Dan O Brien
Dan OâBrien is out with a new book April 5, called
A Story that Happens.On Playwriting, Childhood, & Other Traumas. The playwright and author presents four essaysâall previously used as lectures at the Sewanee Writersâ Conferenceâto take a look at what it means to be an artist in todayâs world and how personal pain can be used to create stories.
OâBrienâs work includes
The House in Scarsdale: A Memoir for the Stage, winner of the 2018 PEN America Award in Drama. His
The Body of an American received an off-Broadway premiere at Primary Stages in a co-production with Hartford Stage and won the Horton Foote Prize for Outstanding New American Play. It also ran at Portland Center Stage and the Gate Theatre in London. His plays are published by Concord Theatricals and Methuen Drama. His other books include the poetry collections