Guest Artists

Nick Albrecht, an Omaha native, is an actor, director, and educator currently serving as Director of Theatre and Artistic Director at Cowley College as well as Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Cowley Summer Theatre.... Read more

Recent acting credits: Jaxton in The Thanksgiving Play at Shaker Bridge Theatre,  Henry Condell in The Book Of Will at The Shakespeare Theatre, Emanuel in The Lehman Trilogy at Phoenix Theatre Company, Lucky in Waiting For Godot at The STNJ,  the title role in Macbeth at Oklahoma Shakespeare... Read more

Joe Binzer is an actor and a teaching artist in Fayetteville, AR. He was most recently seen as Valentine in Twelfth Night at TheatreSquared.  Other regional credits include The 2022, 2023, and 2024 New Play... Read more

Elaine Elizabeth Clifford is a performing artist based out of Kansas City. Her primary focus is creating original, multi-disciplinary productions that retell classic stories in new and engaging ways. Her two most recent independent productions... Read more

Joseph Discher has worked in regional theatres across the country and has directed several off-Broadway world premieres. The New York Times has called his work “devastatingly effective,” “enchanting,” and “beautiful.” Off-Broadway credits: Butler and (59E59), The Violin (59E59) and Vilna (St. Clement’s Theatre). Selected regional... Read more

Nelson T. Eusebio III is a director, producer and award-winning filmmaker. Nelson has directed and developed work at theaters throughout the country, including the Public Theater/NYSF, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, and The Old... Read more

Executive Artistic Director of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival where she has directed 23 plays. Her work directing new plays includes the off-off-Broadway production of Thanatos and assisting with the off-Broadway premiere of Aunt... Read more

Peter Gil-Sheridan is a Cuban-American playwright whose play This Space Between Us was performed off-Broadway with Keen Company. The play was developed by The New Harmony Project and Page 73 Productions as part of the P73 Residency. Cockfight,... Read more

Jenny Guy is a Tulsa native and seasoned theatre artist who has enjoyed years of performing, teaching, and directing regionally.   As an actor, Jenny has toured nationally and worked extensively in Chicago with talented companies... Read more

Paighton Hall – is a second year at ICC from Labette County High School studying Theater Performance.  Some of her favorite roles include: Ariel Moore- Footloose The Musical, Jo March- Little Women The Musical, Ilona... Read more

Morgan Hicks is a co-founder of TheatreSquared, where she currently serves as the Arts Engagement Director. Regional directing credits include Noises Off (Arrow Rocky Lyceum Theatre) Murder For Two, The Dingdong, Boeing Boeing, The Mystery... Read more

Ashley Hovell is a professional actor/director as well as staff member of Independence Community College. She graduated with a bachelor’s in theater performance from the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse in 2013 and is currently in graduate... Read more

Kendra Keller has always wanted to attend the Inge Theatre Festival and is thrilled to be participating as an actor and attendee for the first time. Originally from “the other Independence” (Missouri), Kendra has performed... Read more

Lindsay Kennedy is a playwright, dramaturg, and educator. Her play Her Own Devices won the Judith Barlow Prize and second-place for the Kennedy Center’s Jean Kennedy Smith Award and Darrell Ayers Award. Her work has... Read more

Carson Kreitzer is a playwright, lyricist, and librettist. Her musical Lempicka, co-written with Matt Gould and directed by Rachel Chavkin, ran at the Longacre Theater on Broadway last spring. The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Lempicka... Read more

Tori Kreusch (Celeste) is a Professional Actor from Kansas City, Kansas with an Associates degree in Performing Arts. Some of her favorite roles include: Jovie in ELF, Mrs Taylor/Lorraine/Woman 3 in Batboy the Musical, Dorine... Read more

Tim J. Lord is an award-winning playwright whose work has been produced and developed at theaters across the United States. As a member of the disability community, he strives to tell stories of communities who... Read more

