Since 2002, the William Inge Center for the Arts has hosted outstanding playwrights as part of the Inge House Playwrights-in-Residence. To date, over 50 playwrights have lived in Independence for extended residencies at the William Inge Family Home. They each received a play development workshop of one of their scripts and distraction-free time for writing.
The residency hopes to provide the opportunity to develop a playwright’s new plays in the same surroundings that inspired young William Inge to his Pulitzer Prize winning work.
The residency is supported in large part by an ArtsWorks grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the William Inge Festival Foundation.
We are not accepting applications at this time.
Past Playwrights-in-residence
In alphabetical order.
- Ian August, Fall 2019
- Carson Grace Becker, Spring 2004 & Spring 2011
- Mickey Birnbaum, Spring 2006
- Richard Broadhurst Winter 2004
- Shelia Callaghan, Spring 2007
- Marcia Cebulska, Fall 2002
- Kuros Charney, Spring 2013
- Burgess Clark, Fall 2013
- Bryan Davidson, Spring 2005
- Russell Davis, Spring 2014
- Philip Dawkins, Fall 2009
- Lisa Dillman, Spring 2005 & Spring 2012
- Larissa Fasthorse, Fall 2009
- Gina Femia, Winter 2022
- Catherine Filloux Spring 2006
- Stephen Gregg, Fall 2013
- David Scott Hay, Spring 2003 & Fall 2006
- Richard Hellesen, Spring 2009 & Spring 2012
- Julianne Homokay, Fall 2007
- Chisa Hutchinson, Spring 2010
- Arlene Hutton, Spring 2009
- Jeremy Kareken, Spring 2004
- Lynne Kaufman, Fall 2010
- Shannon Kearns, Summer 2021
- Robert Koon, Fall 2007
- Adam Kraar, Fall 2004 & Spring 2008
- EM Lewis, Fall 2011 & Spring 2014
- Sean Christopher Lewis, Fall 2009
- Tim J. Lord, Spring 2021
- Patricia Loughrey, Fall 2008
- Melanie Marnich, Spring 2003
- Dominic Orlando, Spring 2007
- Kristen Palmer, Fall 2008
- Anne Phelan, Fall 2003 & Fall 2012
- Rose Portillo, Fall 2004
- Mary Sue Price, Fall 2014 & Fall 2018
- Elaine Romero, Fall 2003
- David Rush, Spring, 2010
- Lynn Silver, Fall 2016
- Evan Smith, Fall 2005
- Lydia Stryk, Fall 2006
- Caridad Svich,Fall 2004
- C. Denby Swanson, Fall 2002
- Adam Szymkowicz, Fall 2010 & Fall 2012
- Adrienne Thompson, Spring 2011
- Alice Tuan, Fall 2005 & Spring 2008
- Ken Urban, Fall 2011
- Deborah Yarchun, Fall 2018
- Rhiana Yazzie, Fall 2014