers for theatre through a variety of courses, script development workshops and award-winning schemes. Gavin is also an award-winning playwright. His works have been produced nationally and internationally. Favourite works for Fishamble include The Ash Fire, The Flesh Addicts and The End of The Road. Works for other companies include This is What We Sang for Kabosh, Fight Night, The Games People Play and At the Ford for RISE Productions and Gym Swim Party with Danielle Galligan in co-production with The O'Teilly Theatre. He wrote the libretto for the opera The Alma Fetish composed by Raymond Deane, performed at the National Concert Hall. As a performer he performed Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness: Complete, a six hour show for Absolut Fringe, Dublin Theatre Festival and The London Festival of Literature at the Southbank. He has recently completed a new version of The Odyssey, supported by Kilkenny Arts Festival.
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Laura MacNaughtonProducerLaura MacNaughton has worked in the professional arts sector for over twenty years in Theatre, Film and Dance. She has worked primarily as a General Manager, Producer and Programmer. Laura has worked at a Senior Level in multiple arts organisations in Dublin, these include The Gate Theatre, The Dublin Dance Festival and The O'Reilly Theatre. Most recently she was Chief Operating Officer for First Fortnight, the mental health arts festival. She is Co-founder and Creative Producer for Exit Pursued by a Bear, a theatre company for Young Audiences. Their first work Our Little World by Owen Roe and Michele Forbes directed by Louise Lowe (2022) was commissioned in response to the impact of Covid on primary school children. Laura is a classically trained musician and also works with the Drama Department of Belvedere College. Current producing work for Fishamble includes In Two Minds by Joanne Ryan directed by Sarah Jane Scaife.
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Cally ShineAssociate ProducerAssociate Producer Cally Shine holds a BA in Theatre and a Minor in Irish Studies from the University of Montana and a Graduate Diploma in Cultural Policy and Arts Management from University College Dublin. For Fishamble: Duck Duck Goose by Caitríona Daly (Dublin Theatre Festival and Irish Tour 2021), The Treaty by Colin Murphy (International Tour, 2021), Outrage by Deirdre Kinahan (Irish Tour 2022), Heaven by Eugene O'Brien (Irish Tour, 2022 and Off-Broadway Transfer, 2023), the upcoming premier of King by Pat Kinevane and the North American tour of The Humours of Bandon by Margaret Mc Auliffe. For Once Off Productions: Rescue Annie by Eoghan Carrick and Lauren Shannon Jones (Dublin Fringe Festival, 2021), The Performance Corporation’s Emperor 101 (Dublin Theatre Festival 2021), Looking For América by Federico Julián González and Janet Moran (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021, and Irish Tour, 2022), Absent The Wrong by Carys D. Coburn (WINNER Best Production, Dublin Fringe Festival, 2022). For Dead Centre: Chekhov's First Play by Dead Centre (International Tour, 2022).
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Allie WhelanMarketing, Outreach, and Engagement ManagerAllie Whelan is an arts marketing manager from Newbridge, Co. Kildare with a huge passion for theatre, live music and pop culture. Allie has previously worked in marketing, social media and content creation roles with Dublin Fringe Festival, Poetry Ireland, Landmark Productions, Pan Pan, Glass Mask Theatre, The RDS Visual Art Awards and Music Network Ireland. She also works as a designer and photographer. Allie is thrilled to be joining the incredible team at Fishamble.
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Emma FinneganLiterary AssistantEmma Finegan is a writer, performer and director. Her connection with Fishamble began in 2020 when she was a ‘Big Ambitions’ artist with Fishamble and FringeLab50. Emma co-created and performed in ‘Pig Brain’ at Dublin Fringe Festival 2022, she directed ‘Just A Minute’ at Dublin Fringe Festival 2023 and is currently co-writing a new play called ‘Kildare Street’ with collaborator Sam Killian. As a Gaeilgeoir with a passion for the Irish language, Emma is looking forward to welcoming and reading new writing as Gaeilge. She is interested in progressive, bold and brave new writing that challenges the notion of what an Irish play can be, and she is very excited to join the Fishamble team as a literary assistant.
Is scríbhneoir, stiúrthóir agus aisteoir í Emma Finegan. Bhí sí ina healaíontóir ‘Big Ambitions’ le Fishamble agus FringeLab50 i 2020, is anseo a thosaigh a caidreamh le Fishamble. Bhí Emma mar cruthaitheoir agus taibheoir sa seó ‘Pig Brain’ ag Dublin Fringe Festival 2022, stiúir sí ‘Just A Minute’ ag Dublin Fringe Festival 2023 agus faoi láthair tá dráma nua á scríobh aici le comhoibrí Sam Killian ar a dtugtar ‘Kildare Street’. Is Gaeilgeoir í Emma atá tógtha leis an teanga agus, mar sin, tá sí ag tnúth le scríbhneoireacht nua trí mheán na Gaeilge a fáiltiú agus a léamh. Tá suim aici i scríbhneoireacht atá forásach, teanntásach agus misniúil a dtugann droim láimhe le steiréitíopaí a fheictear i ndrámaí Gaeilge. Tá Emma ar bís a bheith mar cúntóir liteartha ar fhoireann Fishamble. |
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