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Edward Albee,
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, was born March 12, 1928 in Virginia.
He began writing plays 30 years later. In 1958, Albee wrote The Zoo
Story in three weeks. It premiered on September 28, 1959 in Berlin
and four months later played on a double bill with Samuel Beckett’s
Krapp’s Late Tape at the Provincetown Playhouse in Greenwich
Village. It won the Vernon Rice Memorial Award in 1960. Also produced in
1960-61 was Fam and Yam, The Death of Bessie Smith, The Sandbox
and The American Dream. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opened on
Broadway in October, 1962, and ran for 644 performances. It received the
New York Drama Critics Circle Award as well as two Tony Awards. In 1966,
Warner Brothers released the film of the play which starred Elizabeth
Taylor and Richard Burton. Albee’s next play was an adaptation of Carson
McCuller’s The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1963). He also adapted
Malcolm (1965) from a novel by James Purdy, Everything in the
Garden (1967) from a play by Giles Cooper, and Lolita (1979)
adapted from the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. Other Albee works include
Tiny Alice (1964), A Delicate Balance (1966), Box and
Quotations From Mao Tse-Tung (1968), All Over (1971),
Seascape (1974), Listening (1975), Counting the Ways
(1976), The Lady From Dubuque (1979), The Man Who Had
Three Arms (1981), Finding the Sun (1982), and Marriage
Play (1987). Albee won the Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for A
Delicate Balance and also in 1975 for Seascape. He is a
member of the Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, chairman of the
Awards Commission of Brandeis University, president of the Edward Albee
Foundation and has been a member for the Council of the Dramatists Guild
for 24 years. Albee’s two one-act plays, Counting the Ways and
The Zoo Story, were performed by the Gypsy Theatre of Kansas City in
the Inge Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25. He participated in
"A Conversation With Edward Albee" on Friday, April 26 at 9:00 - 10:00
a.m. in the Inge Theatre and in the seminar "The Playwright/Director
Relationship: Should a Playwright Direct His Own Play?" on Friday, April
26 with other festival participants at 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the
Inge Theatre. He also participated on the panel discussion "The
Playwright and The Theatre Critic" on Saturday, April 27 with other
festival participants at 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. in the Lecture Hall. Mr.
Albee was presented "The William Inge Award For Lifetime Achievement In
the American Theatre" at the "Tribute to Edward Albee" on Saturday,
April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Inge Theatre.
Schedule of Events
The Tenth Annual
William Inge Theatre Festival and Conference
Schedule of Events
April 25, 26, 27, & 28, 1991
THURSDAY, APRIL
25
10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.--REGISTRATION
in the Margaret Goheen Foyer of the William Inge Theatre, Fine Arts
Building. FILM FESTIVAL featured "Penn Avenue to Broadway" (documentary
on Inge) and other Inge films. Edward Albee’s WHO’S AFRAID OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF? and A DELICATE BALANCE will be shown. Fine
Arts Room 1, Fine Arts Building. FREE
10:00 A.M. - 9:00 P.M.—WILLIAM
INGE COLLECTION opened to visitors. College Library, Academic Building.
1:00 P.M. & 3:00 P.M.--Tour
of "WILLIAM INGE’S INDEPENDENCE." Met in the Margaret Goheen Foyer, Fine
Arts Building. FREE
1:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.—Workshop:
"PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC RELATIONS" conducted by Rick Miramontez of the
Rick Miramontez Company, Los Angeles. Lecture Hall, Academic Building.
Adults $10.00, Students $5.00 (ICC & IHS students free)
2:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.--"WILLIAM
INGE: HIS YOUNGER YEARS" with Luther Inge, nephew of William Inge and
author of Travels in Search of the Past: The Ancestry of William
Motter Inge, Playwright. Lecture Hall, Academic Building. FREE
7:30 P.M.—COUNTING THE WAYS
and THE ZOO STORY, two one-act
plays by Edward Albee performed by The Gypsy Theatre of Kansas City.
William Inge Theatre, Fine Arts Building. Adults: $10.00, Students
$5.00 (ICC students free). All seats reserved.
