Tom Donaghy is an American playwright who works across television, film and journalism. [1]
Theater
Donaghy’s first play, Down the Shore, was produced by The Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. It then premiered at Goodman Theater before its Off-Broadway run at Atlantic Theater Company where it was paired with The Dadshuttle. His first full-length play, Northeast Local, had productions at Trinity Repertory and Seattle Repertory, before premiering at Lincoln Center Theater. Minutes from the Blue Route was produced by New York Stage and Film and then premiered at Atlantic. From Above and Boys and Girls were produced at Playwrights Horizons. The Beginning of August premiered at South Coast Repertory and then in New York at Atlantic. Eden Lane premiered at La Jolla Playhouse. Donaghy’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, based on a translation by Ronald Meyer, premiered at Atlantic.
Acting editions of the plays are published by Dramatist Play Service, and a collection, The Beginning of August and Other Plays, was published by Grove Press[2].
