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ALL DIGITAL EDITION BOOK COVERS ARE HYPERLINKED - CLICK THEM her time at Tao House, Cassels developed an interest in Oona O’Neill Chaplin, O’Neill’s daughter. Oona married Charlie Chaplin and dated J. D. Salinger. During her June Day Use retreat, Cassels took advantage of the extensive Eugene O’Neill library available to Fellows. Marianne Lonsdale completed the second week of her Day Use fellow in March 2022.

“It was a great experience,” said Lonsdale. “I was able to go deeper in writing and the creative process and started a new novel.”

On the last afternoon of my fellowship, I was treated to an advance performance of “Into the Night, A Day at Tao House” by William Davies King, a 2018 Travis Bogard Artist in Residence Fellow, and Distinguished Professor of Theater at UC Santa Barbara. It was inspiring to watch the actors recreate O’Neill’s life.

At 5:00 pm on my final day, I packed up my belongings and felt nostalgia wash over me at the familiar scuffle of alligator lizards going into hiding as I stepped outside and locked the Trunk House door for the last time. As I headed to my car, past the old barn still buzzing with the energy of O’Neill’s words, I paused to take a photo of O’Neill’s original brick bench under an old oak tree. My mind’s eye conjured the playwright sitting there with Carlotta, enjoying the splendid view of the rolling hills of the home he considered his “safe harbor” and listening to the chatter of his pet chickens. Reluctant to leave this special place, I wander to the sign displaying O’Neill’s tribute written in his beloved dog’s voice: The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog, Silverdene Emblem O’Neill, marveling at the man’s creativity. I will forever be grateful to the Eugene O’Neill Foundation for accepting me into the program. To apply for the Artist in Residence or Day Use Program, visit https://eugeneoneill.org/fellows/.

Jill Hedgecock is the award-winningauthor of Between Shadow’s Eyes and Rhino in the Room www.jillhedgecock.com

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