Eugene O'Neill Foundation, Tao House

"Warnings Before Breakfast"
2024-01-12 - 2024-01-14 | Museum of the San Ramon Valley, 205 Railroad Ave., Danville, CA, 94526, United States
Warnings Before Breakfast
by Eugene O’Neill (Adapted by Eric Fraisher Hayes)
Museum of the San Ramon Valley, 205 Railroad Ave, Danville, CA 94526
Friday, January 12 8:00pm (limited seating available)
Saturday, January 13 8:00pm SOLD OUT! (followed by a post-show discussion led by Artistic Director Eric Fraisher Hayes)
Sunday, January 14 2:00pm SOLD OUT! (followed by a post-show discussion led by Artistic Director Eric Fraisher Hayes)
Tickets $25
This script-in-hand performance will run for 75 mins, with no intermission.

Warnings Before Breakfast
Two early Eugene O’Neill plays will have a new life this January. Warnings (1913) is the story of a ship’s wireless operator losing his hearing who must make dire decisions about continuing a job he is no longer qualified to do and supporting his family. Before Breakfast (1916) is essentially a monologue from the perspective of a beleaguered wife who desperately craves the attention of her husband in the other room.
“It dawned on me that each of these plays was very centered on one character’s point of view, and in each case, I was left wondering about the other half of the story,” says EONF Artistic Director Eric Fraisher Hayes. “What if I could intermix the two plays to understand these stories more fully? Maybe seeing the two plays as one could shed light on the relationships in these stories and relationships in general.”
Warnings and Before Breakfast will become Warnings Before Breakfast this January at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley. One of EONF’s specialties is producing rarely-seen O’Neill one-acts, but this production will be a completely novel and exciting experiment in storytelling not to be missed. Zander Brietzke and Beth Wynstra are dramaturgs on this project.
Read the Director’s Notes HERE

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"Warnings Before Breakfast" Online Discussion
2023-12-14 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Offering
Thursday, December 14 6:00 pm PST/9:00 pm EST
Eric Fraisher Hayes will have a FREE online discussion with WBB dramaturgs Beth Wynstra and Zander Brietzke about the plays Warnings and Before Breakfast and the process of adapting them for January. Join the discussion on Dec. 14 using this Zoom LINK.
Register here:

Two early Eugene O’Neill plays will have a new life this January. Warnings (1913) is the story of a ship’s wireless operator losing his hearing who must make dire decisions about continuing a job he is no longer qualified to do and supporting his family. Before Breakfast (1916) is essentially a monologue from the perspective of a beleaguered wife who desperately craves the attention of her husband in the other room.
“It dawned on me that each of these plays was very centered on one character’s point of view, and in each case, I was left wondering about the other half of the story,” says EONF Artistic Director Eric Fraisher Hayes. “What if I could intermix the two plays to understand these stories more fully? Maybe seeing the two plays as one could shed light on the relationships in these stories and relationships in general.”
Warnings and Before Breakfast will become Warnings Before Breakfast this January at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley. One of EONF’s specialties is producing rarely-seen O’Neill one-acts, but this production will be a completely novel and exciting experiment in storytelling not to be missed. Zander Brietzke and Beth Wynstra are dramaturgs on this project.

Warnings Before Breakfast
by Eugene O’Neill (Adapted by Eric Fraisher Hayes)
Museum of the San Ramon Valley, 205 Railroad Ave, Danville, CA 94526
Friday, January 12 8:00pm
Saturday, January 13 8:00pm (followed by a post-show discussion led by Artistic Director Eric Fraisher Hayes)
Sunday, January 14 2:00pm (followed by a post-show discussion led by Artistic Director Eric Fraisher Hayes)
Tickets $25
This script-in-hand performance will run for 75 mins, with no intermission.