FRIDAY,
APRIL 26
8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.--REGISTRATION
in the Margaret Goheen Foyer of the William Inge Theatre, Fine Arts
Building. THE WILLIAM INGE COLLECTION opened to visitors. College
Library, Academic Building. FILM FESTIVAL continued in FA1, Fine Arts
Building. (Check schedule at Registration Desk) FREE
9:00 A.M - 10:00 A.M.--
"A CONVERSATION WITH EDWARD ALBEE." Mr. Albee discussed contemporary
theatre and responded to questions. Inge Theatre, Fine Arts Building.
FREE
10:15 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.—"THE
PLAYWRIGHT/DIRECTOR RELATIONSHIP: SHOULD A PLAYWRIGHT DIRECT?" A seminar
with Edward Albee, Robert Anderson, Jerome Lawrence, and directors
Daniel Mann, Marshall Mason, and George Keathley. Moderated by David
LeVine, Executive Director of the Dramatist’s Guild. Inge Theatre, Fine
Arts Building. FREE
12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.—Luncheon
with Distinguished Directors. Fireside Room, Student Union. FEE:
$5.00
1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.—"DIRECTING
WORKSHOP FOR STUDENTS," conducted by John Green, Professor at Pittsburg
State University. Featured a performance of the one-act play,
Metamorphosis as a basis for the discussion. Music Hall, Fine Arts
Bldg. FREE
1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.—"DIRECTING
WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS" with Daniel Mann, noted stage and screen director.
Opened to college and community theatre directors and interested adults.
Lecture Hall, Academic Building. FEE $10.00
3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.--Tour
of "WILLIAM INGE’S INDEPENDENCE." Met in the Margaret Goheen Foyer, Fine
Arts Bldg. FREE
7:00 P.M.--"A
GALA DINNER Party" at the Independence Country Club. "Tenth Anniversary
Celebration of The William Inge Festival" and the awarding of the 1990
Margo Jones Award and Medal. All seats reserved. $18.00
SATURDAY, APRIL
27
8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.--REGISTRATION
in the Margaret Goheen Foyer of the William Inge Theatre, Fine Arts
Bldg.
10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.--THE
WILLIAM INGE COLLECTION opened to visitors. College Library, Academic
Building. FILM FESTIVAL continued in Fine Arts Room 1, Fine Arts
Building.
9:15 A.M. - 10:15 A.M.—
"WRITING FOR PERFORMANCE" with playwright Robert Anderson. Lecture Hall,
Academic Building. Adults $10.00, Students $5.00 (ICC & IHS
students free)
10:30 A.M - 11:45 A.M.--
Panel Discussion: "THE PLAYWRIGHT AND THE THEATRE CRITIC." Playwrights
Edward Albee, Robert Anderson, and Jerome Lawrence joined Richard Coe,
Critic Emeritus of The Washington Post, and Dan Sullivan, former
theatre critic of The Los Angeles Times. Lecture Hall, Academic
Building. Adults $10.00, Students $5.00 (ICC & IHS students free)
12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.--"HONORS
LUNCHEON" members of the Inge family and distinguished festival guests
were recognized. Fireside Room, Student Union. FEE: $8.00
1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.—Staged
reading of William Inge’s one act play, "THE LOVE DEATH" by actor
Ray Stricklyn, followed by a panel discussion entitled "Viewpoints on
THE LOVE DEATH" with Laura Chandler, Ralph Voss, Dan Sullivan, Ray
Stricklyn, and Colby Kullman, moderator. Lecture Hall, Academic
Building. FEE: $10.00 (ICC students free)
2:45 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.--"SCHOLAR’S
CONFERENCE" - "The plays and Films of William Inge and His
Contemporaries." Conference Director: Dr. Jackson Bryer, The University
of Maryland. Lecture Hall, Academic Building. FREE
3:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.--Tour
of "WILLIAM INGE’S INDEPENDENCE." Met in the Margaret Goheen Foyer, Fine
Arts Building. FREE
8:00 P.M.--"TRIBUTE
TO EDWARD ALBEE." Excerpts from Mr. Albee’s plays and films, tributes
from friends both live and taped, and special appearances by Broadway
actors. Presentation of "THE WILLIAM INGE FESTIVAL AWARD FOR
DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE." William Inge
Theatre, $15.00, all seats reserved. (ICC students free)
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
10:00 A.M.—Meeting of the Inge
Festival NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD for brunch at Glencliff Farm.
