William Inge Festival Program 1986

The William Inge Festival

Independence Community College

Independence, Kansas

April 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 1986

Conference and Festival Events

Saturday, April 12

1:00 – 4:00 pm - Registration for Conference and Festival events – Foyer of William Inge Theatre

2:00 pm - A Loss of Roses

4:00 pm - Daniel Mann, noted director of stage and screen will comment about the production. Mann directed the original Broadway presentation.

7:00 pm - Dinner With America’s Award-Winning Playwrights. Special guests will include Jerome Lawrence, William Gibson, Robert Anderson, John Patrick, and Director Daniel Mann. – Independence Country Club

Sunday, April 13

1:00 – 5:00 pm - Registration for Conference and Festival Events, Foyer of William Inge Theatre.

1:00 – 5:00 pm - The William Inge Collection in the College Library, located in Academic Building will be open for visitors

1:15 pm - “William Inge: Penn Avenue to Broadway” – Lecture Hall, Academic Building

1:30, 2:30, 3:30 pm - Tours of Inge’s Independence will leave the Fine Arts Building. Meet in Foyer.

2:15 pm - “Come Back, Little Sheba” – Film showing in the Lecture Hall, Academic Building

7:30 pm - “A Musical Salute to Broadway and Honored Guests of Ingefest V. William Inge Theatre – Admission $5.00. Reception in foyer following the performance hosted by Independence Arts Council.

Monday, April 14

8:30 – 5:30 pm - The William Inge Collection in the College Library, located in the Academic Building will be open for visitors.

8:30 – 4:00 pm - Registration for Conference & Festival Events. Foyer of the William Inge Theatre.

9:00 – 12 Noon - A Seminar With Four of America’s Great Playwrights – William Inge Theatre “Writing for Television Production” – Robert Anderson “Writing for the Musical Theatre” – Jerome Lawrence “Adapting stage plays for Motion Pictures” – John Patrick “Taking Rag Dolly to Moscow” – William Gibson

12:15 – 1:15 pm - Honors Luncheon – honoring the Inge family, Festival and Conference Guests. Fireside Room – Student Union.

1:30 – 5:30 pm - Conference Theme: “Women in Modern American Drama and Film”. Lecture Hall, Academic Building.

1:30 – 3:00 pm Session I –

Ralph Voss, University of Alabama Title – Rubert Brustein’s “The Men-Taming Women of William Inge”; Half Right, But All Wrong?

Bruce J. Mann, Oakland University Title – “Zelda, a waiting death, in Tennessee Williams’ “Clothes For a Summer Hotel”

Nancy O. Wilhelmi, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA Title – “Amanda’s Self-Defeating Behavior in ‘The Glass Menagerie’”

3:30 – 5:00 pm Session II Jane W. Lange, University of California, Berkley Title – “Forces Get Loose”: Social Prophecy in William Inge’s Picnic

Joyce Flynn, Harvard University, Department of English, Cambridge, Mass. Title – None as yet, will submit later)

Gene DeGruson, Pittsburg State University Title – “The Inge Collection: Its Origin and Scope”

Monday, April 14 (continued)

1:30 – 2:30 pm - An Agent’s Workshop For Aspiring Actors, Writers, and Directors – Presented by Sheri Mann, Los Angeles, California – Fine Arts Building – Room FA 1

7:30 pm - A Tribute To Playwright John Patrick Presentation of the William Inge Award For Lifetime Achievement In The American Theatre by Honorable John Carlin, Governor of Kansas. William Inge Theatre – Admission $5.00. Reception in the Foyer following the performance.

10:30 pm - After-Theatre Supper with John Patrick and other honored guests. Independence Country Club.

Tuesday, April 15

8:30 – 11:00 am - Registration, Foyer of William Inge Theatre

9:00 am – Noon - Theatre Workshops for All Ages Acting Techniques – and Directing The Play – Daniel Mann – Inge Theatre.

1:00 – 3:30 pm - “Shakespeare in Workshop” – John Green, Professor in Theatre, London England. – Inge Theatre