The Eugene O'Neill International Festival of Theatre 2023
2023-10-12 - 2023-10-16 | New Ross, Ireland, St. Michael's Theatre, New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland
The Eugene O’Neill International Festival of Theatre in New Ross, Ireland is a cultural and civic celebration of the strong ties between Ireland and the United States exemplified by O’Neill’s Irish heritage. Eugene O’Neill’s father James, along with James’ parents and siblings, lived in Tinneranny, Ireland, and emigrated to the United States from nearby New Ross. Eugene O’Neill wrote his elder son, “The one thing that explains more than anything about me is the fact that I’m Irish.”

The cultural tie between the two countries is reinforced by a partnership between the O’Neill Ancestral Trust of New Ross and the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House, of Danville, California. Together they present the Eugene O’Neill International Festival of Theatre. The cultural ties also created a civic bond between New Ross and Danville, which are now Friendship City partners.

The Tour Packages

The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House, in partnership with the O’Neill Ancestral Trust of Ireland, is offering two exciting tour packages to Ireland this October.
A. The Eugene O’Neill International Festival of Theatre in New Ross, Ireland. Oct. 12 to 16. Festival Package Flyer
B. A Tour of Western Ireland, including Galway, the Aran Islands, and the Wild Atlantic Way. Oct. 16 to 22. Extended Tour Flyer
The Tour of Western Ireland may be taken separately or combined with the New Ross Festival, as the flyer explains.

Here is a summary of the packages:
The Eugene O’Neill International Festival of Theatre package
The Festival package will cost only 850 Euros for double occupancy and 970 Euros for single occupancy. It will include:
On October 12, 2023, at noon, pick up at the Dublin airport and transportation by chartered bus to New Ross. The morning of October 16, following the Festival, return transportation to Dublin airport by chartered bus. (Those also taking the extended Tour of Western Ireland will remain in New Ross for the start of that tour.)
Four nights lodging, breakfast, and dinner at the Four-Star Brandon House Hotel
Tours each morning, including lunch, to regional landmarks:
Lismore Castle and Gardens
The Irish National Heritage Park in Wexford
Cruise on the Barrow River from New Ross to Waterford on The Barrow Princess
Each afternoon there will be informative sessions on Eugene O’Neill and his legacy presented by scholars from the Eugene O’Neill Society and Ireland’s Southeast Technological University.
And each evening there will be great theatre and music:
The O’Neill Foundation’s production of “Anna Christie,”
A professional production of another O’Neill play with an Irish cast,
A concert by Wexford’s own Green Road band, featuring Irish opera star Clodagh Kinsella, following its first American tours.
The Tour of Western Ireland
The Tour of Western Ireland may be taken separately or in combination with the Festival, as the flyer explains. For those taking only the Tour of Western Ireland, a chartered bus will meet travelers at the Dublin airport at noon on October 15 and take them to New Ross, where the tour will start the next morning.
The Western Ireland package will cost only 1595 Euros for double occupancy and 1870 Euros for single occupancy. For those taking only the Western Ireland package, there will be an additional charge of 150 Euros to cover transportation from Dublin airport and the first night lodging at Brandon House Hotel in New Ross.
Part 1: Three days of touring while staying in Galway City
Day 1 (Oct. 16): The Rock of Cashel, “The High King of Irish Monuments,” Cliffs of Moher
Day 2 (Oct 17): The Burren, Connemara, and Kylemore Abbey Galway City
Day 3 (Oct. 18): Aran Islands
Part 2: Two days of touring while staying in Westport
Day 4 (Oct. 19): Westport House & Gardens, The Wild Atlantic Way
Day 5 (Oct. 20): Achill Island, Croagh Patrick
Part 3: Touring while staying in Malahide Village near Dublin
Day 6 (Oct. 21): Malahide Castle & Gardens
Day 7 (Oct. 22): Chartered bus to Dublin Airport
The tour will be led by Sean Reidy and Dan McGovern, the Co-Founders and Co-Chairs of the Eugene O’Neill International Festival of Theatre in New Ross. Sean is Irish born and bred, and this will be Dan’s ninth trip to Ireland. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask Sean (seanreidyirl@gmail.com) or Dan (danielwmcgovern@gmail.com).
The deadline for signing up for this tour is July 15.

