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T Playwrights' Theatre Awards: Playwrights' Theatre The Eugene O'Neill Foundation presented three programs of new plays plus the classic “Desire Under The Elms” in the 15th annual Playwright's Theatre season beginning in mid-May. The cast and directors for the productions are drawn from the ranks of the professionals who live here in the Bay Area. May 23, 2010 June 6, 2010 ********************************************** Further information about the May 23rd performance: Further information about the June 6th performance: ********************************************** About Playwrights' Theatre Playwrights’ Theatre, now in its 14th season, is a program of the Eugene O’Neill Foundation in partnership with the National Park Service, which maintains Tao House as a National Historic Site. The theatre features new works as well as those by O’Neill or by playwrights who were influenced by the legendary dramatist. In 1996, the Eugene O'Neill foundation initiated the Playwrights’ Theatre, a series of staged readings of plays in the Old Barn at Tao House. Prominent Bay Area directors and actors take part. The name of the series honors O’Neill’s Playwrights’ Theatre, formed in 1916 in New York City by the Provincetown Players who committed themselves to fostering American playwrights. Student Days at Tao House
Artist Days at Tao HouseThe Eugene O'Neill Foundation, in partnership with the National Park Service, announces its 12th annual Artist Days at Tao House Artists may apply to reserve any or all of the dates for the 2010 program. They are: October 7, 8, 9, 2010 The fee is $5 per day and reservations are required. Since private vehicles are not allowed on the property, artists will assemble at 8:45 a.m. each day at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley in Danville (205 Railroad Avenue). They will board a National Park Service van for the short trip to the site. The van will return to the parking lot at 2:45 p.m. For more information contact the Eugene O'Neill Foundation, Tao House (925.820.1818; taohouse@eugeneoneill.org) Visiting Artist ProgramThe first Visiting Artist at Tao House was Michael O’Neill, who visited from April 15-May 15, 2005. Dr. O’Neill is Director of Theater, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. A prolific director, he has also written for The Theatre Journal, Renascence, and The Eugene O’Neill Review.A graduate of Fordham University, he received his PhD from Purdue University, where his dissertation was: The Evolution of Form in Contemporary Drama. He is currently writing a book on the Irish character that was created in Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World, and its shadow on subsequent Irish drama, including the works of Bernard Shaw, Sean O’Casey, Eugene O’Neill, Brian Friel and Martin McDonagh. While at Tao House, O’Neill conducted research and writing, directed plays for the foundation’s Playwrights’ Theatre, and lectured at Rakestraw Books in Danville. His comments on his experience at Tao House are included in the September 2005 Eugene O’Neill Foundation newsletter. <back to top>
Help Your Organization Learn More About O’Neill – and the O’Neill FoundationAs part of its goal of perpetuating the life and works of Eugene O’Neill, the foundation helps spread the word through a corps of knowledgeable speakers. They’re available to speak to your organization or at informal gatherings. Their topics include the life and times of O’Neill and the activities and programs of the foundation in association with the National Park Service. Talks can be tailored to satisfy the interests and time limits of your organization. To schedule a speaker, contact us at (925) 820-1818 or via e-mail at taohouse@eugeneoneill.org. AWARDS AND HONORSTHE TAO HOUSE AWARD UC Professor
emeritus Travis Bogard, foundation artistic director, board, O’Neill
author, editor and scholar received the award in October 1993. At
the International Conference in June 1994, Dr. Donald Gallup became
the third recipient of the award. In his many years as curator of
the American Literature collection of the Beinecke Rare Book and
Manuscript Library at Yale University, Dr. Gallup made a “permanent
contribution to the American theater.” In 1999 Producer Director Theodore Mann who has produced 16 plays and 2 recording of O’Neill works was presented with the award. This was followed in 2003 when Paul Libin, Broadway producer and collaborator with Mann, was honored, and in January, 2006, when the award was presented to Stephen Black, author and authority on O’Neill. A special presentation of the award was made in November 2006 to Cherry Jones, who is regarded as the finest stage actress of her generation. Another award for 2006 was presented in January 2007 to Edward Hastings, a founding member of the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.), the Tony Award winning regional theater company in San Francisco. In 2008, the Tao House Award was presented posthumously to Paul Robeson. THE OPEN GATE AWARD It was first
presented in 1991 to Thalia Brewer, co-founder of the Eugene O’Neill
National Monument Association, which was organized to wage the campaign
that saved Tao House from destruction. The association eventually
became the Eugene O’Neill Foundation. In 1992 Darlene Blair
and Lois Sizoo. also founders of the association, were honored.
Subsequent honorees include Craig Dorman, 1993, Ruth Turner, 1995;
Frances Chumley, 1998; Linda Best, 2003; Virginia Denison, 2004;
Wendy Cooper, 2006. THE ARTISTIC AWARD THE FREEMAN AWARD LOIS SIZOO ENDOWMENT FUND O’NEILL COMMEMORATIVE
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Foundation hosts a number of events in the community of Danville,
California throughout the year, including the Eugene O'Neill Festival,
Playwrights' Theatre and Artist Days at Tao House. You can find
the details for upcoming events below: