The Eugene O’Neill Festival 2025: “Seeking to Belong”

This year’s Eugene O’Neill Festival, “Seeking to Belong,” takes a powerful look at identity and community, August 5–October 15, 2025, in Danville.

This can’t-miss event by the Eugene O’Neill Foundation will include a variety of activities to honor the famous playwright. There will be a ghost tour, a photography exhibition, and many other exciting things to do.

The Hairy Ape by Eugene O’Neill
Thursdays – Sundays, September 5–7 & 11–14
Tao House (Shuttle from MuseumSRV, Danville)
Saturday & Sunday, September 20 & 21
Village Theatre • 233 Front St., Danville
Eugene O’Neill’s expressionist drama follows a laborer named Yank as he
struggles to find a sense of belonging in a rapidly industrialized and divided world.


Prisontown by Lee Osorio
Saturday & Sunday, August 23 & 24
Lee Osorio’s powerful one-man play explores the impact of mass incarceration through the interwoven stories of detainees caught in the cycles of the immigration system.

Veterans Memorial Hall/Senior Center • 400 Hartz Ave., Danville


Shop, Dine, See a Play
August 23 – September 21
Show your Eugene O’Neill Festival receipt email and enjoy a 10% discount at over two dozen Shop and Dine business partners in downtown Danville.

For more information, visit EugeneONeill.org.