Nature Walk "Beyond Tao House"
2023-09-20 10:00 - 11:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Tao House
Nature Walk Beyond Tao House

Wed Sep 20 10:00 am
Shuttle from the Museum of the San Ramon Valley at 10am returning at 12pm
In the hills near the Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site, the Foundation will host a “Nature Walk Beyond Tao House.” Led by local Renaissance naturalist Sandi Hunt, participants will see 8 to 10 native plants and trees in Las Trampas Regional Wilderness and sample some local tasting made with ingredients native to the land surrounding O’Neill’s home. This will be a hands-on, easy stroll with a complimentary shuttle up to Tao House. At the same time, the National Park Service will be giving complimentary tours of the house. This is a great opportunity to explore inside O’Neill’s home and beyond. FREE

"Don't be Stingy" Whiskey and Ghost Stroll
2023-09-13 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Auburn Lounge, 321 Hartz Avenue, Danville, CA, 94526, United States
Wed. Sept. 13, 6:30 pm
Auburn Lounge, Downtown Danville (map it)
Join us for an evening of “Anna Christie” inspired beverages and fun starting at our favorite local Danville speakeasy, Auburn Lounge, and be the first to experience newly released additions to the foundation’s Ghosts of Tao House series of short videos filmed at Tao House featuring O’Neill’s women characters in honor of this year’s “Having Her Say” festival theme.
Participants also will receive an O’Neill shot glass and wristband, entitling them to tastings at multiple “ghost host” sites throughout town. While Auburn Lounge is the main hub for this event, docents will guide attendees throughout Downtown to meet some of our “ghost hosts” and learn more about the Foundation’s Ghosts of Tao House series. Check out all of our ghost host sites HERE.
$20

"Ghosts of Tao House" Self-Guided Stroll in Danville
2023-09-10 08:00 - 2023-10-16 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cottage Jewel, 391 Hartz Ave., Danville, 94526, United States
Explore greater downtown Danville, visiting a dozen plus dining and shop locations on the Ghosts of Tao House stroll. This self-guided “ghost tour” happens downtown throughout the Festival. Start at Cottage Jewel, find (and print/download) the participating locations HERE, and discover O’Neill’s ghostly characters come to life!
Sep 6 – Oct 16
Start at Cottage Jewel Antiques at 391 Hartz Ave., Danville (map it)

Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie" (8 live performances)
2023-09-09 19:30 - 2023-09-24 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Tao House
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* SOLD OUT!
Sept. 15-17* SOLD OUT!
Sept. 22-24*SOLD OUT
Performances are at 7:30 pm, 2:00 pm *Sunday matinées

Read the accompanying “Anna Christie” ENGAGEMENT GUIDE in preparation of the performance!

PLUS:
Sept 15 “Anna Christie” discussion pre-show with dramaturg Katie Johnson
Sept 16 Discussion pre-show with Katie Johnson about her book, “Racing the Great White Way”
Sept 17 Talk-back post-show with “Anna Christie” cast
(Open to all ticket-holders for those dates.)

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. Tickets are non-refundable.
PLEASE READ our “Live Performances at Tao House” guide HERE

“Anna Christie,” the play Eugene O’Neill wrote about one of his most spirited and memorable female protagonists, headlines the 23rd annual Eugene O’Neill Festival (Sept. 9-24). This 1922 Pulitzer Prize-winning play will be presented for three weekends at Tao House, O’Neill’s home in the Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site in Danville. The play portrays a woman who fights for self-determination against the expectations of society and the men in her life. When Anna memorably enters Johnny-the-Priest’s New York waterfront saloon, she’s looking to reconnect with her barge-captain father after surviving a childhood of abandonment and trauma and after supporting herself as a sex worker. As she joins her father at sea to heal, she finds family, love, and a renewed sense of purpose to live on her terms, declaring, “Nobody owns me, see?—’cepting myself.”

