Dan O'Brien

Dan O’Brien is a playwright and poet who lives in Los Angeles. He is a 2015–2016 Guggenheim Fellow in Drama and Performance Art. His poetry collections, War Reporter, Scarsdale, and New Life, are published in the United States and the UK. He frequently teaches playwriting at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference.

The Mistake No Dialogue Writer Should Ever Make

Dan O'Brien Has Some Thoughts on the Way Characters Should Talk

September 20, 2021 By Dan O'Brien

Enjoying the Fleeting Nature of Theater, in the Wake of Cancer

Dan O'Brien Reflects on the Dramaturgical Beat

January 24, 2018 By Dan O'Brien

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