The latest Eugene O Neill Foundation production from artistic director Eric Fraisher Hayes is set for a nearly sold-out run this weekend, with themes and dynamics in the play pointing to some universal tensions.
The cast of the upcoming production of Eugene O Neill s final work is in the midst of their final rehearsals ahead of opening night, and the return of the annual festival celebrating the playwright to its pre-pandemic capacity.
The Eugene O Neill Festival makes its return, with virtual presentations as well as live events, to celebrate the renowned playwright who penned some of his masterpieces while living at the Tao House he built in the Danville hills.
Eugene O Neill Foundation urges folks to look Beyond the Horizon
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Much can be said in 100 words.
This idea along with the observation that everyone is emerging from a challenging year and welcoming the future led the Eugene O Neill Foundation to launch a storytelling campaign dubbed Tiny Horizon Stories as part of this year s Eugene O Neill Festival.
People are urged to write, in 100 words or less, about what possibilities and dreams await just beyond the horizon, with any theme that inspires them. Submit stories at www.eugeneoneill.org.
The storytelling ties in with the O Neill play, Beyond the Horizon, which is this year s production for the festival in September. The play is about young Robert Mayo yearning to reach beyond life on the family farm, and it touches on the universal human desire to imagine a better life.
If you have never been to playwright Eugene O Neill s home in the west hills of Danville, it should be at the top of your list of things to do after the pandemic. Meanwhile, its newest online offering is The Ghosts of Tao House.