Past Artists in Residence
See our past artists in residence and the projects they worked on during their fellowships at Tao House.
2023
Martin Petrucci One Act: O’Neill in Buenos Aires
Matthew Olmos “A Home What Howls” into an opera
Min Kahng “The Aftermath Liturgy” (COVID)
Sharon Green “Teaching and Learning in Pandemic Time: A Documentary Theatre Project”
2022
Vernon Williams Play, “Mayor Jones” depiction of “Emperor Jones” In modern times
Dassia Possner Research for book on Kamerny Theatre of Russia
Tommy Smith “The Buried Stream – based in Ireland
Nia Akilah Robinson “The Day After” – a play about the reviews of a Preview of a “Black” play
Mary Lynn Owens (Testing) now “Salvage” a play about interracial, intergenerational characters (4 actors)
2021
Kate Bredeson Continuation of forthcoming book: “A Lifetime of Resistance: the Diaries of Judith Malia
1947-2015 Co-founder
Chuck Goodin Play, “Port Hope”. Three act play post war modern age of New York experimental theater
Company
Minghao Tu “A Silkworm Play”
Bill Bowers a solo play, “The Space Between Us” (mime Prizes, BTH AND AC)
Jennifer Maisel Play: “Yellow Wallpaper – 2020”
2020
Dan Venning Research and writing an article of O’Neill’s Pulitzer
Tira Palmquist new play, “A Body’s Midnight”
Erin Considine Complete a two play cycle: “ The Firefly Plays”
Paul Kruse
2019
Jane Dominik Develop, edit and complete for publication, "Singing for their Fathers: The Struggle for
Connection and Catharsis in American Drama”
Katie Johnson Complete, “Racing the Great White Way: A Counter-History of Early Twentieth-Century
Broadway”
John Jesurun Play: “Tabula Rasa” – library in space
2018
Kara Lee Corthron New play: features three slave auctions, one 1619, Fictional auction set in 20th century plus
one not fully developed
William Davis King Book about the time and place when O’Neill wrote “Long Days Journey Into Night” and
other late plays
Ann Fletcher Work on a chapter in her book regarding stage of O’Neill plays, specifically of
Provincetown plays
2017
Scott Cummings Complete manuscript for book examining the exercises, playwriting strategie and artistic vision of Maria Irene Fornes (deceased soon after Cummings Residency)
Adam Versenyi Complete the first draft of a translation of Chilean Playwright/director Ramon Griffero’s book of aesthetic theory (The Dramaturgy of Space)
Patrick Midgley A performance piece connections between Shakespeare and O’Neill
2016
Valerie Joyce Preparations for participation in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, revise and edit, “I Will Speak for Myself” and completion of a chapter of a book 4
Thierry Dubost Two projects with one more likely: short biography of O’Neill written in French to assist readers to understand the these and aesthetic achievements of the playwright
2015
Adrienne Pender A play about Charles Sidney Gilpin, a relation, who starred in the original “The Emperor Jomes” on Broadway in 1921
Herman Farrell Work on notes, outlines and scenes with a first draft of O’Neill’s life and work
David Palmer A scholarly paper on the conception of tragedy as displayed in the work of O’Neill