12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.—REGISTRATION
in the Foyer, William Inge Theatre.
12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.—
Tour of "WILLIAM INGE’S INDEPENDENCE." Met in the Margaret Goheen Foyer,
Fine Arts Building. FREE
1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.—THE
WILLIAM INGE COLLECTION opened to visitors. College Library, Academic
Building.
1:30 P.M.—Dedication
of "THE MARGARET GOHEEN FOYER," Fine Arts Building.
2:00 P.M.—WILLIAM
INGE'S SUMMER BRAVE presented by the Johnson County Community
College Theatre Department of Overland Park, Kansas, on the stage of the
William Inge Theatre. Directed by Beate Pettigrew.
Festival Participants
1991 Special Guests and Festival Participants
Robert Anderson
(Inge
Award recipient in 1985)
participated in the seminar "The Playwright/Director Relationship:
Should a Playwright Direct His Own Play?" on Friday, April 26 with other
festival participants at 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the Inge Theatre. He
also presented "Writing For Performance" on Saturday, April 27 at 9:15 -
10:15 a.m. in the Lecture Hall and participated on the panel discussion
"The Playwright and The Theatre Critic" on Saturday, April 27 with other
festival participants at 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. in the Lecture Hall.
See updated bio in
1998 - Stephen Sondheim.
Wayne Bryan,
Producing Director for the Music Theatre of Wichita, was Master of
Ceremonies for the "Gala Dinner Party" at the Independence Country Club
on Friday, April 26.
See updated bio in
1998 - Stephen Sondheim.
Laura Chandler,
speech instructor at Independence Community College, wrote an article
entitled "An End to this Desperate Struggle, William Inge’s Previously
Unpublished Play: The Love Death for Volume 5 of Studies In
American Drama, 1945-Present." She participated on a panel
discussion "Viewpoints on The Love Death" on Saturday,
April 27 at 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.
Kansas Governor Joan Finney
presented the "William Inge Award For Lifetime Achievement in the
American Theatre" at the "Tribute to Edward Albee" on Saturday, April 27
at 7:30 p.m. in the Inge Theatre.
John Green
is a professor in the communication Department at Pittsburg State
University in Pittsburg, Kansas. Green, originally from London, first
came to P.S.U. in 1985 through a Fulbright exchange where he directs and
teaches theatre and television classes. His students performed Franz
Kafka’s Metamorphosis as he conducted the "Directing Workshop for
Students" on Friday, April 26 at 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. in the Music Hall.
George Grizzard
played Nick in the original Broadway production of Albee’s Who’s
Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? A two-time Tony Award nominee, Grizzard
starred as Atticus Finch in the first major American stage production of
To Kill A Mockingbird in March of 1991 at the Papermill Playhouse
in New Jersey. Grizzard made his Broadway debut in the 1955 drama The
Desperate Hours. Among his television work, he won acclaim as John
Adams in The Adams Chronicles and as President Jimmy Carter in
the cable film Iran. Grizzard took part in the tribute to Edward
Albee on Saturday, April 27 in the William Inge Theatre.
Luther Inge,
(deceased 1993), nephew of William Inge, is author of Travels in
Search of the Past: The Ancestry of William Motter Inge, Playwright.
He presented "William Inge: His Younger Years" on Thursday, April 25 at
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.
Johnson County Community College
Theatre Department of Overland Park,
presented Inge’s play Summer Brave on Sunday, April 28
at 2:00 p.m. in the Inge Theatre.
George Keathley
participated in the seminar "The Playwright/Director Relationship:
Should a Playwright Direct His Own Play?" on Friday, April 26 with other
festival participants at 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the Inge Theatre.
See updated bio in 1992 - Peter Shaffer.
