Chisa Hutchinson and David Rush
Spring 2010 Inge House Playwrights-in-Residence
The Inge Center welcomes Spring 2010 Inge House Playwrights-in-Residence David Rush and Chisa Hutchinson, who will draw inspiration for new scripts by living in the William Inge Historic Family Home in Independence.
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During their two-month residency, the writers enjoy time to write and will receive a developmental reading of one of their works, with the aid of numerous guest artists. They will also instruct for the Inge Center's Professional Playwriting Certificate program at Independence Community College.
David Rush has had productions of his plays at Mark Taper Forum, Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theater Club, Stage Left, Chicago Dramatists and others. His scripts have had readings and workshops at major festivals including Great Plains, Odyssey, Utah Shakespeare, and Abingdon Theater. He has won or was a finalist in several national playwriting contests including Dayton FutureFest, Fremont Center, Great Plans Theater Festival, Firehouse Theater, Ashland Shakespeare and others.
His awards include several Chicago Jeff Awards, a Los Angeles DramaLogue Award, and Dayton FutureFest Best Play and two Midwest Emmies.
Among his plays and musicals are "Leander Stillwell," "One Fine Day," "Cuttings," "Police Deaf Near Far," "A Germinous Seeds," "Prairie Lights" and recently "Women of Choice," a monologue collection.
He is currently working on a musical and a civil war play. He has written two college textbooks on playwriting and play analysis. Rush is Head of Playwriting at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, a member of Chicago's Stage Left Theater, and a past affiliate of Chicago Dramatists.
Chisa Hutchinson, originally from Newark, New Jersey, is author of a number of plays. Her scripts include "The Subject," commissioned by The Atlantic Theatre Company; and "She Like Girls," and "The Good Mother," of the Lark Play Development Center. "Dirt Rich" was commissioned and premiered at the City Park Foundation in New York. Her "#9" premiered at the Vital Theatre Company. She is a graduate of Vassar College and is currently pursuing her MFA in Dramatic Writing at New York University.
The Inge Center is best known for its annual William Inge Theatre Festival. The 29th festival takes place April 21-24, honors Paula Vogel.
Additional major supporters of the William Inge Center for the Arts include the Kansas Arts Commission, the Hallmark Corp., the National Endowment for the Arts, the William T. Kemper Foundation, Commerce Bank, trustee, and Independence Community College.
The center is named for the late Pulitzer Prize ("Picnic") and Oscar winning ("Splendor in the Grass") writer William Inge, a native of Independence.
For more information on Inge Center activities, visit www.ingecenter.org or call (620) 332-5492 or (800) 842-6063 ext. 5835.
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Fall 2009 Inge House Playwrights-in-Residence were
Sean Lewis of New York and Philip Dawkins of Chicago
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Spring 2009 Inge House Playwrights-in-Residence were
Richard Hellesen of Sacramento and Arlene Hutton of New York
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Fall 2008 Inge House Playwrights-in-Residence were
Patricia Loughrey of San Diego and Kristin Palmer of New York
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Spring 2008 Inge House Playwrights-in-Residence were
Adam Kraar of New York and Alice Tuan of Los Angeles
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Fall 2007 Inge House Playwrights-in-Residence were
Julianne Homokay of Los Angeles and Robert Koon of Chicago
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Spring 2007 Inge House Playwrights-in-Residence were
Sheila Callaghan of New York and Dominic Orlando of Minneapolis
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Fall 2006 Inge Playwrights were
David Scott Hay of Chicago and Lydia Stryk of Berlin, Germany
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Spring 2006 Inge Playwrights were
Mickey Birnbaum of Los Angeles and Catherine Filloux of New York
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Fall 2005 Inge Playwrights began teaching September 20, 2005
Evan Smith of Savannah, Georgia and Alice Tuan of Los Angeles
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Spring 2005 Inge Playwrights began teaching March 15, 2005
Bryan Davidson of Los Angeles and Lisa Dillman of Chicago
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Fall 2004 Inge House Playwrights began teaching September 2004
Adam Kraar of New York and Caridad Svich of Los Angeles
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Spring 2004 Inge House Playwrights began teaching April 2004
Carson Becker of Chicago and Jeremy Kareken of New York
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Winter 2004 Inge House Playwrights began teaching Jan. 12
Rose Portillo of Los Angeles and Richard Broadhurst of Sacramento
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Fall 2003 Inge House Playwrights began teaching September 4th
Anne Phelan of New York and Elaine Romero of Tucson, Arizona
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Spring 2003 Playwrights were
David Scott Hay of Chicago and Melanie Marnich of Minneapolis
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Fall 2002 Playwrights began teaching in October
Marcia Cebulska of Topeka and Colin Denby Swanson of Texas
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Professional playwrights from across the country will leave their homes to reside in Independence, Kansas, in the historic home of the late playwright, William Inge, as the William Inge Center for the Arts Playwrights-in-Residence. While in residence, the playwrights will teach a playwriting class at Independence Community College and at a local high school. The playwrights will have time to work on their own plays while living in the historic boyhood home of award-winning writer and Independence native, William Inge.
The program is funded in part by the Kansas Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information on the playwriting course at Independence Community College or the Inge Center Playwrights-in-Residence residency, call (620) 331-7768, or (800) 842-6063, ext. 5835.