Hannah Doran

Hannah Doran is a playwright, whose work The Meat Kings! (Inc) of Brooklyn Heights was the joint winner with Ro Reddick of the 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.^[1][2][3] They were also a nominee for 'Most Promising Playwright' in the 2026 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards.^[4] In 2024 the work won the Papatango New Writing Prize.^[5] A 2025 review of the work by The Guardian described it as "a vigorous first play, beautifully performed, alive and energetic, by a playwright of promise".^[6] Time Out reviewed it as "a solid play that grows in stature".^[7]

Doran attended Alton College, followed by an undergraduate degree at the University of Warwick and an MFA from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts.^[5] Following this she undertook a theatre internship whilst working at a vegetarian butcher's shop in Brooklyn.^[5] Doran grew up between the UK and Ireland.^[8]