Artists in Residence Value Their Time at Tao House
John Jesurun found the creative focus he needed during his four weeks at Tao House as a Travis Bogard Artist in Residence. The playwright, director, and media artist was looking for time and solitude away from New York City to research and write his ambitious new play, “Tabula Rasa.” “Being there day after day without…
Read MoreDanville’s Tao House: Eugene O’Neill’s ‘final harbor’ for penning his greatest plays
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Read MoreDanville’s Open Studios saw plein-air painters from the California Watercolor Association at Tao House on May 11.
Danville’s Open Studios saw plein-air painters from the California Watercolor Association at Tao House on May 11. Watercolorist Juanita Hagberg takes advantage of the views.
Read MoreTao House Welcomes Three Artist In Residence Fellows in 2018
ANNE FLETCHER, Professor, University of Illinois, Carbondale, spent two weeks at Tao House in May 2018. Dr. Fletcher is a stage-design historian who spent her fellowship researching and deliberating on two projects—a chapter on the Provincetown Playhouse designers and a full-length study of O’Neill’s potential influence on American stage design. Having uninterrupted time to devote to…
Read MoreAnnouncing Travis Bogard Artists in Residence for 2019
A theatre historian and author, a playwright, and a scholar have been selected as the three Tao House Fellows for the 2019 Travis Bogard Artist in Residence Program at Tao House. English Professor Katie N. Johnson, of Miami University, Cincinnati, Ohio, plans to complete a monograph,Racing the Great White Way: A Counter-History of Early…
Read MoreEugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House FAQs
About Eugene O’Neill Irish-American playwright Eugene O’Neill is the only American playwright to have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and also four Pulitzer prizes. O’Neill wrote nearly 60 plays in a career spanning three decades. During his time at Tao House in Danville, California, O’Neill wrote the autobiographical plays that rank among the…
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Studio Retreat Ready to Celebrate 11th Anniversary with Master Classes in Drama and Playwriting The 11th Studio Retreat is ready to roll at Danville’s Eugene O’Neill Foundation. This annual event enables high school students to hone their skills in acting and playwriting during ten days of intensive immersion in these disciplines. Sponsored by the…
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Read MoreEugene O’Neill On the Connecticut Shore – Smiling!
Here at the Foundation we’re always delighted to host visitors who share our affinity for all things O’Neill. But we’re particularly thrilled when a visitor can add to our understanding of O’Neill’s life and times. Such a serendipitous event occurred earlier this year when Ian Ross took a tour of Tao House with our National…
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