By Tennessee Williams Directed by Chloe Broznan Presented by Role Players Ensemble Village Theatre, Danville The Wingfield family lives in the shadow of the husband and father who left them. Struggling to get by, mother Amanda lives in her southern-belle past, son Tom lives for the day he can escape the bonds of a…
BY EUGENE O’NEILL Irish actors from the O’Neill ancestral home of New Ross, Ireland, perform Bound East for Cardiff, In the Zone, and The Long Voyage Home aboard the 1886 square-rigger Balclutha and the 1890 steam ferry Eureka at Hyde Street Pier. Brought to the 20th Annual Eugene O’Neill Festival by the San Francisco Maritime…
Join us in Danville for an evening with Soprano Clodagh Kinsella and Pianist Keith Stears Concert: Irish Airs and Arias Irish soprano Clodagh Kinsella and pianist Keith Stears bring their unique interpretations to Irish airs and to opera arias. This new-generation duo interweaves their heritage and their classical training to pay homage to the old traditions in…
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…
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…
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.