Peter Ellenstein

Artistic Director

Peter came to the to the Inge Center in 2001.  For over twenty-five years, Peter has worked extensively in professional theatre, film and television as a director, producer, stage manager and actor. For seven years he was Producing Director of the Los Angeles Repertory Company, where he directed the acclaimed Los Angeles Premiere of Sondheim and Weidman’s “Assassins.” Peter’s has worked in theatre across the country from Los Angeles to New York, San Diego to Minnesota and Florida to Alaska, Broadway and Off-Broadway. His productions have received numerous awards and nominations.  He has taught acting, directing, voice, Shakespeare and musical theatre at the professional level and has additional teaching experience at the collegiate and high school level.  He sat on the Governing Council of the Association of Theatre for Higher Education.  He served two terms on the Board of Governors of Theatre LA, an organization of over 150 theatres in Southern California.  He was a founding member of the Southern California Arts Coalition, a cooperative fundraising venture for inter-disciplinary non-profit arts groups, and served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Kansas Arts Commission, the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, and as a Site Visitor for the NEA and the California Arts Council.  He comes from a theatrical family.  His father is actor/director Robert Ellenstein and his brother, David, is Artistic Director of North Coast Repertory Theatre in Southern California. Locally, Peter has been pleased to serve on the Booth Theatre Foundation Board, the Memorial Hall Task Force, a sub-committee of the Cultural Affairs task force, and as a mock judge and talent judge for Independence's famed Neewollah Festival.  Peter attended American Conservatory Theatre and received his Masters of Fine Arts Degree from Minnesota State University, Mankato.  During the recent presidential campaign, Peter was pleased to serve on President-elect Barack Obama's national arts policy committee. He is a member of Actors Equity Association, the Screen Actors Guild and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

E-Mail: pellenstein@ingecenter.org

Bruce Peterson

E-Mail: bpeterson@ingecenter.org
 

Hannah Joyce-Hoven

Special Projects Coordinator

E-Mail: hjoyce@ingecenter.org

Mike Wood

Tribute Director

Mike Wood has written and directed twenty-two tribute programs for the William Inge Theatre Festival, beginning with "Penn Avenue To Broadway" in 1981. He is the Executive Director of the Media Resources Center, WSU-TV, and KMUW-FM at Wichita State University. Mike is an alum of Independence Community College and won an ANNA award for Best Director in 1967. His M.F.A. degree in Cinema/Television Production is from the University of Southern California. Mike's video, "Big People, Small Towns", produced for the 20th Inge Festival, won a national CASE award.  Working with the ICC, Mike was recently awarded an NEA grant to digitize and transcribe the playwright interviews that he has conducted over the past two decades.  His work has been lauded by the likes of Arthur Miller, Stephen Sondheim and Neil Simon, who considered the tribute more impressive than the Kennedy Center honors.

Katherine Carrell, Connie Cartwright and Stephanie Johnson

Student Assistants

Our Volunteer Steering Committee

Martha Allison  *  Ryan Andrus * Hoite Caston * Michelle Chambers * Keith Confer * Drew Demo * Mike Flood * Marisa Fritzemeier* Anne Kaff * Marcel Laflamme

Kerrie Manues * Lisa Mitchell * Stacy Near * Liz Reynolds *  Lea Shepard * Jon Sidoli

Leseley Simpson * Kelly Webber * Greg White * Tony Wood