Schedule of Events

Friday, April 20, 1990

Friday, April 20 - Writer’s and Scholars Conference. Theme: “Researching and Preparing for Publication”

8:00 am – 5:00 pm - Registration in the Foyer, William Inge Theatre

8:00 am – 5:00 pm - The William Inge Collection open to visitors.

9:00 – 10:30 am - “Researching in Special Library Collections” – Del Singleton, Director of Library Resources and the William Inge Collection, Independence Community College, Independence, Kansas; Gene DeGruson, Curator of Special Collections, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas; Nena Couch, Curator of the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Collection, Ohio State University; Dorothy Swerdlove, Curator of the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Library of Performing Arts, New York City. Lecture Hall, Academic Building.

10:45 am – 12:00 Noon - “The Interview and Oral Histories as a Tool in Research”. R. Baird Shuman, Author of William Inge (Revised) Twayne Series, 1989, University of Illinois, Department of English; Dan Sullivan, Theatre and Drama Critic, Los Angeles Times, currently at work on a biography of William Inge; Ralph Voss, author of A Life Of William Inge: The Strains of Triumph, University of Kansas Press, 1989, Professor of English, University of Alabama. Lecture Hall, Academic Building.

12:15 – 1:15 pm - Luncheon featuring Faith Sullivan, author of The Cape Ann and other novels. Fireside Room, Student Union.

1:30 – 3:00 pm - “Practical Suggestions for Preparing the Manuscript for Publication.” Jackson Bryer, Co-editor of Selected Letters of Eugene O’Neill, Yale University Press, 1988, Professor of English, University of Maryland; Colby Kullman, Co-editor of Studies In American Drama, 1945-Present, Professor of English, University of Mississippi; Fred Woodward, Director, University Press of Kansas; and Arthur McClure, Author of “The Midwestern World of William Inge”, Professor and Chairman of the Department of History, Central Missouri State University. Lecture Hall, Academic Building

3:15 – 3:45 pm - “How to Get an Agent” with Sheri Mann from the Sheri Mann Talent Agency of Los Angeles. Lecture Hall, Academic Building.

3:45 – 4:15 pm - The author of Margo: Helen Sheehy

4:15 – 5:00 pm - Reception/Autographing Party for Inge Biographers – McClure, Shuman, and Voss. Lecture Hall, Academic Building.

7:30 pm - “The Depot”, a one-woman ‘tour de force’, written by Eve Ensler, directed by JoAnn Woodward, and starring Ms. Shirley Knight. William Inge Theatre.