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David Henry Hwang Is Honoree of Inge Festival, April 18-21, 2012

David Henry Hwang, one of America's most dynamic and versatile playwrights, is the Honoree of the 31st Annual William Inge Theatre Festival, in Independence, Kansas, on the campus of Independence Community College. Hwang joins the roster of internationally renowned playwrights who have traveled to the Inge Festival to receive the William Inge Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre Award. For more than three decades, this select list includes Arthur Miller, Stephen Sondheim, Edward Albee, Wendy Wasserstein, and the most recent Honoree, Marsha Norman. Read More

Theatrical Madness Saturday Jan. 28 at 8PM at the Inge Theatre

Dozens of community members are joining together to create six brand new plays at the 8th edition of the Independence Area Community 24-Hour Plays. The performance is Saturday, January 28, at 8:00 p.m., sponsored by the William Inge Center for the Arts at Independence Community College. Read More

NEA Arts Work Grant Recognizes Inge Center as Rural Arts Leader

The National Endowment for the Arts announced that The Inge Center at ICC is recipient of a $50,000 Arts Works grant, the largest to any organization in Kansas and, in amount, in the top ten percent of all 119 grants awarded in the field of theater across the country. Read More

Registration Underway for Spring Youth Theatre Studio Classes

Give the gift of creativity and confidence for the holidays. Registration is open for the Youth Theatre Studio of the William Inge Center for the Arts at Independence Community College, returning for an encore in the spring of 2012. Read More

Kansan Catherine Trieschmann Is Inge Festival Otis Guernsey New Voices Winner

Kansas playwright Catherine Trieschmann, whose work has been produced at venues ranging from South Coast Repertory of Orange County, the Bush Theatre of London, and the New Theatre of Sydney, is the winner of the 2012 William Inge Theatre Festival's Otis Guernsey New Voices in the American Theatre Award. Read More

William Inge Center Awarded Grant from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Recap of the 2011 Inge Festival

Marsha Norman Is
2011 Inge Festival Honoree
Marsha Norman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist of multiple moods and genres, is the 30th Annual William Inge Theatre Festival Honoree. Ms. Norman will personally accept the William Inge Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre Award at the Inge Festival April 13-16, 2011, at Independence Community College in Independence, Kansas. Read More
New musical by Sheldon Harnick opens 2011 William Inge Theatre Festival
A preview presentation of a new musical by Sheldon Harnick (co-creator of Fiddler on the Roof) opens the 30th Annual William Inge Theatre Festival on April 13, 2011. A Doctor in Spite of Himself is based on the play by Moliere. David Glenn Armstrong will direct the professional cast in a concert reading of this new musical, with music, books, and lyrics all by Sheldon Harnick, who will be present at the festival. Read More
Dael Orlandersmith Is Inge Festival Otis Guernsey New Voices Winner
Actor, poet, and playwright Dael Orlandersmith is winner of the 2011 William Inge Theatre Festival's Otis Guernsey New Voices in the American Theatre Award. Orlandersmith will be presented with the award at the 30th Annual Inge Festival April 13-16 in Independence, Kansas, at Independence Community College. The Otis Guernsey New Voices in the American Theatre Award recognizes contemporary playwrights whose voices are helping shape the American theater of today. Read More
Three Decades of Show Music at Inge Gala Dinner