Playwright celebrates 20 years with Indiana Repertory Theatre

For 20 years, IRT Playwright James Still has been bringing ideas to life and to the stage. We celebrate his run and chat about the new play, Miranda, and James’ latest directorial endeavor, Dial “M” for Murder.

1. Miranda is on stage through April 23 and as of the 18^th there will 6 performances left in the run
   1. Miranda is a new play, written by James Still, making its Indiana premier
   2. It is the third play in a trilogy
      1. The first was The House That Jack Built (on stage at the IRT in 2009) and the second is Appoggiatura (on stage next season)
   3. ABOUT | A CIA operative working in the Middle East goes through a mind-bending existential crisis. Who are her friends? Who is the enemy? And just who is Miranda? The IRT’s award-winning playwright in residence, James Still, brings us a psychological riddle set in the world’s most explosive region.

1. James is directing Dial “M” for Murder, on stage April 25 – May 21
   1. IRT season finale
   2. Film noir inspired / uses projections and video
   3. ABOUT | A retired tennis pro plots the murder of his own wife – but on one fateful night nothing goes as planned and she soon finds herself in a different kind of danger. Can she be saved in time? Can the police detective who brought her to trial now decipher the clues that will save her life? The play that inspired Hitchcock’s suspense classic weaves an ever tightening web of danger and deception.
2. James is celebrating 20 years as the IRT Playwright-in-Residence
   1. Novelty in the arts world to have a playwright for so long
   2. Created dozens of plays specifically for the ‘Indiana’ series which seeks to make Indiana have a presence in new work and change the way Hoosiers respond to theatre
      1. EXAMPLE: James wrote Looking Over the President’s Shoulder, a true story about Alonzo Fields who served at the White House for twenty-one years under presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower.
   3. Diverse work that has impacted national and international audiences
      1. Some examples:
         1. And Then They Came for Me – about Anne Frank
         2. The Widow Lincoln – about Mary Todd Lincoln following the assassination of President Lincoln

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