Sep
9
to Oct 15

'Anna Christie' at the Eugene O'Neill Foundation's Tao House & New Ross, Ireland

‘ANNA CHRISTIE’ Directed by Eric F. Hayes

September 2023, Tao House in Danville, CA

October 2023, St. Michael’s Cathedral in New Ross, Ireland

ADRIAN DEANE LEADS A CAST OF 5 FROM DANVILLE TO NEW ROSS, IRELAND

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"I wanted to have the audience leave with a deep feeling of life flowing on, of the past which is never the past—but always the birth of the future.... It would have been so obvious and easy to have made my last act a tragic one.... It would not have been true. They would act in just the silly, immature compromising way that I have made them act... a bit tragically humorous in their vacillating weakness."

—O'Neill responding to critics

Lead actress Adrian Deane emphasized the protagonist's trajectory of self-discovery as central to themes and tone of the play.

"Anna is someone who is searching for perhaps the greatest thing someone can search for: more even than a father, another's love and a home where she belongs, Anna is searching for herself," Deane said. "At the end of this play she comes to know as if by better acquaintance that this 'Anna Christie' she used to call herself is an important part of her too -- someone she has grown from yes, but also someone who will always be a part of her and whom she will no longer hide or hide from."

NEW ROSS, IRELAND HOSTS ‘ANNA CHRISTIE’ TEAM FOR OCTOBER 15TH PERFORMANCE

“One Festival, Two Countries”

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/new-ross-news/eugene-oneill-festival-will-take-place-in-new-ross-in-october/a497245237.html

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Aug
4
to Sep 3

Twelfth Night at Marin Shakes

Adrian Deane as Feste

At the Forest Meadows Amphitheatre at Dominican University of California: 

TWELFTH NIGHT, directed by Bridgette Loriaux  August 4 – September 3
Music, movement, and merriment rule the stage in this new imagining of Shakespeare’s comic masterpiece.

KALEIDOSCOPE TALKS – Pre-show Talks about the plays from a wide variety of perspectives, curated by Phillipa Kelley. See the schedule of speakers and their bios here.

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May
19
to Jun 11

Viola (again) in Stoppard's SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

The beloved Oscar-winning film comes to life onstage in this imagined story of how young Will Shakespeare is inspired by his muse — the feisty, brilliant and beautiful Viola — to write Romeo & Juliet, his romantic masterpiece. A rollicking tale of mistaken identity, ruthless scheming and backstage theatrics.

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Jan
13
to Jan 15

O'Neill Staged Reading of "The First Man"

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O'Neill Staged Reading of "The First Man"

Little Known O’Neill Plays Continue to Receive Staged Attention at Danville’s Eugene O’Neill Foundation

January 13 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

January 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | With Dramaturgical Presentation by Beth Wynstra

January 15 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Matinee

The Museum of the San Ramon Valley 205 Railroad Ave., Danville, CA 94526

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Jan
14
to Jan 16

The Eugene O'Neill Foundation Presents 'Welded'

WELDED by Eugene O’Neill

Directed by Eric Fraisher Hayes

January 14th, 15th, 16th at 7:00pm

At the Museum of the San Ramon Valley, 205 Railroad Ave., Danville, CA 94526

Presented by the Eugene O’Neill Foundation

by Jeanita Lyman / Danville San Ramon

From left to right: Craig Eychner | Terrance Smith | Adrian Deane | Bonnie DeChant

The Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House is proud to announce it will kick off 2022 with a production of O’Neill’s play Welded. Idealism, insecurities, and intrigues send the marriage of successful theatre couple Michael and Eleanor Cape spinning out of control in this rarely produced 1924 play. Welded comes from O’Neill’s highly experimental period. In his stage directions, he wrote that Michael and Eleanor should be illuminated by individual spotlights which O’Neill referred to as “auras of egoism.” This provocative stage direction was not followed in the original production nor subsequent productions. January’s production will seek to explore this lighting device and its ramifications on the other characters in the play and the audience.