Paula Makar is incredibly excited to speak at the Inge Festival! Paula is an Associate Member of SDC and a member of Actor’s Equity. Paula earned her Master’s Degree in Theatre from Oklahoma State University,... Read more

Paul Molnar is an award-winning actor and director.  He is an Associate Professor and the Director of Theatre Performance at Independence Community College.  Paul spent over 20 years in New York working as an actor,... Read more

Merle is delighted to be a first time participant in The Inge Festival! She has performed at many Kansas City and regional theaters where some of her favorite roles have been: Violet in August: Osage... Read more

Kevin O’Callaghan is an award-winning theatre maker, educator, and Associate Artist at Flint Repertory Theatre, where he has starred onstage as Happy in Death of a Salesman, Nick in Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf, and... Read more

Terry O’Reagan is proud to be a part of this year’s Inge Festival. Terry most recently appeared in the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s production of The Tempest last summer, as well as the Unicorn Theatre... Read more

Cinnamon Schultz Paulette began her love of theatre at a young age. She decided to make it her focus while attending the University of Kansas for her undergraduate degree. She then obtained her master’s degree... Read more

Elise Poehling is thrilled to return to the William Inge Festival. She has most recently been seen in Kansas City as Margot in Dial M for Murder (Kansas City Actors Theatre), Chris in Journey to... Read more

Glen Price is a sophomore from Independence, Kansas studying Theatre Performance. Favorite roles include: Orgon from Tartuffe, Georg Nowack from She Loves Me, and Laurie from Little Women. Glen is on a Theatre Scholarship and... Read more

James Still’s plays have been produced throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, South Africa, China and Japan. His new plays include EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE MOTHERS (workshopped with Launch Pad); THE CRATCHITS (in America); HAUNT ME (commissioned... Read more

Jen Sweeney has been seen on stages from Chicago to Boston, Denver to Northwest Arkansas. She was a member of the Bailiwick Repertory theatre in Chicago and studied at various acting programs there including intensive... Read more

Belinda “LaMae” Thompkins a freshman at Independence Community College. I am a graduate from Labette County high school. I have performed in almost fifteen shows with five of them being in college. I would like... Read more

Emily Tomlinson is an actor and teaching artist based in Fayetteville, AR, where she serves as the Director of Education at TheatreSquared. She has appeared onstage in At The Wedding, The Wolves, educational touring productions... Read more

Catherine Trieschmann’s plays include Crooked (NY Times critic’s pick), How The World Began, Hot Georgia Sunday (Chicago Tribune critic’s pick), The Most Deserving, Holy Laughter, and One House Over. They have been produced Off-Broadway at... Read more

Collin Vorbeck currently serves as the Interim Chair of the Theatre Division in the UMKC Conservatory. Previously, he ran the Theatre program at Blackburn College in Carlinville, IL. An actor, director, educator, and theatre scholar,... Read more

Bruce Walsh’s plays include Grown-Ass Louis, Berserker, and Prospect Hill.  Since receiving his MFA in Playwriting from Indiana University in 2017, his work has been produced around the country, winning the Heideman Award, the Gary Garrison National Ten... Read more

R.H. Wilhoit is so happy to join the Inge Festival! Homegrown in Springfield, MO, he received a BA in Theatre at Drury University. He now proudly calls Kansas City home, lucky to work as an... Read more

Joel Williams, Designer and Technical Director. JOEL WILLIAMS, a native of Kansas, is the current Associate Professor of Technical Theatre at Independence Community College. Previously he spent 7 years in Atlanta, GA as the Technical Director,... Read more

Deron S. Williams is a scholar, a freelance dramaturg and director, and an Assistant Professor of Theatre and Affiliate Faculty Member of the Institute for Racial Justice at Loyola University Chicago. He also serves as... Read more

Aubrey Wilson An Independence, KS native, Aubrey has been directing and stage managing for over 15 years. She is the current Director of Theatre at Emporia State University. Prior to this position, her work has... Read more