New Projects This Week at the O'Neil

The National Playwrights Conference continues with two new projects, THE LEGEND OF MINNIE WILLET and WITHOUT YOU.

THE LEGEND OF MINNIE WILLET by Ann Marie Healy
Directed by Davis McCallum
Performances:  Thurs., July 24 at 8:15 pm; Sat., July 26 at 8:15 pm
Ladies everywhere doing all sorts of strange things: Taking and being taken, Passing on and being passed up, Falling in love and falling apart. What begins as a rollicking winter season of sexual abandonment ends with a chilling blood wedding for the legendary Minnie Willet: town maverick, town eccentric and, ultimately, town martyr.

CAST:
Mary Bacon
Ross Bickell
Charlotte Booker
Johanna Day
Kevin Geer
Patrick Husted
Ryan King
Laura Leigh

WITHOUT YOU** by Ursula Rani Sarma
Directed by Greg Leaming
Performances:  Fri., July 25 at 8:15 pm; Sun., July 27 at 5:15 pm
All Simon ever really wanted was to have someone to love…but you should be careful what you wish for. Without You looks at the wonder and chaos of love and asks how much we are willing to sacrifice for it.
**WITHOUT YOU is The Irish Project at the O'Neill

CAST:
Jeremy Bobb
Maggie Lacey
Annie Parisse
Paul Sparks

THE KELLY COMPANY CURE!
Monday, July 21, 2008 at 7:00pm-10:00pm in the Amphitheater
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Cabin Fever Series returns with The Kelly Company! Karl Kelly, former lead singer for Little Anthony and the Locomotives, leads a band of seasoned players in his latest project. Karl is a natural performer and this show promises to be full of good humor, surprises and a musical mix of soulful blues, rock and funk – perfect for dancing under the stars at the O'Neill's Amphitheater  Join us for a great evening of music, entertainment and casual fun (Oh yes, the Pub is Open!) on the O'Neill's National Historic Trust registered Waterford campus.  For more information, call (860) 443-5378 x282.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, founded in 1964, is the pre-eminent center for the development of new works and new voices for the American theater.  It has been home to more than 1,000 new works for the stage and 2,500 emerging artists.  Scores of projects developed at the O'Neill have gone on to full productions at other theaters around the world, including Broadway, off-Broadway and major regional theaters.  The O'Neill has received a special Tony Award, the National Opera Award, the Jujamcyn Award for Theater Excellence and the Arts and Business Council Encore Award. The O'Neill's programs include the National Playwrights Conference, National Music Theater Conference, Puppetry Conference, Cabaret  & Performance Conference, National Critics Institute, and the National Theater Institute, which includes semester-long, fully accredited intensive theater-training programs and a six-week accredited summer program, Theatermakers. In addition, the O'Neill owns and operates the Monte Cristo Cottage, a National Historic Landmark and the childhood home of Nobel Prize-winning and four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Eugene O'Neill. For more information regarding the Center, please visit the O'Neill website at www.TheONeill.org or call 860-443-5378.