Dan O'Brien

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Portland Center Stage
The Body of an American to premiere at Portland Center Stage in fall 2012, directed by Bill Rauch.

Center Theater Group
Play commission from CTG.

Bellagio Residency
Awarded a residency from the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center in Bellagio, Italy.

Global Connections
Global Connections Grant from Theatre Communications Group and the Mellon Foundation for travel to Kabul to collaborate with journalist Paul Watson.

Opera
Commission from the Mellon Foundation and Stanford Lively Arts for Anaphora / Magnificat, a chamber opera to premiere April 2013 at Stanford's Bing Concert Hall. Music by Jonathan Berger, directed by Rinde Eckert and performed by New York Polyphony.

News

Hanging Loose
Poems in the new issue of Hanging Loose.

Permafrost
Poems in the Winter 2012 issue of Permafrost.

International Writing Program
2012 delegate to China with University of Iowa's International Writing Program.

Sewanee Writers' Conference
On faculty with Daisy Foote at the 2012 Sewanee Writers' Conference.

Pushcart Prize Nomination
"The Music House (in Tennessee)" at storySouth nominated for The Pushcart Prize.

New Poems
"After the Service," "The Amphitheatre" and "Castle White Apartments" in the new issue of UCity Review.

Ucross
2012 residency at the Ucross Foundation.

Theotokia
West Coast premiere of Theotokia, a song cycle with music by Jonathan Berger, at Stanford Lively Arts January 29, 2012, with soprano Mellissa Hughes and the St. Lawrence String Quartet.

Cornerstone
"Skyping Kandahar" in Cornerstone Theatre's Creative Seeds.

Distinguished Alumni
2011 Distinguished Alum of Scarsdale High School.