News Release
November 16, 2009
ICC Student Playwright
Readings on November 19
An
ensemble of regional
actors will read new
plays by students in the
Professional Playwriting
Certificate program at
William Inge Center for
the Arts at Independence
Community College. The
readings of the
works-in-progress are
set for Thursday,
November 19, at 7 p.m.
Admission is free.
The
student plays are
“Footie Pajamas,” by
Jerica Hucke; “Mustachce
Club,” by Adrian Steinle;
“Even Adam,” by Jonna
Jarnain; “Untitled,” by
Jill Huggins; and “The
Officey” by Nick Munson.
Some of the plays
contain mature themes
and adult language.
The
class instructors are
Inge family home
playwrights-in-residence
Philip Dawkins and Sean
Christopher Lewis.
As part of their
residency they promote
the craft of playwriting
in the Inge Center’s
Playwriting Certificate
Program. While in
Independence the
playwrights are also
afforded the opportunity
to write their own plays
in the same surroundings
that inspired Inge to
his Pulitzer Prize and
Oscar-winning work,
which include “Picnic,”
“Bus Stop,” and
“Splendor in the Grass.”
The
William Inge Center for
the Arts is named for
the late William Inge,
an Independence native
and alumnus of ICC who
won the Pulitzer Prize
for Drama (“Picnic”) and
Oscar for Best
Screenplay (“Splendor in
the Grass”). In
addition to the Kansas
Arts Commission, the
program is supported in
part by grants from the
National Endowment for
the Arts, the William T.
Kemper Foundation, and
the Dramatists Guild
Fund.
For more information on
the Playwriting
Certificate Program or
other Inge Center
activities, contact the
Center at (620) 332-5492
or visit
www.ingecenter.org.
