Hills of Solace: Annual Hike to Tao House

Sun., Sept. 8, 9:00 am   FREE  A 3.1-mile hike from Front Street Park in Danville, along the Iron Horse Trail and into the Las Trampas Hills, led by National Park Service and East Bay Regional Park District rangers. At the Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site, tour Tao House, enjoy your brown-bag lunch at picnic…

Long Day’s Journey Into Night opening night!

By Eugene O’Neill       Directed by Eric Fraisher Hayes   Presented by the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House Old Barn, Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site, Danville      A son’s looming health diagnosis and a mother’s drug addiction hang over the Tyrone family. The four wounded Tyrones confront the powerful and contradictory feelings they have…

Secrets of O’Neill’s Danville: History Walk

Sat., Sept. 21, 2:00 pm    FREE Beverly Lane, former Mayor of Danville and local historian, leads a leisurely walking tour beginning at Front Street Park (also known as Eugene O’Neill Commemorative Park, featuring the plays written at Tao House) in downtown Danville.     

One Festival, Two Countries: Eugene O’Neill Festival of Theatre

Festival Tour Packages 2019 The 2nd Annual Eugene O’Neill Festival of Theatre, a partnership of the O’Neill Ancestral Trust of Ireland and the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House, is Oct. 9–13, again celebrating the Friendship Cities of Danville and New Ross. The Tao House production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night directed by Eric Fraisher Hayes…

AIR Application Deadline

Travis Bogard Artist in Residence Program at Tao House  Application Deadline: November 15, 2019  Developing or established playwrights, theatre directors, scholars, or critics of the performing arts are invited to apply for a 2020 fellowship of up to one month at the Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site, Danville, California  As a Tao House Fellow you will:  Work in…

The Lost Plays

  ANNOUNCING: lost plays now found Did you miss our live presentations of The Web, and Recklessness? Not to worry, you can watch them here: O'Neill's The Web O'Neill's Recklessness  …

A donation is greatly appreciated to support our actors and technical crew!

The Lost Plays

  ANNOUNCING: lost plays now found Did you miss our live presentations of The Web, and Recklessness? Not to worry, you can watch them here: O'Neill's The Web O'Neill's Recklessness  …

A donation is greatly appreciated to support our actors and technical crew!

The Lost Plays

  ANNOUNCING: lost plays now found Did you miss our live presentations of The Web, and Recklessness? Not to worry, you can watch them here: O'Neill's The Web O'Neill's Recklessness  …

A donation is greatly appreciated to support our actors and technical crew!

2021 Tao House Day-Use application deadline

Bay Area Artists Bring your project–writing, painting, directing–to a serene and beautiful place, Tao House at the Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site in Danville. Apply by January 31 for the summer…

Virtual Student Day 2021!

EXPRESS YOURSELF!   Saturday, March 27, 9:30 - 3pm Join us for a FREE virtual (Zoom) One-Day Master Class in acting and playwriting. Our online, creative workshop is led by…

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A Conversation with Zander Brietzke

                    When Eugene O’Neill moved into Tao House, he had designs on a sprawling series of 11 plays capturing the spirit…

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