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  • Announcing the 40th William Inge Theatre Festival

    The William Inge Theater Festival will celebrate its 40th anniversary on April 20-22, 2023, by honoring its namesake playwright William Motter Inge.    The three-day festival brings to Independence, Kansas, playwrights… Read More

  • New Play Labs Announced for William Inge Theatre Festival

    William Inge Center for the Arts at Independence Community College is pleased to announce The 6th New Play Lab at the 40th William Inge Theatre Festival. Events occur Thursday, April… Read More

  • William Inge Center for the Arts to Celebrate William Inge at the 40th William Inge Theatre Festival 

    The William Inge Theater Festival will celebrate its 40th anniversary April 20-22, 2023, by honoring its namesake playwright William Motter Inge.    The three-day festival brings to Independence, Kansas, playwrights from… Read More

  • Inge Center Announces Reading of COUNTERCLOCKWISE

    The residency is supported in large part by an ArtsWorks grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the William Inge Festival Foundation, and Independence Community College. Established in 2002,… Read More

  • 2022 Playwright in Residence

    2022 Playwright in Residence Shannon TL Kearns Reading of THE BODY’S RAPTURE written and performed by Shannon, Directed by Paul W. Kruse.  Reading Saturday September 3rd 7PM in the Black… Read More

  • The 20th Edition of “24 Hour Plays: ICC” Scheduled August 26-27, 2022

    “The High School 24 Hour Plays: ICC” returns to Independence Community College in a public performance at 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Sponsored by Independence Community College Theatre Department… Read More

  • Photos from the 39th Festival celebrating Lynn Nottage

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  • 2022 Inge Festival Schedule

  • 2022 Otis Guernsey Award-winner Gina Femia to be in Residence at the Inge House

    January 27th, 2022 The William Inge Center for the Arts is honored to welcome Gina Femia to Independence, Kansas as our winter 2022 Inge House Playwright in Residence. Gina is… Read More

  • Inge Festival to Honor Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Lynn Nottage

    The William Inge Theater Festival will celebrate its 39th anniversary April 21-23, 2022 by honoring Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage with the Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater Award.