Looking for inspiration? Research material? Information about your favorite playwright?

The distinguished playwrights pictured below have all been honored by the William Inge Theatre Festival.  Interviews with each honoree were conducted, beginning in 1987.  A grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has funded the digitizing of early interviews and the creation of this site.  Click on a playwright’s image to access a list of interview topics, a transcription, and a streaming video link.  This site was originated in 2005 and is a work in progress.

Jerome Lawrence Robert E. Lee William Gibson
Robert Anderson John Patrick Garson Kanin
Sidney Kingsley Horton Foote Adolph Green
Betty Comden Edward Albee Peter Schaffer
Wendy Wasserstein Terrance McNally Arthur Miller
August Wilson Neil Simon Stephen Sondheim
John Guare A.R. Gurney Lanford Wilson
John Kander Fred Ebb Romulus Linney
 
Arthur Laurents Tina Howe