O’Neill’s Danville – A Historic Walk
2023-09-09 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | O’Neill Commemorative Park, 403 Front Street, Danville, CA, 94526, United States
Sat. Sept. 9, 10:00 am
Start at the Eugene O’Neill Commemorative Park (across from the library) Downtown Danville map it
Discover O’Neill’s Danville with this historic walk downtown. Learn how the O’Neill’s shopped and experienced Danville with this guided tour. Accessible to all levels of walkers.
No fee

"Anna Christie" Book Club
2023-08-31 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Offering
The Eugene O’Neill Foundation is looking forward to bringing “Anna Christie” to Tao House this September (tickets here…) and New Ross, Ireland in October. We are excited to announce an added opportunity to engage with O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1922 play. EONF is hosting an online discussion facilitated by production dramaturg Katie Johnson and director Eric Fraisher Hayes on Thursday, August 31, 6:00 pm.
We encourage you to read (or re-read) the play and join us to share your thoughts. Johnson and Hayes have provided two pages of questions for our “Book Club” to ponder ahead of the online discussion. Read or download the first questions HERE and the bonus questions HERE.

We hope you will join us in this deeper dive into the world of “Anna Christie.” Have your say about this year’s featured O’Neill play and join this virtual discussion with Artistic Director Eric Fraisher Hayes, and author, dramaturg, and professor Katie Johnson. Whether you’ve read the play or not, you’ll learn lots before seeing the production.
This is a virtual, FREE event.

"Having Her Say" with art; Pinot's Palette
2023-08-27 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | pinot’s palette, Danville, 410 Sycamore Valley Rd West, Danville, CA, 94526, United States
Anna Christie found solace in the fog; The Yellow Wallpaper narrator and T in Yellow Wallpaper 2.0 2020 found solace in writing; many find solace and healing in Art – join us and feed your creative spark at this intimate gathering for an afternoon of painting and exploring at Pinot’s Palette. Your registration fee also supports Eugene O’Neill Foundation programming.
$45 registration HERE

Staged Reading: "Yellow Wallpaper 2.0 2020"
2023-08-19 19:30 - 2023-08-20 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Veterans Memorial Building, Danville, 400 Hartz Ave., Danville, CA, 94526, United States
We are proud to present the premiere of the play Yellow Wallpaper 2.0 2020, which was developed at Tao House by LA Playwright Jennifer Maisel, EONF artist-in-residence fellow. Performances will be held at the Veterans Memorial Building in downtown Danville.
Yellow Wallpaper 2.0 2020 by Jennifer Maisel
Directed by Chloe Bronzan
Sat Aug 19 7:30 (including play discussion at 4pm)
Sun Aug 20 2:00 pm
Veteran’s Memorial Building, Danville, 400 Hartz Ave. map it

Plus:
Sat Aug 19 4:00 pm Join us for a FREE discussion of Gilman’s short story The Yellow Wallpaper at the Veterans Memorial Building, Danville, 400 Hartz Ave. Learn about the original story, then have dinner at one of the many downtown restaurants, and return to enjoy the evening performance at the Vets Hall!
Read the original play HERE
Read Dramaturg Beth Wynstra’s notes on the play HERE

No paper tickets will be issued for “Yellow Wallpaper 2.0 2020”. Your name/s will appear on a check-in list at the Veterans Memorial Building. Tickets are non-refundable.
Join us for two MUST SEE performances (Aug 19 and 20) of a staged reading of a new play, Yellow Wallpaper 2.0 2020, by Jennifer Maisel, a participant in the Eugene O’Neill Foundation’s Travis Bogard Artist in Residence program. Maisel offers a modern meditation on Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s 1892 short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” about a Victorian housewife driven to insanity when her physician husband prescribes isolation in an upstairs nursery as a treatment for her “nervous depression.” Maisel’s protagonist is a professor trying to pen an essay about Perkins Gilman while enduring a 21st-century version of isolation in COVID lockdown… Listen to Jennifer discuss the process.

