Dan O'Brien

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Recipient
of a 2015-16 Guggenheim Fellowship.

On faculty
with Naomi Iizuka at the 2016 Sewanee Writers' Conference.

The Body of an American
wins Horton Foote Prize for Outstanding New American Play. AP covereage here.

American Revolutions Commission
from Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Public Theater on the history of guns in America. More info at American Theatre Magazine.

The Body of an American
reviewed in Evening Standard, Exeunt Magazine, Guardian, London Magazine, Metro, Observer, The Stage, Telegraph, Time Out, The Upcoming, WhatsOnStage, Stage Reviews, Northampton Herald & Post, WOW247, Northampton Chronicle & Echo, The Public Reviews.

News

Three new poems
in the fall issue of storySouth.

Four Poems
from New Life in The California Journal of Poetics.

"Breaking the Ice"
from Scarsdale (Measure Press in US, CB Editions in UK) in #2PoetryAnthology from Vanguard Press. Info here.

Poems
from New Life in Subtropics.

Poem
from Scarsdale included in The Poet's Quest for God, available July 1 from Eyewear Publishing.

The Body of an American
runs May 14 - June 19 at Stage Left Theatre in Chicago, with Don Bender and Ryan Hallahan, directed by Jason A. Fleece.

Theater J
The Body of an American featured in The Guardian, Washington Post. Review in Washington Post.

The Body of an American
in previews at Theater J in Washington DC. Directed by José Carrasquillo, starring Eric Hissom and Thomas Keegan.

WNYC's
On the Media interviews Paul Watson & Dan O'Brien about The Body of an American.

Interview
by Jessica St. Clair in Backstage.