Playwright
Musical Theatre Writer
Designer
Playwright
Musical Theatre Writer
Designer
Chase O’Neill has an M.F.A. in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and B.A. in theatre from Hartwick College. He’s also a graduate of the National Theatre Institute Advanced Playwriting Program.
Writing Credits: Here There Be Dragons (Off-Broadway & Edinburgh Fringe Festival), A Pinch of the Owl (Hartwick), Schooled & Lettered (Ludicrous Displays Theatre Company), The Woods Listen (Human Pincushion Productions), and The Caveman (NYU Reading). He’s currently Writer in Residence at Hartwick College.
Technical credits: Everyone Gets Eaten by Sharks (Cardboard Alley Players), Proof (Hartwick), Ride the Cyclone (Hartwick), The Monsters You Meet in the Dark (Human Pincushion Productions), The Drowsy Chaperone (Lee Strasberg), The Cripple of Inishmaan (Stella Adler), and Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Blackfriars Playhouse).
Chase spends a lot of his time playing his favorite game Blood Bowl and sampling various breakfast cereals!
"The musical itself is fun, witty and shows a lot of potential and I hope to see it return in the future and go on to bigger and better things. If you’re a fellow D&D nerd like myself then you will love this little musical."
- North West End UK
(review of Here There Be Dragons)
"Here There Be Dragons: A Musical Quest has a tight sense of humour and a charming heart that makes the 90 minutes fly by and leaves you wanting to spend more time with every member of the ensemble cast."
- Theatre Weekly (Here There Be Dragons)
"thoroughly entertaining... great showcase of new writing"
Kimberly Shaw- Stage Whispers 2018 (review of Schooled & Lettered)
“A heightened D&D experience… They’ve created a soundscape for the fantasy world that is super fun and engaging… (alongside) the real world scenes that are deeply personal, heartfelt, and even heartbreaking.”
-Dragon Talk - An Official Dungeons & Dragons Podcast
"Teris and O’Neill’s approach to the subject is one of pragmatic grit though, and they add a believably personal sheen of relatability to the work"
- Natalie Rine