Shirley Knight, particpated in the tribute to Edward Albee on
Saturday, April 27 in the William Inge Theatre.
See updated bio in
1996 - August Wilson.
Colby Kullman
moderated the panel discussion "Viewpoints on The Love Death" on
Saturday, April 27 at 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.
See updated bio in
1993 - Wendy Wasserstein.
Jerome Lawrence
(Inge
Award recipient in 1983)
participated in the seminar "The Playwright/Director Relationship:
Should a Playwright Direct His Own Play?" on Friday, April 26 with other
festival participants at 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the Inge Theatre. He
also participated on the panel discussion "The Playwright and The
Theatre Critic" on Saturday, April 27 with other festival participants
at 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. in the Lecture Hall.
See updated bio in 1996 - Arthur Miller.
David LeVine was the moderator
for "The Playwright/Director Relationship: Should a Playwright Direct
His Own Play?" on Friday, April 26 at 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the
Inge Theatre.
See updated bio in
1998 - Stephen Sondheim.
Daniel Mann
directed the original Broadway production of Come Back, Little Sheba
in 1950, the play that launched William Inge’s successful career as a
playwright. The play, under Mann’s skillful direction, brought Tony
Awards to actress Shirley Booth and actor Sidney Blackmer. In 1952 Mann
directed the film version of the play and Shirley Booth won an Oscar for
her performance as Lola. Other Broadway successes for Mann were The
Rose Tattoo, The Immoralist, and Paint Your Wagon. Born in
Brooklyn, NY, Mann is a product of the Professional Children’s School
and the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. During
World War II, Mann served in the U.S. Infantry Special Services and was
stationed in the China-Burma-India Theatre. After the war Mann taught at
the American Theatre Wing and the Actors Studio. Then came his stage
triumphs of Come Back, Little Sheba and The Rose Tattoo.
In addition to directing the movie version of these two plays, Mann also
directed I’ll Cry Tomorrow, Butterfield 8 The Last Angry Man, Hot
Spell, For The Love Of Ivy, and The Teahouse of the August Moon.
His directing credits for television include Actor’s Studio,
Silent Night, How the West Was Won, Lost in the Stars, The Day The
Loving Stopped, and Playing for Time. He participated in the
seminar "The Playwright/Director Relationship: Should a Playwright
Direct His Own Play?" on Friday, April 26 with other festival
participants at 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the Inge Theatre. He also
conducted a "Directing Workshop for Adults" on Friday, April 26 at 1:00
- 3:00 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.
Marshall Mason,
founder and director of New York’s Repertory Company, is a native of
Texas. Mr. Mason directed two plays by William Inge: Come Back,
Little Sheba and his acclaimed all star production of the
Pulitzer-prize-winning Picnic with Gregory Harrison, Jennifer
Jason Leigh, Rue McClanahan, Michael Learned, and Dick Van Patten for
Showtime. He has been honored with five Obie Awards for Distinguished
Direction. He received his sixth Obie Award for Sustained Achievement
with Lanford Wilson, his creative partner for the past 25 years. He
participated in the seminar "The Playwright/Director Relationship:
Should a Playwright Direct His Own Play?" on Friday, April 26 with other
festival participants at 10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the Inge Theatre.
Rick Miramontez,
in 1987 and 1988 co-directed with the late Wally Cedar a workshop,
"Publicizing and Promoting Your Productions." A graduate of California
State University, Miramontez was associated with the Ahmanson Theatre in
Los Angeles for six seasons. He now manages his own public relations
company, The Rick Miramontez Company. He conducted a workshop
"Principles of Public Relations" on Thursday, April 25 at 1:30 - 2:30
p.m. in the Lecture Hall.
Beate Pettigrew,
directed the Johnson County Community College production of Inge’s play
Summer Brave on Sunday, April 28 at 2:00 p.m. in the Inge
Theatre.