Vows, Veils, and Masks; meet the Author, Beth Wynstra
2023-08-02 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Auburn Lounge, 321 Hartz Avenue, Danville, CA, 94526, United States
Beth Wynstra, Associate Professor of English at Babson College, author, and dramaturg, will be hosting a book launch for her new book;

Vows, Veils, and Masks: The Performance of Marriage in the Plays of Eugene O’Neill

(University of Iowa Press, 2023)

Babson College’s Beth Wynstra has been an invaluable resource as dramaturg for our recent productions of Beyond the Horizon, Welded, and The First Man. We are excited to have the Boston-area academic and author join us in person for the kick-off to our 2023 Eugene O’Neill Festival. She will discuss her new book Vows, Veils, and Masks: The Performance of Marriage in the Plays of Eugene O’Neill at Auburn Lounge in downtown Danville on August 2.
Join us for beverages and light food in Auburn Lounge’s very special speakeasy setting. Guests will receive complimentary bubbly beverage choices, a Liberty Tea tasting, a party favor, and raffle chance. Additionally, guests can meet an Isadora Duncan dance historian and ponder a curated “Vows & Veils” display of vintage 1910-40 women’s periodicals plus antique hope chest and bridal artifacts.
Auburn Lounge (map it)
Wed Aug 2 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Tickets $20 HERE or $25 at the door
Purchase Beth’s book HERE

Vows, Veils, and Masks offers a bold and timely approach to the plays of Eugene O’Neill with its attention to the engagements, weddings, and marriages so crucial to the tragic action in O’Neill’s works. Specifically, the book examines the culturally sanctioned traditions and gender roles that underscored marital life in the early twentieth century, and that still haunt and define love and partnership in the modern age.
Weaving in artifacts like advice columns, advertisements, theatrical reviews, and even the lived experiences of the actors who brought O’Neill’s wife characters to life, Beth Wynstra points to new ways of seeing and empathizing with those who are betrothed and new possibilities for reading marriage in literary and dramatic works. She suggests that the various ways women were, and still are, expected to divert from their true ambitions, desires, and selves in the service of appropriate wifely behavior is a detrimental performance and one at the crux of O’Neill’s marital tragedies. This book invites more inclusive and nuanced ways of thinking about the choices married characters must make and the roles they play, both on and off the stage.

Reviews:
“Due to her fresh approach to womanhood in O’Neill’s plays, Wynstra contributes to the rejuvenation of the studies on the playwright. She convincingly makes her case against the restrictive labeling of female/male behaviors in O’Neill’s pieces and deconstructs an analytical trend, which tends to disregard the cultural patterns that underpinned marital life.”—Emeline Jouve, author, Unspeakable Acts: Murder by Women
“Wynstra argues persuasively against common notions of women/wives as ‘villains’ in many of O’Neill’s plays, and provides a cultural context that defines them more sympathetically. Her book offers a timely and compelling contribution to O’Neill studies and American theatre history. Its contemporary cultural relevance on gender-based social issues extends its appeal to an even broader audience.”—Steven F. Bloom, author, Student Companion to Eugene O’Neill

Studio Retreat Summer Workshop for Students
2023-06-14 08:30 - 2023-06-25 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Tao House
Application deadline has been extended! Apply HERE
Our FREE 10-day Studio Retreat in June is recognized as a distinctive educational program designed to provide a more thorough understanding of playwright Eugene O’Neill and his essential place in American drama while encouraging students to reach a new level of creativity within their own work. By collaborating with local theatre professionals, participants in this 10-day workshop gain valuable, hands-on insight into what the careers of working actors, playwrights, and directors actually entail. We cater to all high school Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.
When: Studio Retreat 2023: June 14 – 25 (no classes June 19 and 20)
Where: Tao House, The O’Neill National Historic Site in the Las Trampas hills above Danville, CA (a shuttle will transport students to the site from three drop-off locations in Danville and Walnut Creek.)

