NEWTOWN written by Dan O’Brien ‘01, ‘06, ‘11, ‘15, ‘17, ‘20 is the recipient of the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation’s Theatre Visions Fund Award

Unflinching and lyrical, and derived closely from documentary source material, Dan O’Brien’s Newtown portrays four parents whose lives are changed forever as they search for hope and healing in the context of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Newtown will be directed by Geva’s Artistic Director Elizabeth Williamson, who has collaborated with O’Brien for many years, including on the Off-Broadway premiere of his play The Body of an American, which received the inaugural Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, the Horton Foote Prize, and the PEN Center USA Award. Newtown will be on the Wilson Stage from April 16 – May 12.