Dan O'Brien

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Recipient
of 2015-16 Guggenheim Fellowship.

Faculty
with Naomi Iizuka at the 2017 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.

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News

Pioneer Theatre
The Body of an American in workshop at Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City, directed by Elizabeth Williamson. With actors Tobin Atkinson and Paul Kiernan.

New Poem
"The War Reporter Paul Watson Remembers the War Reporter Jana Schneider" in the new e-book Two Weeks.

HowlRound
"Writing About Myself" at HowlRound: The Journal of the American Voices New Play Institute.

New Poems
"Black Pool" in the new issue of Tuesday; An Art Project. "Bread Loaf 1994" in New South.

New Poem
"Scrupulosity" at Linebreak.

New Poem
"Hardwick, VT" in the current issue of 32 Poems.

PlayLabs
The Body of an American presented at PlayLabs at The Playwrights' Center, October 19 - 26. Directed by Jeremy B. Cohen. With actors Steve Epp and Peter Christian Hansen, projection / video designer Eamonn Farrell, and dramaturg Wendy Weckwerth.

New Poem
"Meat on the Fire" in the current issue of Greensboro Review.

Interview
New interview at Adam Szymkowicz's http://www.aszym.blogspot.com/.

The Angel in the Trees
The Angel in the Trees to premier with The Production Company at Manhattan Theatre Source in New York City, July 2010. Performed by Jessica Dickey, directed by Mark Armstrong. More information here, and at BroadwayWorld.com