29th Annual William Inge Theatre Festival
Workshop Schedule
All workshops are subject to changes in time, space, workshop leader or cancellation. Updates will be made as information is available. Daytime Pass required for all workshops. All workshops are accessible with a Daytime Pass or a Director's Pass. Scenes at the Inge House sold separately. (Click here for complete workshop descriptions)
Room Abbreviations:
FA = Fine Arts Bldg.
(Theatre Building)
(Theatre Building)
AC = Academic Bldg.
(Library Building)
(Library Building)
CLC = Cessna Learning
Center (across lawn
from Library)
Center (across lawn
from Library)
Thursday, April 22
| Time | Workshop Title | Room | Guests Participating | |
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| 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Registration Margaret Goheen Foyer William Inge Theatre |
Inge collection is open for drop-in viewing Videos from past Festivals and current honorees Thurs. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
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| 8:00 - 8:45 a.m. | Yoga Warm-up | Music Hall FA101 | Kelly Webber | |
| 9:30 - 10:50 a.m. | Workshop 1 | Making a Scene: Improv | Theatre | Bess Wallerstein |
| Playwriting - The Art of Seduction | AC113 | Marcia Cebulska | ||
| Bunraku Puppetry for the Beginner | AC200 | Jessica Scott | ||
| An Actor's Process | FA101 | Barbara Dana and Elizabeth Wilson | ||
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. | Workshop 2 | State of the Theatre: Playwriting in America | AC200 | Gigi Bolt, Peter Franklin |
| Landing a Song | FA101 | Yvette Freeman, Lanny Hartley | ||
| "Less Is More" Voiceover Workout | CLC West | Alan Safier | ||
| Poetry-Theatre: creating/performing your own work | Theatre | Steven Sapp | ||
| 12:20 - 1:45 p.m. | Lunch | Lunch on your own in Inge's Independence highlighting Main Street Merchants (Free Downtown shuttle leaving at 12:20 & returning at 1:45 p.m.) |
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| 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. | Inge House | Scenes at Inge House, 514 N. 4th St. |
Separate $5 admission at registration desk | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Margaret Goheen Foyer | Tour of Inge's Independence | Meet in Theatre Lobby for tour, $5 ticket | |
| 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Workshop 3 | Scene and Monologue Coaching | FA101 | James Leaming |
| Inge and the Critics | CLC West | Dan Sullivan | ||
| Following the Dream in Hollywood | AC200 | Yvette Freeman, Deirdre Lovejoy, Alan Safier | ||
| Playwriting - Solitary Profession My A$$ | FA114 | Chisa Hutchinson | ||
| 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. | Inge House | Selected Scenes at Inge House, 514 N. 4th St. |
Separate $5 admission at registration desk | |
| 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. | All About Inge | Library | Ralph Voss | |
| 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. | Workshop 4 | Building the Playwright's Career | FA114 | Peter Franklin |
| Auditioning: The Basics | FA101 | Deirdre Lovejoy | ||
| My Life in Theatre and Film | AC200 | Elizabeth Wilson | ||
| 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Dinner | Dinner on your own in Inge's Independence highlighting Main St. Merchants |
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| 7:30 p.m. | Concert Reading of "The Mountaintop" by Katori Hall, Otis Guernsey New Voices Winner, with award presentation | FA113 William Inge Theatre |
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| Late Night | "Fringe at the Inge" at the Booth Hotel, 8th and Main St. (FREE) | |||
Friday, April 23
| Time | Workshop Title | Room | Guests Participating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Registration Margaret Goheen Foyer William Inge Theatre |
Inge collection is open for drop-in viewing Videos from past Festivals and current honorees Thurs. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
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| 8:00 - 8:45 a.m. | Yoga Warm-up | Music Hall FA101 | Kelly Webber | |
| 9:30 - 10:50 a.m. | Workshop 5 | Musical Theatre History | CLC West | Wayne Bryan |
| The Mountaintop Discussion | AC200 | Katori Hall, Chay Yew, Gilbert Glenn Brown | ||
| Playwriting: Kick Your Script into Shape | Inge Collection | Philip Dawkins | ||
| Finding the Sweet Spot: Scenes & Monologues | Board Room | Alan Safier | ||
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. | Workshop 6 | A Conversation with Paula Vogel | FA113 Inge Theatre |
Paula Vogel, David Savran |
| 12:20 - 12:40 p.m. | Autograph Signings | FA114 Margaret Goheen Foyer |
