Schedule of Events compiled from newspaper article in the Wichita Eagle, April 16, 1995, p. 36.

Wednesday

7:30 pm - The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs performed by the Independence Community Members. William Inge Theatre, Fine Arts Building ($5)

Thursday

10 am – 4 pm – Registration and film festival, William Inge Theatre, Fine Arts Building (free)

10 am - 9 pm - William Inge Collection Open To Visitors. College Library, Academic Building (free)

12 noon - 1 pm - Tour of William Inge's Independence, Meets in the Margaret Goheen Foyer, Fine Arts Building (free)

1 - 2:15 pm - "How 'Dark' Fared On Stage And Screen" Panel Discussion about Inge's play "The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs", Lecture Hall, Academic Building ($5)

2:30 - 3:30 pm - "Arthur Miller And His Critics", Dan Sullivan, former theater critic for The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, Lecture Hall, Academic Building ($5)

7:30 pm - The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs performed by the Independence Community Members. William Inge Theatre, Fine Arts Building ($5)

Friday

8 am – 4 pm – Registration, William Inge Theatre, Fine Arts Building, William Inge Collection open to visitors, College Library, Academic Building (free). Film festival continues in FA1, Fine Arts Building (free)

8:30 am – 10:30 am – Acting Workshop with Shirley Knight, Inge Theatre, Fine Arts Building ($10). Musical Theatre Workshop with Carole D’Andrea, Music Hall, Fine Arts Building ($10) 9 – 10 am – “I’ve Written A Play, What Do I Do Now?” question-and-answer session for aspiring playwrights, Academic Building classroom ($5)

10:45 am – noon – “A Conversation With Arthur Miller”, Inge Theatre, Fine Arts Building (free)

Noon – 1 pm – A “Novel Lunch”, meet published authors and their works over lunch, Fireside Room, Student Union (sold out)

1:15 – 2:30 pm – “The Building Blocks of a Successful Career in the Arts”, panel discussion led by Jim Halsey, Music Hall, Fine Arts Building ($5)

1:30 – 3 pm – Tour of William Inge’s Independence, meet in the Margaret Goheen Foyer, Fine Arts Building (free)

7 pm – Dinner with NEA Chairwoman Jane Alexander, Independence Country Club (sold out)

Saturday

8 am – 4 pm – Registration, William Inge Theatre

10 am – 4 pm – The William Inge Collection open to visitors, College Library, Academic Building (free)

9 – 10 am – “The Sophistication of the Musical Book, 1920-1995”, lecture by Otis Guernsey, Lecture Hall, Academic Building ($5)

10 – 11:30 am – “New Voices In American Theatre: 1995”, scenes from playwright Mary Hanes’ new play “Doin’ Time at the Alamo”, Lecture Hall, Academic Building ($5)

11:45 am – 1 pm – “Picnic Luncheon”, Riverside Park (sold out)

1:15 – 2:30 pm – “The Struggle for the NEA”, panel discussion with Jane Alexander, Arthur Miller, Robert Anderson and Jerome Lawrence, moderated by Dan Sullivan, Independence Museum, Eighth and Myrtle (free)

2:45 – 4 pm – “Reviving ‘Picnic’ on Broadway”, Scott Ellis, director of the 1994 Broadway revival of “Picnic”, with actress Polly Holliday, Lecture Hall, Academic Building ($5)

3 – 4 pm – Tour of William Inge’s Independence, meet in the Margaret Goheen Foyer, Fine Arts Building (free)

8 pm – “A Tribute to Arthur Miller” presentation of the William Inge Festival Award for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre, William Inge Festival (sold out)