The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, in partnership with the National Park Service, provides these educational programs FREE, with the generous support of the The Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation and the Wood Foundation.

Free Online Discussion on "Welded" - A Tao House Film
2023-05-11 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Offering
Join the Welded Discussion on Thursday, May 11, 6pm PST/9pm EST (Limited Capacity)
REGISTER HERE

Following the April 27 release of the Welded film, EONF will host an online discussion of the play on Thursday, May 11. This is your chance to delve into the rich complexities of an unusual and rarely produced play with the artistic team that explored Welded for a year and other O’Neillians devoted to better understanding the human condition through the work of America’s greatest playwright. Speakers: Eric Fraisher Hayes, EONF Artistic Director, and Beth Wynstra, Dramaturg.
Once registered, you will receive a link to the Zoom discussion shortly. Add this date to your calendar!

O'Neill's "Welded" - a Tao House Film
2023-04-27 | Virtual Offering
The film of O’Neill’s “Welded” is now accessible to the public! Watch it on YouTube at your leisure, and then join us for an online discussion on May 11.

Stream it HERE

Following the April 27 release of the Welded film, EONF will be hosting an online discussion of the play on Thursday, May 11. This is your chance to delve into the rich complexities of an unusual and rarely produced play with the artistic team that explored Welded for a year and other O’Neillians devoted to better understanding the human condition through the work of America’s greatest playwright. Register for the discussion HERE
Read the script in preparation HERE

Green Road & Irish Soprano Clodagh Kinsella at the Village Theatre
2023-03-10 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Village Theatre, 233 Front Street, Danville, CA, 94526, United States
The Town of Danville, CA presents a St. Patrick’s Day Friendship City Celebration
in association with New Ross, Ireland,
and The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House
Green Road
& Irish Soprano Clodagh Kinsella
Green Road’s first American concert
Location: The Village Theatre, Danville
March 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets available HERE at https://ci.ovationtix.com/35625 Cost: $35
Map HERE

Eugene O'Neill's "The First Man" - SOLD OUT
2023-01-15 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Museum of the San Ramon Valley, 205 Railroad Ave., Danville, CA, 94526, United States
The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House presents a script-in-hand performance of O’Neill’s The First Man, directed by Eric Fraisher Hayes.
Eugene O’Neill loved and hated many things in his life. New London, CT, the only “home” he knew growing up was no different. While the town provided him with a measure of security and sense of community, he clearly outgrew its puritan pretensions. In his play The First Man, he imagines himself an anthropologist who has traveled the world only to land back in the provincial town he grew up in. Scandals and intrigues lead to a showdown with his family and the community when an unexpected pregnancy unleashes a flurry of speculation and family members are forced to choose sides.
Don’t miss your chance to see this rarely-produced O’Neill play this January.
The First Man by Eugene O’Neill
Fri. Jan. 13, 7:30 pm (and post-show discussion) (Purchase tickets for this date HERE) SOLD OUT!
Sat. Jan. 14, 7:30 pm (and post-show discussion) (Purchase tickets for this date HERE) SOLD OUT!
Sun. Jan 15, 2:00 pm matinée SOLD OUT!

Additionally, join us on Sat., Jan. 14, 4:00 pm for Dramaturg Beth Wynstra’s free presentation, “Survival of the Fittest: Eugene O’Neill’s The First Man and the Forces of Environment and Expectations,” go have a great dinner in downtown Danville and then come back and see a show! In her talk, Beth will explore the cultural context of O’Neill’s The First Man. Specifically, she will detail the powerful sway that societal norms for etiquette, marital roles, and family life had in early 20th-century America and the America of today. Culture and Culinary come together this January 14. Join us!

