[2] Donaghy’s first play, the one-act Down the Shore, was produced by The Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference in Waterford, Connecticut.
His next play, Minutes from the Blue Route was produced by New York Stage and Film before premiering off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company.
His plays From Above and Boys and Girls were produced by Tim Sanford at Playwrights Horizons, directed by David Warren and Gerald Gutierrez respectively.
His play Eden Lane, although originally commissioned by Hartford Stage, premiered at La Jolla Playhouse in August 2003, directed by Des McAnuff, with sets by John Arnone, costumes by David Woolard and dramaturgy by Shirley Fishman.
Donaghy’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, based on a translation by Ronald Meyer, premiered at Atlantic where it was directed by Scott Zigler.
Down the Shore, The Dadshuttle, Northeast Local, Minutes from the Blue Route, From Above, The Beginning of August, and Boys and Girls are published by Dramatist Play Service.
The play Down the Shore was also adapted as a short film, directed by Maggie Kiley and produced by Kate Bayley.