The 33rd Annual William Inge Theatre Festival, the Official Theatre Festival of the State of Kansas, celebrates comedy, drama and music in four whirlwind days starting Wednesdayevening March 26, at Independence Community College in Independence, Kansas.
Arthur Lee Kopit joins the list of outstanding dramatist as this year's Playwright Honoree. Kopit, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and a three-time Tony Award nominee, will be present to accept the William Inge Theatre Festival Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre Award.Tickets for all events are available at www.ingecenter.org/tickets or by calling (620) 332-5491, between 1pm and 5pm, Monday through Friday.As always, the Inge Festival is filled with theatre luminaries, professional artists and scholars from across the country.The Inge Festival kick-off is a concert reading of one of Arthur Kopit's newest plays, "BecauseHeCan", at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, at the William Inge Theater at Independence Community College. Featured actors in this "techno thriller" are Barry Bostwick, George West Carruth, John Gleeson Connolly, Nathan Darrow, and Elyse Knight and is directed by Jane Unger.On Thursday, March 27, get your tickets for "The Great Barrier" a new play by Otis Guernsey New Voices Award winner Mat Smart. The reading of his new work, that takes placeThursday, at 7:30 p.m. at the Independence High School auditorium. Cast members are Hawthorne James, Chuma Gault, and Kate LoConti., directed by Ron Oj Osborn.
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