But for all Mr. Eno’s quirks, his words cut to the heart of how we muddle through the worst life can bring." The regional premiere was performed at Dobama Theatre of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, featuring Joel Hammer, Tracee Patterson, Rachel Zake, and Chris Richards. In 2014 his play "The Open House" received its world premiere Off-Broadway at The Pershing Square Signature Center (Signature Theatre), running from February 11, 2014 (previews), officially on March 3 through March 23, 2014. The cast featured Hannah Bos, Michael Countryman, Peter Friedman, Danny McCarthy and Carolyn McCormick with direction by Oliver Butler. The play won the 2014 Drama Desk Award Special Award Ensemble; the 2014 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Play; and 2014 OBIE Awards, Playwriting and Direction. His play "Wakey, Wakey" opened Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre on February 7, 2017 in previews. Directed by Eno, the two-person cast stars January LaVoy and Michael Emerson. The play officially opened on February 27 and ran to March 26, 2017. On 5 April 2014, "The Economist" magazine commented on the comparison of Eno to Samuel Beckett stating: "(Eno) is also quick to acknowledge Beckett's influence, less for the writer's formal inventiveness than for his 'simple human stuff'. For example, he cites the line in 'Endgame' when Hamm declares, 'Get out of here and love one another.'" In response to a query by the critic Jonathan Kalb, he wrote in 2006 that "It would be good for the theatre and for the world at large if there were more signs of [Beckett's] influence--his humaneness, invention, and humility." He is a Helen Merrill Playwriting Fellow, a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Edward F. Albee Foundation Fellow. In 2004, he was awarded the first Marian Seldes/Garson Kanin Fellowship by the Theater Hall of Fame. Eno received the 2012 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award. He has received a resident playwrights award in the Residency Five program from the Signature Theatre Company, beginning in spring 2012. The participants are guaranteed three full world-premiere productions over a five-year residency. Eno received the 2014 Obie Award for Playwriting for "The Open House". "The Open House" also won the 2014 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play.