Carys D. Coburn (they/them) is a writer and theatre maker based in Dublin. Their plays include: BÁN (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 2025, nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize); Absent The Wrong (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 2022, as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival); Boys and Girls (Dublin Fringe Festival 2013, winner of Best New Writing Award, nominated for the Stewart Parker Trust Award); Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane (Dublin Fringe 2015); Citysong (winner of the Verity Bargate Award; Abbey Theatre Dublin and Soho Theatre London 2019); Briseis after the Black and Blackcatfishmusketeer (Dublin Fringe 2016); and This is a Room (Dublin Theatre Festival 2017).
They are a collaborating writer with MALAPROP Theatre, with whom they have co-written JERICHO (Bewleys Cafe Theatre, 2017), Everything Not Saved (Dublin Fringe, 2017), Before You Say Anything (Dublin Fringe, 2020), Where Sat the Lovers (Dublin Fringe, 2021) and HOTHOUSE (Dublin Fringe, 2023).
Carys D. Coburn was formerly known as Dylan Coburn Gray.
Author photo by Evanna Devine
