02.Jun.2011 The Peaceful Warrior: What’s Fabulous Got to Do with It
James Still, IRT’s playwright in residence, gave the keynote address at The Cohen New Works Festival at the University of Texas. Read the speech here.
07.Apr.2011 From the Danner Lounge with Charles Smith
03.Nov.2010 An interview with James Still, director of MARY’S WEDDING
In Mary’s Wedding, the play takes place in a dream and time is not quite linear, but rather bounces around a bit. How did this affect the way you told the story? I think the danger of any play that’s told as a dream with a structure that has the freedom to move fluidly through [...]
09.Apr.2010 IRT Playwright-in-Residence James Still to be invested into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre
April 6, 2010 Contact: Jon Whitmore President, San José State University Secretary, College of Fellows of the American Theatre One Washington Square San José, CA 95192-0002 Telephone: (408) 924-1177 Email: sjsupres@sjsu.edu FOUR THEATRE LEADERS TO BE INVESTED AS FELLOWS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE APRIL 17, 2010, AT THE KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE [...]
18.Mar.2010 Becky’s New Car: About the Playwright
Steven Dietz, playwright Steven Dietz is one of America’s most-produced contemporary playwrights. Since 1983, his 30-plus plays have been seen at over 100 regional theatres in the United States, as well as Off-Broadway. International productions have been seen in England, Japan, Germany, France, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Russia, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Greece, Argentina, Peru, Korea, Singapore, and [...]
Notes from the director of Becky’s New Car
LIBERATION by James Still, Director What if Cinderella goes to the ball and stays past midnight? I have liked, admired, and followed Steven Dietz’s work as a playwright for 20 years, so it’s especially sweet to find myself directing Becky’s New Car. As a student of other writers, there’s nothing like directing a play to [...]
28.Oct.2009 A Christmas Carol: Production Team
Priscilla Lindsay Director A favorite at the IRT for 33 of its 38 seasons, Priscilla most recently played Nan in Rabbit Hole. Among her more than 50 roles at the IRT are the title roles of Shirley Valentine, Driving Miss Daisy, and Molly Sweeney, as well as Sister Aloysius in Doubt, Mrs. Gibbs in Our [...]
27.Oct.2009 LIVE BLOG: A Christmas Carol Meet and Greet
12:01 PM* IRTlive – The Meet and Greet is over! Thank you for joining us. 12:01 PM* IRTlive – ProLiance Energy is our sponsor for Education and Outreach Programs. They will be sponsoring student matinees of A Christmas Carol. 11:56 AM* IRTlive – The costume designs are lining almost the entire south wall of the [...]
19.Oct.2009 Review Roundup: The Heavens Are Hung in Black
Here’s a collection of reviews for James Still’s THE HEAVENS ARE HUNG IN BLACK. NUVO Newsweekly Indianapolis Star Indy Theatre Habit Indianapolis Theatre Examiner Fun City Finder StageWrite
12.Oct.2009 Lois Lowry on THE GIVER
From the time I was eight or nine, I wanted to be a writer. Writing was what I liked best in school; it was what I did best in school. I was a solitary child, born the middle of three, who lived in the world of books and my own imagination. There are some children, [...]