Devon O'Brien’s full-length play, Flight Plan, received its World Premier at The Court Theater in Los Angeles (1997), directed by Tony Abatemarco. American Portraits, based on the images of painter John Singer Sargent and the words of playwright Clyde Fitch has been presented in workshop form at The InterAct Theater, at Shakespeare & Co in MA, at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and The National Portrait Gallery both in London, at The Antaeus Theater Company and recently at the Pacific Resident Theater Co. Readings of Anna by Savannah have been presented at The Blank Theater, The Rogue Machine Theater and at Skylight as part of the Play Reading Series. An independent producer commissioned her screenplay, Three Girls Hunting. Devon has a B. A. in Semiotics from Brown and an MPW (Masters in Professional Writing) from USC. She is a member of the Playwrights’ Lab at Antaeus and of the Playwrights’ Unit at The Actors Studio West. O'Brien has published features in The Los Angeles Times, essays in Vogue and a novella on The Huffington Post. She is the founder of featherinc.com, specializing in essay assistance for the HS senior. Moderator of the long-running writers’ workshop, Five Nights, Five Tarts, O’Brien has baked over 400 tarts for writers. Currently, she is at work on a memoir.
