Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center (Waterford, Connecticut). Founded in 1963 by George C. White, the center is housed in an old home that had been slated for demolition until White and his associates intervened. White felt the American theatre at the time was in dire need of revitalization, so he established his “forum of ideas,” whose principal aim was “to provide channels for communication between artists of the highest caliber.” To this end, regular summer seminars were instituted, which have served to encourage new playwrights, technicians, and critics. The National Playwrights Conference, National Critics Institute, National Theatre Institute (for college students), National Musical Theatre Conference, and the National Theatre of the Deaf have all been developed under its aegis. The Center also operates the O'Neill Library and Museum at Monte Cristo Cottage, the former home of James O'Neill and Eugene O'Neill at nearby New London.

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