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The Inge Digital collection in KU ScholarWorks contains scholarly conference papers presented at the annual William Inge Theatre Festival, held at Independence Community College, in Independence, KS. The Independence Community College library is the curator of the William Inge Collection, home of over 400 manuscripts by William Inge donated primarily by Inge and his family, as well as press clippings, memorabilia and books.

Recent Submissions

Maternal Instinct: The Portrayal of Mothers in the Works of William Inge

Williams, Philip Middleton (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2022-04)

One of the most pervasive characters in the works of William Inge is the role of the mother. She is a strong presence in two of his major works; Picnic and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, is the central character in ...
Uncloseting Drama: Tennessee Williams, William Inge, and Gay Identity in Terry Teachout's Billy and Me

McCoy, Chris (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2022-04)

Terry Teachout’s 2017 play, Billy and Me, imagines two fictional encounters between Tennessee Williams and William Inge: first, in a bar in Chicago in 1944 immediately following a pre-Broadway tryout of The Glass Menagerie, ...
Self and Generational Reality in Modern American Drama

Wolf, Howard R. (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2016-04-22)
Arthur Kopit: Inveterate Analyst of Frail Human Minds

Loomis, Jeff (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2014-03-29)
The Deadly Seriousness of America’s Funniest Playwright: Christopher Durang

Abbotson, Susan C.W. (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2008-04-26)
The Bi-Polar Express: Drive for Life in Late Works of William Inge and Sylvia Plath

Abbotson, Susan C.W. (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2014-05-03)
Looking at Paula Vogel’s Breasts

Abbotson, Susan C.W. (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2010-04-24)
A Place of His Own: Inge's "The Tiny Closet" as Outside Sexual and Political Orders

Warren, Brian; Hernandez, Teresa (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2013-05-03)
The Misunderstood Social Activist: A Reexamination of the Plays of William Inge

Woods, Robert (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2013-05-03)
How Firm a Foundation: Faith and Practice in the Works of William Inge

Williams, Philip M. (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2012-04-21)
Plain Speaking: The Voices of William Inge

Williams, Philip M. (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2011-04-15)
Mirror, Mirror: The Pairing of Hal Carter and Alan Seymour in Picnic

Williams, Philip M. (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2010-04-23)
Images in Picnic: How Far Have We Come?

Thibodeaux-Thompson, Missy (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2009-04-25)
A Complex Evening – A Complex Playwright: William Inge

Thibodeaux-Thompson, Missy (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2012-04-21)
Oral Performance/Aural Traditions: Cultural Identity in David Henry Hwang’s Trying to Find Chinatown

Dabney, Karen M. (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2013-04-16)
The Novels of William Inge: Against the Au Courant: Sex and Identity in American Culture

Wolf, Howard R. (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2011-04-13)
After the 1950's: Looking Back at William Inge

Wolf, Howard R. (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2010-04-21)
The Essence of American Drama: The Short Plays of William Inge

Wolf, Howard R. (William Inge Center for the Arts, 2012-04-21)

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