Ray Stricklyn
won the Best Actor award from the L.A. Drama Critics Circle for his
performances in Confessions and Williams’ Vieux
Carre, as well as numerous other awards. In 1990 he received rave
reviews for his performance as Dr. Lyman in William Inge’s Bus Stop
at the Pasadena Playhouse. He made his Broadway debut in Moss Hart’s the
Climate of Eden with Rosemary Harris, winning an annual Theatre
World Award. He starred in Jose Quintero’s noted revival of Truman
Capote’s The Grass Harp at Circle-In-The-Square. Film
performances include: 10 North Frederick with Gary Cooper; The
Plunderers with Jeff Chandler, which netted him Golden Globe Award
nominations; and Newsies, a Disney movie musical. Television
audiences have seen him in the recurring role of Sen. Pickering
on CBS's Wiseguy and NBC's Cheers. He conducted a stage
reading of The Love Death on Saturday, April 27 at 1:30
- 3:00 p.m. in Lecture Hall. He also participated on a panel discussion
"Viewpoints on The Love Death" on Saturday, April 27 at 1:30 p.m.
- 3:00 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.
Dan Sullivan
participated on the panel discussion "The Playwright and The Theatre
Critic" on Saturday, April 27 with other festival participants at 10:30
- 11:45 a.m. in the Lecture Hall. He also participated on a panel
discussion "Viewpoints on The Love Death" on Saturday, April 27
at 1:30 p.m. -3:00 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.
See updated bio in
1998 - Stephen Sondheim.
The Gypsy Theatre
is a nonprofit theatre company based in Kansas City, Missouri, at the
8th Street Cafe Theatre. The company is committed to producing off-beat
and enduring one-act plays of American writers and have performed works
by Tennessee Williams, Sam Shepard, Harold Pinter, George Bernard Shaw,
A.R. Gurney, and others. Chuck Gordon who plays Jerry in The Zoo
Story, serves as the group’s Artistic Director. They performed
Counting The Ways and The Zoo Story on Thursday, April 25 at
7:30 p.m. in the Inge Theatre.
Ralph Voss
participated on a panel discussion "Viewpoints on The Love Death"
on Saturday, April 27 at 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.
See updated bio in
1998 - Stephen Sondheim.
Mike Wood
produced the "Tribute to Edward Albee" on Saturday, April 27 at 7:30p.m.
in the Inge Theatre.
See updated bio in
1998 - Stephen Sondheim.
1990 Margo Jones Award
Richard
Coe:
recipient of the 1990 Margo Jones Award
presented at the Independence Country Club
on Friday, April 26
Richard Coe, drama critic
emeritus of The Washington Post, joined the Post in 1938
as radio editor and assistant drama critic. After a stint in the U.S.
Army Air Corps, he returned to the Post as drama critic
and amusements editor, serving in those positions from 1946-1979. He
became a critic emeritus in 1979. His work has garnered recognition from
the Newspaper Guild of America, the American Theatre Association, the
General Federation of Women’s Clubs, Howard University, the Catholic
University of America, the University of Maryland, and the Community
Service League of Washington Theatres. Coe received the Critic of the
Year award in 1963 from the Directors’ Guild of America and was named
Washingtonian of the Year in 1980. He participated on the panel
discussion "The Playwright and The Theatre Critic" on Saturday, April 27
with other festival participants at 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. in the Lecture
Hall.
Conference Scholars
1991 Conference Scholars
Conference Director:
Jackson R. Bryer Ph.D, presented "The Plays
and Films of William Inge and His Contemporaries" on Saturday, April 27
at 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. in the LectureHall.
See updated bio in
1998 - Stephen Sondheim.
Respondent:
Mark W. Estrin, Rhode
Island College, Providence.
Scholars:
Patricia Relph,
Fayetteville, Arkansas presented "How Inge Captures Character In
Language Style" with Roger Gross.
Roger Gross, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville presented
"How Inge Captures Character In Language Style with Patricia Relph."
Therese Jones, Ph.D, University of Colorado presented
"Difference, Defiance, Despair: The Suicide Plays of William Inge."
Thomas P. Adler, Ph.D, Purdue University presented "On the
Margins: The One-Act Plays of Albee and Inge."
Jeff Loomis, Ph.D, Northwest Missouri State University,
Maryville presented "William Inge and Greek Myth."
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