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CN Smith Patricia Leggett Playwriting Scholarship recipient

Meet MFA Playwriting Graduate CN Smith
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MFA Lighting Dance Project 2026
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I A CLOWN with Raymond Keane
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Abbey Theatre and The Lir Academy Announce a New Theatre Producing Bursary
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Meet Maree Kearns our MFA Course Director Stage Design (Set, Costume, Lighting)
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Student Funding 2026
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Haddad Fellowship Recipients: Where Are They Now?
More MFA Producing Tutors

Meet our MFA in Theatre Producing Tutors!
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Meet our Physical Theatre Tutor! Kate Finegan
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Online Information Session - Master of Fine Art Degrees
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Patricia Leggett Playwriting Scholarship 2026
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Meet Our MFA Playwriting Tutors
Image: Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Gradfest 2022. Set Design and Costume Design by Haddad Fellowship recipients Fibs Porto and Juliana Schmidt. Photo by Keith Dixon

Haddad Fellowship & The Lir Academy 2026