Eugene ONeill Theater Center

Founded in 1964 by George C. White and named in honor of Americas only Nobel Prize-winning playwright, The ONeill is home to six distinct programs: the ONeill Playwrights Conference, Music Theater Conference, Puppetry Conference, National Theater Institute, Critics Institute and the Monte Cristo Cottage, ONeills childhood home located in neighboring New London. At The ONeill, writers and directors, puppeteers and singers, students and audiences alike take their first steps in exploring, revising and understanding their work and the potential of the theater they help create. The work of The ONeill focuses on the script as it begins its journey to the stage. The actors work with minimal props and no sets or costumes, holding scripts in their hands, revealing for the first time the magic of a new play or musical, puppetry piece or cabaret act. Work first performed at The ONeill has gone on to regional theaters, Broadway, movies and television. Students and professionals who have hon...