Katori Hall, Jackson Bryer, Marcia Cebulska, Barbara Dana, Yvette Freeman, Mary Hanes, Paula Vogel and Ralph Voss | |
| 12:20 - 1:45 p.m. | Lunch | Lunch on your own in Inge's Independence highlighting Main Street Merchants (Free Downtown shuttle leaving at 12:20 & returning at 1:45 p.m.) |
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| 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. | Inge House | Selected Scenes at Inge House, 514 N. 4th St. |
Separate $5 admission at registration desk | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Margaret Goheen Foyer | Tour of Inge's Independence | Meet in Lobby for tour, $5 ticket | |
| 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Workshop 7 | Director/Playwright Collaboration | AC113 | Marcia Cebulska, Peter Ellenstein, Katori Hall, Chay Yew |
| Musical Theatre Coaching | FA101 | Stacey Sargeant | ||
| Scholar's Conference—The Inge Papers | AC200 | Jackson Bryer, Marcel LaFlamme, Geetha M. Vivekanandhan, Philip Middleton Williams, Howard Wolf | ||
| Poetry-Theatre - creating/performing your own work | CLC West | Steven Sapp | ||
| 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. | Inge House | Selected Scenes at Inge House, 514 N. 4th St. |
Separate $5 admission at registration desk | |
| 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. | All About Inge | Library | Ralph Voss | |
| 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. | Workshop 8 | So You Want to Be a Critic? | FA114 | Dan Sullivan |
| Following the Dream in New York | AC200 | Gilbert Glenn Brown, Stacey Sargeant, Jeremy Webb, Amanda White | ||
| Playwriting: Where Do Ideas Come From? | CLC West | Mary Hanes | ||
| Bunraku Puppetry for Beginners | FA101 | Jessica Scott | ||
| 6:00 p.m. | Indep. Civic Center | Gala Dinner and Performance "As Time Goes By: A Few Amusing Songs about Aging and Death" 7:00 p.m. Gala dinner (prior reservation required) |
Tom Jones, Barbara Dana, Wayne Bryan, Peter Ellenstein, Yvette Freeman, Lanny Hartley, Deirdre Lovejoy, Alan Safier, Elizabeth Wilson | |
| Late Night | Fringe at the Inge" at the Booth Hotel, 8th and Main (FREE) | |||
Saturday, April 24
| Time | Workshop Title | Room | Guests Participating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Registration Margaret Goheen Foyer William Inge Theatre |
Inge collection is open for drop-in viewing Videos from past Festivals and current honorees Thurs. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
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| 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. | Inge House | Selected Scenes at Inge House, 514 N. 4th St. |
Separate $5 admission at registration desk | |
| 9:30 - 10:50 a.m. | All About Inge | Library | Ralph Voss | |
| 9:30 - 10:50 a.m. | Workshop 9 | State of the Theatre: Who's Our Audience? | AC200 | Gigi Bolt, Teresa Eyring |
| Playwriting: Writing Games | FA114 | David Rush | ||
| Movement for the Stage | FA101 | Amanda White | ||
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. | Workshop 10 | Trying to Remember: A Conversation with Q&A | AC200 | Tom Jones |
| Acting for the Camera | FA101 | Yvette Freeman | ||
| Playwriting: Writing Scenes that Wow | FA114 | Marcia Cebulska | ||
| 12:20 - 1:45 p.m. | Lunch | Lunch on your own in Inge's Independence highlighting Main Street Merchants (Free Downtown shuttle leaving at 12:20 & returning at 1:45 p.m.) |
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| 12:20 - 1:45 p.m. | 4-H Building Riverside Park | Picnic with Special Guests | ||
| 2:00 p.m. | Margaret Goheen Foyer | Tour of Inge's Independence | Meet in Theatre Lobby for tour, $5 Ticket | |
| 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Workshop 11 | Theater and the Media | FA114 | Dan Sullivan, Robert Trussell |
| Playwriting | CLC West | Katori Hall | ||
| Becoming Emily Dickinson | FA101 | Barbara Dana | ||
| Scholar's Conference—Paula Vogel Papers | AC200 | S. Abbotson, J. Bryer, J. Petersen, D. Savran | ||
| 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. | Selected Scenes at Inge House, 514 N. 4th St. |
Separate $5 admission at registration desk | ||
| 3:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Workshop 12 | Master Class: Paula Vogel | AC200 | Paula Vogel |
| 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Dinner | Dinner on your own in Inge's Independence highlighting Main St. Merchants |
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| 7:30 p.m. | 29th Annual William Inge Theatre Festival Tribute, "A Hot Waltz with Paula!" Created by Esquire Jauchem |
FA113 Inge Theatre |
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