The Museum of the San Ramon Valley
205 Railroad Ave.,
Danville, CA 94526

Tickets will not be provided. Your name/s will be on a check-in list at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley. Please note that you do NOT need to use Paypal to purchase your tickets. Once you have chosen the number of people in your party, you may pay with Paypal OR scroll down to “Or pay with Card”.
Questions? Email taohouse.eonf@gmail.com

Eugene O'Neill's "The First Man" - SOLD OUT
2023-01-14 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Museum of the San Ramon Valley, 205 Railroad Ave., Danville, CA, 94526, United States
The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House presents a script-in-hand performance of O’Neill’s The First Man, directed by Eric Fraisher Hayes.
Eugene O’Neill loved and hated many things in his life. New London, CT, the only “home” he knew growing up was no different. While the town provided him with a measure of security and sense of community, he clearly outgrew its puritan pretensions. In his play The First Man, he imagines himself an anthropologist who has traveled the world only to land back in the provincial town he grew up in. Scandals and intrigues lead to a showdown with his family and the community when an unexpected pregnancy unleashes a flurry of speculation, and family members are forced to choose sides.
Don’t miss your chance to see this rarely-produced O’Neill play this January.
The First Man by Eugene O’Neill
Fri. Jan. 13, 7:30 pm (and post-show discussion) (Purchase tickets for this date HERE) SOLD OUT!

Sat. Jan. 14, 7:30 pm (and post-show discussion) SOLD OUT!

Sun. Jan 15, 2:00 pm matinée (Purchase tickets for this date HERE) SOLD OUT!

Additionally, join us on Sat., Jan. 14, 4:00 pm for Dramaturg Beth Wynstra’s free presentation, “Survival of the Fittest: Eugene O’Neill’s The First Man and the Forces of Environment and Expectations,” go have a great dinner in downtown Danville and then come back and see a show! In her talk, Beth will explore the cultural context of O’Neill’s The First Man. Specifically, she will detail the powerful sway that societal norms for etiquette, marital roles, and family life had in early 20th-century America and the America of today. Culture and Culinary come together this January 14. Join us!

The Museum of the San Ramon Valley
205 Railroad Ave.,
Danville, CA 94526

Tickets will not be provided. Your name/s will be on a check-in list at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley.
Please note that you do NOT need to use Paypal to purchase your tickets. Once you have chosen the number of people in your party, you may pay with Paypal OR scroll down to “Or pay with Card”.
Questions? Email taohouse.eonf@gmail.com

Free Presentation: Survival of the Fittest: Eugene O’Neill’s "The First Man" and the Forces of Environment and Expectations
2023-01-14 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Museum of the San Ramon Valley, 205 Railroad Ave., Danville, CA, 94526, United States
Join us on Saturday, January 14, 2023 for Beth Wynstra’s free presentation, “Survival of the Fittest: Eugene O’Neill’s The First Man and the Forces of Environment and Expectations,” go have a great dinner in downtown Danville and then come back and see a show!
In her talk, Beth will explore the cultural context of O’Neill’s The First Man. Specifically, she will detail the powerful sway that societal norms for etiquette, marital roles, and family life had in early 20th-century America and the America of today.
Culture and Culinary come together this January 14. Join us!
“Survival of the Fittest…” presentation, 4:00 pm
Dinner (choose from Danville’s many great restaurants)
Then come back to the Museum for the script-in-hand reading of The First Man (and post-show discussion)

Don’t miss your chance to see this rarely-produced O’Neill play this January. Tickets HERE (scroll down to find the date of your choice).
All events are at The Museum of the San Ramon Valley, 205 Railroad Ave., Danville, CA 94526

