Eugene O’Neill Festival 2023: Having Her Say

Featuring “Anna Christie” by Eugene O’Neill

Directed by Eric Fraisher Hayes

Live Performances at Tao House: Sept. 9, 10* / 15-17* /22-24*
Performances are at 7:30 pm, 2:00 pm *Sunday matinées

Tickets available to the public July 6

Members-only early purchase June 29 (Become a Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House member here)

No paper tickets will be issued. Your name/s will appear on a check-in list at the NPS shuttle at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley. Shuttles start running 1.5 hrs prior to start time.

PLEASE READ our “Live Performances at Tao House” guide HERE 

There will be a special post-performance discussion of “Anna Christie” following the Sat. Sept. 16 performance featuring Dramaturg Katie Johnson and Director Eric Fraisher Hayes. Open to all ticket-holders for that date.

Eugene O’Neill created some of the American theatre’s most memorable female characters including Mary Tyrone, Josie Hogan, Nina Leeds, and Anna Christophersen. It is the last of these, Anna Christophersen, better known as “Anna Christie,” that will be the center of this year’s festival. Feeling controlled by her father and fiance, Anna stops them in their tracks and has her say. Anna’s declaration that she is the master of her own destiny ushered in a new appreciation of the female voice in the American theatre. This year’s festival will focus on a variety of female voices.