Eugene O’Neill Winters in Los Angeles before Migrating North to Tao House this Fall
A Noise Within Theatre Company recently invited me to present on Eugene O’Neill in conjunction with their spring production of O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness! The trip south represented a rare opportunity of which I am sure many Southern Californians were unaware. Not only was LA getting A Noise Within’s production of Ah, Wilderness!, but in…
Read MoreTao House Set to Host Three Artists In Residence This Year
Three new Artists in Residence have been selected for the 2017 Travis Bogard Residence Program at Tao House, bringing with them an impressive breadth of scholarship. Their projects include the translation of a Chilean playwright’s book of aesthetic theory, a performance revealing the relationship between Eugene O’Neill and Shakespeare, and a manuscript describing the artistic…
Read More“Profiles in Courage: Men, Women and Mental Illness” at Playwrights’ Theater
Theater, May 6-7 in Danville Two plays on a theme of mental illness and modern psychology mark the next Playwrights’ Theater event of the Eugene O’Neill Foundation in Danville. The production will be presented in the Old Barn at the Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site on May 6 and May 7. The May Playwrights’ Theater…
Read MoreA Playwright’s Garden
Tao House was built to be Eugene and Carlotta’s Eden. “We have a beautiful site in the hills of the San Ramon Valley with one of the most beautiful views I’ve ever seen,” wrote O’Neill in 1937. Having lived a vagabond lifestyle in hotels and rented houses around the world, O’Neill and his wife hoped…
Read MoreEugene O’Neill Takes His Place in Poets’ Corner
What better company could a playwright ask for than the likes of Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Tennessee Williams and James Baldwin! In November, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City inducted Eugene O’Neill into Poets’ Corner, celebrating his legacy and place among the luminaries of American literature. O’Neill’s induction was held…
Read MorePlease remember us in your End-of-Year Giving
2016 HAS BEEN A VERY PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR THE FOUNDATION! Thanks to the generous support of our donors, we’ve been able to produce many successful events as we celebrated both the National Park Service and Eugene O’Neill Centennials, 1916-2016. Among our many activities: – Script in Hand Performances – Beyond the Horizon and Bound East…
Read MoreHow-to Publish a Study Document in APA Style
You are going to be effective at viewing the article more impartially within this manner that in the event that you only looking at your recognizable hand writing. While today’s subject isn’t as significantly regarding the real creative method of being a true writer, this has been on my mind an un biased touch lately.…
Read MoreOn Being a Tao House Fellow
On Being a Tao House Fellow David Palmer, Massachusetts Maritime Academy June 4, 2015 My Tao House Fellowship in the Travis Bogard Artist-in-Residence Program at the Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site was exceptionally valuable, not just for enabling me to pursue the project I had planned but also for the serendipitous ways it led me…
Read MoreDynamo
Dynamo delves into the search for a deity in a modern world. When conventional religious beliefs fail to help Ruben Light to reconnect with his lost mother, he finds the answer to his prayers through the worship of the tremendous power of electricity. This cautionary tale about the search to find one’s center in the ever-increasing…
Read MoreThe Emperor Jones and N huge successes
With several sold-out shows of The Emperor Jones and a great reception of the new play N, the 17th Annual Eugene O’Neill Festival “Revolution” came to a close on October 2. The reviews were outstanding! “…a powerful portrait of a forceful figure that may have met his match in the most shadowy recesses of his…
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