Eugene O'Neill's "The First Man" - SOLD OUT
2023-01-13 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Museum of the San Ramon Valley, 205 Railroad Ave., Danville, CA, 94526, United States
The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House presents a script-in-hand performance of O’Neill’s The First Man, directed by Eric Fraisher Hayes
Eugene O’Neill loved and hated many things in his life. New London, CT, the only “home” he knew growing up was no different. While the town provided him with a measure of security and sense of community, he clearly outgrew its puritan pretensions. In his play The First Man, he imagines himself an anthropologist who has traveled the world only to land back in the provincial town he grew up in. Scandals and intrigues lead to a showdown with his family and the community when an unexpected pregnancy unleashes a flurry of speculation and family members are forced to choose sides.
Don’t miss your chance to see this rarely-produced O’Neill play this January.
The First Man by Eugene O’Neill
Fri. Jan. 13, 7:30 pm (and post-show discussion) SOLD OUT!
Sat. Jan. 14, 7:30 pm (Purchase tickets for this date HERE) SOLD OUT!
Sun. Jan 15, 2:00 pm matinée (Purchase tickets for this date HERE) SOLD OUT!

Additionally, join us on Sat., Jan. 14, 4:00 pm for Dramaturg Beth Wynstra’s free presentation, “Survival of the Fittest: Eugene O’Neill’s The First Man and the Forces of Environment and Expectations,” go have a great dinner in downtown Danville and then come back and see a show! In her talk, Beth will explore the cultural context of O’Neill’s The First Man. Specifically, she will detail the powerful sway that societal norms for etiquette, marital roles, and family life had in early 20th-century America and the America of today. Culture and Culinary come together this January 14. Join us!

The Museum of the San Ramon Valley
205 Railroad Ave.,
Danville, CA 94526

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"Tracing the Steps of The First Man", a presentation by Beth Wynstra and Eric Fraisher Hayes
2022-12-07 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Offering
Join dramaturg Beth Wynstra and EONF Artistic Director Eric Fraisher Hayes for a preview of this January’s production of Eugene O’Neill’s elusive play The First Man. The pair will discuss the history and issues found in the play as well as the directorial approach this production will take. Register for this free virtual event here!
Tracing the Steps of The First Man: A Virtual Discussion (Free)
Wednesday, December 7 at 6pm PST/9pm EST

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"Welded" at the Eugene O'Neill International Festival of Theatre
2022-10-14 08:00 - 2022-10-16 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | New Ross, Ireland, St. Michael's Theatre, New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland
EONF Artistic Director, Eric Fraisher Hayes, is taking our production of Welded to the Eugene O’Neill International Festival of Theatre in New Ross, Ireland, October 14-16.

Pictured (L to R) Adrian Deane, Craig Eychner, Bonnie DeChant, and Terrance Smith.

Eugene O'Neill's "Welded"
2022-01-14 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | CA
The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House is proud to announce it will kick off 2022 with a production of O’Neill’s play Welded. Idealism, insecurities, and intrigues send the marriage of successful theatre couple Michael and Eleanor Cape spinning out of control in this rarely produced 1924 play. Welded comes from O’Neill’s highly experimental period. In his stage directions, he wrote that Michael and Eleanor should be illuminated by individual spotlights which O’Neill referred to as “auras of egoism.” This provocative stage direction was not followed in the original production nor subsequent productions. January’s production will seek to explore this lighting device and its ramifications on the other characters in the play and the audience.
Tickets HERE
At the Museum of the San Ramon Valley, 205 Railroad Ave., Danville, CA 94526
Fri. Jan. 14, Sat. Jan. 15, and Sun. Jan. 16 (all performances at 7pm)
Tickets $25
Reduced capacity limited to 40 seats per performance. Masks and proof of Vaccinations will be required upon entry.

O'Neill's Danville, a Historic Walk
2022-09-24 10:00 - 23:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | O’Neill Commemorative Park, 403 Front Street, Danville, CA, 94526, United States
Take a FREE guided tour of downtown Danville, highlighting some of the many locations that were present during Eugene O’Neill’s time in the area.
Meet at the O’Neill Commemorative Park opposite the Danville Public Library at 10:oo AM, and end at the Museum of the San Ramon Valley on Railroad Ave..
