2022 New Play Lab
LOCATION:
William Inge Center for the Arts
1057 W. College Ave.
Independence, KS
The New Play Lab at the annual William Inge Theater Festival is a partnership between the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission and the William Inge Center for the Arts at Independence Community College.
Selected playwrights receive a professional public staged reading of their play, feedback from national theater artists regarding their submitted and selected script, exclusive playwriting masterclasses with master playwrights and full access to all private and public festival events.
This year, the festival is proud to honor the two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner Lynn Nottage with the Distinguished Achievement in American Theater Award.
The selected playwrights receive:
- A professional staged reading of their play with an audience
- Feedback on their play facilitated by national theater professionals
- Exclusive playwriting masterclasses with master playwrights
- Opportunities to meet with theater professionals from across the country
- VIP passes to all festival events
- A daily meal stipend
2022 New Play Lab Playwrights
| Playwright | Play Title |
|---|---|
| John Adams | Some Specter |
| Barbara Blatner | Advances in Communication |
| Rick Davis | Amid Canyons and Mesas |
| Blaire M Deziel | Hometown Glory |
| Jeff Dunne | One’s Cup of Tea |
| Buddy Farmer | Joey & Mare |
| Ron Fassler | Having Words |
| Franky D Gonzalez | The Invention of Time |
| Diane Hightower | Habitat |
| Julie Linden | Symptoms and Their Interpretations |
| Charles Ranum | Discharged |
| Guillermo Reyes | Where’s the Party? |
| Arianna Rose | Touch the Moon |
| Karen Saari | Gun Story |
| Fernando Segal | Bird of a Feather |
| Taylor Sklenar | 500/501 |
| Celeste Walker | The Red Blood of War |
| Jonathon Ward | Literary Glory |
| Robert Weibezahl | Artifact |
2022 William Inge Festival Schedule
| Thursday, April 21 | Friday, April 22 | Saturday, April 23 |
|---|---|---|
| 9am–5pm Workshops / New Play Lab | 9am–5pm Workshops / New Play Lab | 9am–5pm Workshops / Conversation with Lynn Nottage |
| 7pm Mercutio Loves Romeo Love Juliet Loves | 12:30pm Scenes at the Inge House | 12pm Picnic Lunch at Riverside Park |
| 7pm SWEAT | 7pm 39th Inge Fest Tribute: Celebrating Lynn Nottage | |
| 9pm Moonglow Closing Night Party |
