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, [...]
THE GIVER production team
Eric Coble Playwright Eric Coble was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and grew up on Navajo and Ute reservations in New Mexico and Colorado. He earned his B.A. in English from Fort Lewis College in Colorado and his M.F.A. in acting from Ohio University. His play Bright Ideas was produced off-Broadway in 2001 and has since [...]
08.Oct.2009 From James Still: TORNADOES AND NUCLEAR FUSION
I’ve noticed a trend on the IRT blogs: whenever we get into tech and previews, the artists are eerily silent. It isn’t that we’ve lost interest in posting here, it isn’t that we’ve lost hope in the production — it’s that the transition from the rehearsal room to getting on stage and teching the show [...]
05.Oct.2009 From James Still: THE ROLE OF THE AUDIENCE
If you write a blog and nobody reads it, was it ever really a blog? It would be a disappointment, but something to shrug off at the most. If you write a play and no one comes, was it ever really a play? That would be harder (er, impossible) to shrug off. I’ll just put [...]