Danville’s Tao House will get caught up in the theme of “Sweeping Passions” this fall, with the Eugene O’Neill Festival 2024, which will be centered around one of the playwright’s most dramatic and adventurous creations, “Mourning Becomes Electra.” Related Articles O’Neill’s great American take on Greek tragedy is an action-packed epic featuring all the hallmarks of a captivating soap opera: jealousy, adultery, revenge, murder, incest, suicide and more murder. All it offers that’s horrible to experience in real life can be horribly entertaining when watching fictitious characters.
The trilogy of one-act plays that make up “Mourning Becomes Electra” also highlights O’Neill’s trademark insight into the desires and struggles of the human condition as well as a haunting musical score. The setting for the play is the exterior and interior of the temple-like Mannon house. September’s production will be performed in the Tao House courtyard as well as in the Old Barn theater a short walk away.
Directed by Eric Fraisher Hayes, “Mourning Becomes Electra” will run Sept. 14-29, with ticket sales beginning in July. For more information, visit online or contact .
“Color Songs: Paintings by Nancy Roberts” will feature the well-known Oakley artist in a solo show June 1 through July 27 in Tracy’s Grand Theatre Center for the Arts at 715 Central Ave. The show will include about 75 paintings in her collection, giving viewers a colorful tour of her bold ar.
