Jessica Huang named James Still Playwright-in-Residence at IRT

Award-winning playwright Jessica Huang will be the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s (IRT) next James Still Playwright-in-Residence. Huang was hired onto the IRT Artistic Team and will serve a three-year tenure with a focus on new play production, as well as leading the Young Playwrights in Process program and representing the IRT at festivals across the U.S. A play commissioned from Huang will also be developed during her residency. “It is with great joy that we welcome Jessica Huang to the IRT as our next Playwright-in-Residence,” Benjamin Hanna, Margot Lacy Eccles artistic director, said in a statement. “Jessica’s writing is haunting, soul-stirring and absolutely gorgeous. Her voice is wholly unique, and we are thrilled to share her groundbreaking and exciting work with our audiences.”& Huang, a playwright and librettist, is also a Venturous Playwright Fellow at the Playwrights’ Center, a MacDowell Fellow, Hermitage Fellow and four-time Playwrights’ Center fellow. Huang’s work includes “The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin,” which received an Indiana premier at the IRT in 2022, “Mother of Exiles,” “Blended 和 (Harmony): The Kim Loo Sisters” (with composer Jacinth Greywoode) and “Transmissions in Advance of the Second Great Dying.” “I’m so proud and excited to call IRT home for the...