Podcasts
Episode 86 (How Playwrights Hear Their Characters’ Voices)
A Conversation with James Still
The March 2025 episode of In a Manner of Speaking is the first to feature a playwright. Paul Meier discusses how playwrights hear their characters voices with Pulitzer Prize-nominated James Still.
Paul and James also discuss the art of playwriting in general and read from James' plays A New World and The Heavens Are Hung in Black.
Offscript: James Still, Indiana, and ‘The Great Comet’ of 2017
On this week’s podcast, playwright James Still is the guest and he talks about how a California playwright became the resident playwright of Indiana Rep. Plus, the editors discuss ‘The Great Comet’ casting controversy.