Tickets HERE

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Jock-A-Mo, an Original Play with a Whole Lot of Blues
Oct
17
to Oct 31

Jock-A-Mo, an Original Play with a Whole Lot of Blues

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‘Jock-A-Mo’

An Original Play with A Whole Lot of Blues

Coming to The Marsh Theater in Berkeley

October, 2021

Jock-a-mo is a two-person play (with music) featuring a young white female music producer, an older Black blues musician, and a three-person blues band that create an ongoing soundscape. Charlie and Tyrone “Shortleg” Johnson have been forced together by Charlie’s boss to finish a song that will appear in a Hurricane Katrina Benefit Album. Jock-a-mo centers around the complexities of music appropriation, the intersectionality of racial and sexual oppression, and the generational divide.

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The Eugene O'Neill Foundation presents Beyond The Horizon
Aug
29
to Sep 26

The Eugene O'Neill Foundation presents Beyond The Horizon

Eugene O’Neill’s “Beyond the Horizon”

September 25th, 2021 - September 26th, 2021

FEATURED EVENT: EUGENE O’NEILL’S BEYOND THE HORIZON ON FILM AND LIVE

The play Beyond the Horizon calls for a combination of outdoor and indoor scenes, which have traditionally been difficult to represent. Our production will be filmed to highlight the natural beauty and farm-like qualities of the Tao House property. Additionally, two live performances of the play will take place with seating at reduced capacity. These special live performances will utilize a combination of outdoor and indoor settings which require some minimal walking.

Beyond the Horizon Live: Sat., Sept. 25, 4:00 pm and Sun., Sept. 26, 4:00 pm

Beyond the Horizon, the Film: Sat., Oct. 2

Additional event details and tickets available soon.

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The Eugene O'Neill Foundation presents THE GHOSTS OF TAO HOUSE
Jun
9
to Sep 2

The Eugene O'Neill Foundation presents THE GHOSTS OF TAO HOUSE

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Eugene O’Neill Foundation’s ‘Ghosts of Tao House’ Featuring Adrian Deane with a monologue from ‘Anna Christie”

The characters of Eugene O’Neill’s plays come to life in this series of short films celebrating the words of O’Neill, the history of Tao House and the natural beauty of the surrounding Las Trampas Regional Wilderness. Eugene O’Neill and his imagination lived at Tao House from 1937-1944. O’Neill’s characters sprang from his imagination, so his characters lived with him at Tao House as well. Maybe they never left…

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COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN
Aug
14
to Sep 13

COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN

In a small-town dime store in West Texas in 1975, the “Disciples of James Dean,” self-proclaimed biggest fans of the eponymous movie star, gather for their twentieth reunion. They catch up on the present and reminisce about their teen years, but the arrival of a stunning-but-familiar stranger prompts them to revisit the truths and lies from their past. This play was made into a popular film by Robert Altman starring Cher, Sandy Dennis, Kathy Bates, and Karen Black.

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Douglas Morrisson Theatre Presents, Peter Shaffer's BLACK COMEDY
Feb
20
to Mar 8

Douglas Morrisson Theatre Presents, Peter Shaffer's BLACK COMEDY

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Brindsley Miller is a lovesick and desperate sculptor. In the hopes to impress his fiancee's pompous father and a wealthy art dealer, Brindsley embellishes his apartment with furniture and objects d’art “borrowed” from the absent antique collector next-door. Suddenly, a fuse is blown, and the fussy neighbor returns home earlier than planned. Frantic attempts to return the items ensue, as unexpected guests, errant phone cords, and other snares get in the way of getting everything back before the light is restored.

PERFORMANCES

Preview Night - February 20 at 8:00pm

Fridays, February 21, 28 & March 6 at 8:00pm

Saturdays, February 22 & 29 & March 7 at 8:00pm

Sundays, February 23 & March 1 & 8 at 2:00pm

CREATIVE TEAM

Director - John Maio

Scenic Design - Giulio Perrone

Lighting Design - Allen Willner

Costume Design - Daisy Neske

Sound Design - Don Tieck

Cast: Damion Clark, Ron Cook, Alan Coyne, Adrian Deane, Bonnie DeChant, Marissa Ellison, Jim Rupp, Jim Woodbury

TICKETS

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