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The first festival was
held in the William Inge Theatre on Mr. Inge’s birthday and was billed
as "A Birthday Celebration" for both Mr. Inge and for the "birth" of the
Inge Festival. The conference festivities began at 9:30 a.m. and
included a showing of the multi-media documentary William Inge: Penn
Avenue to Broadway produced by Mike Wood (see
bio update in 1998 - Stephen Sondheim)
and a panel discussion on the topic "William Inge: A Perspective in
1982." The morning session included opening remarks by Independence
Community College President Leon Foster and a welcome by Gary Beaver,
President of ICC Student Council. Tours of the William Inge Collection
were conducted by Del Singleton, Director of Learning Resources at ICC.
The showing of the film and the panel discussion were presented a second
time at 7:30 p.m. that evening and the Independence Arts Council hosted
a reception following the session.
Schedule of Events
The First Annual
William Inge Theatre Festival and Conference
Schedule of Events
May 3, 1982
MONDAY, MAY 3
9:30 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
Opening remarks by Leon Foster,
President of Independence Community College and a welcome by Gary
Beaver, President of Student Council.
"WILLIAM INGE: PENN AVENUE TO
BROADWAY." Presentation produced by Mike Wood and presented by Paul
Fry.
"WILLIAM INGE, A PERSPECITVE IN
1982." A panel discussion including: Gary Mitchell, Independence
Community College; Tom Rea, University of Kansas; Jackson Bryer,
University of Maryland; Eugene DeGruson, Pittsburg State University; and
Arthur McClure, Central Missouri State University.
11:00 A.M.
Tours of the WILLIAM INGE COLLECTION.
Conducted by Del Singleton, Director of Learning Resources. Library,
Academic Building.
7:30 P.M. "WILLIAM INGE: PENN
AVENUE TO BROADWAY." Presentation produced by Mike Wood and
presented by Paul Fry.
"WILLIAM INGE, A PERSPECITVE IN
1982." A panel discussion including: Gary Mitchell, Independence
Community College; Tom Rea, University of Kansas; Jackson Bryer,
University of Maryland; Eugene DeGruson, Pittsburg State University; and
Arthur McClure, Central Missouri State University.
Reception in Foyer sponsored by
Independence Arts Council.
Festival Participants
1982 Special Guests and Festival Participants
Jackson Bryer,
Ph.D served as a consultant on
the Inge Collection in 1981 for the National Endowment for the
Humanities. He is a professor of American literature at the University
of Maryland and is a well-known authority on F. Scott Fitzgerald.
See updated bio in
1998 - Stephen Sondheim.
Gene DeGruson,
special-collections librarian at Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg,
KS, and resource person for the Kansas Humanities Commission, served as
a consultant on preparing the Inge Collection in 1981, with the National
Endowment for the Humanities. DeGruson researched one of the first major
biographies on William Inge. He was an editor of the Little Balkans
Journal.
See updated bio in 1995 - Arthur Miller.
Arthur McClure,
North Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, Missouri, was a
specialist in cinema history, a foremost authority on people who have
appeared in the movies. He donated his own personal collection on Inge
to ICC and published an Inge biography.
See updated bio in 1995 - Arthur Miller.
Gary Mitchell
is a theatre and English instructor at Independence Community College,
Independence, KS.
See updated bio in
1983 - Jerome Lawrence.
Tom Rea
instructor of drama at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, is a
veteran actor and director, especially of musicals and opera, and a
long-time admirer of Inge’s work.
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