Sample Projects initiated:
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“The Drama of Creation: Writers on Writing” - Playwriting instruction video, produced and hosted by Peter Ellenstein, featuring seventeen of America's finest playwrights from Edward Albee to August Wilson, Tina Howe to Stephen Sondheim.
“The Greensburg Project” - Preview/fundraising video, Peter Ellenstein and the William Inge Center for the Arts co-produced this project with Cornerstone Theater and the 5-4-7 Arts Center of Greensburg Kansas. Telling the story of Greensburg's inspiring recovery from one of the worst tornadoes in history.
http://ingecenter.org/greensburg-project/
“A Complex Evening”: six short plays by William Inge” - Publication Peter Ellenstein, Marcel LaFlamme and Karen Carpenter delved into William Inge's unpublished works to create a remarkable evening of short plays, demonstrating Inge's breadth and skill
http://www.amazon.com/Complex-Evening-Short-Plays-William/dp/B005WD1XBK
“The William Inge Variations”: seven short plays inspired by William Inge - Publication, Peter commissioned these seven short plays based on characters created by William Inge. They were presented at Inge's 100th Birthday Festival and memorialized in this publication.
"Theatre's Golden Warrior: A Tribute to David Henry Hwang" Peter was executive producer of this one-time event celebrating David Henry Hwang through live performance, documentary video, interviews and photographs."
https://vimeo.com/user35029151/review/113704048/05dc36c36a
Password: contact Peter for password, not for reproduction or rebroadcast
"Farther Off from Heaven: A Tribute to William Inge, A Celebration of the Life, Work, and Legacy of William Inge." Peter was executive producer of this one-time event celebrating William Inge through live performance, documentary video, interviews and photographs."
http://vimeo.com/user35029151/review/114207750/14af61a9b7
Password: contact Peter for password, not for reproduction or rebroadcast
"Arthur Kopit: What is the Meaning of This?" Peter was executive producer of this one-time event celebrating Arthur Kopit through live performance, documentary video, interviews and photographs."
https://vimeo.com/user35029151/review/124455610/8273ea8e5b
Password: contact Peter for password, not for reproduction or rebroadcast
Commercials created for the William Inge Theatre Festival
while Peter was Artistic Director:
2008: Christopher Durang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urgEJIkjuxE
2009: Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt
http://www.ovguide.com/video/inge-09-tv-commercial-inge-fest-922ca39ce10036ba0e115452cf648efa
2010: Paula Vogel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w6zlucO4MM
2011: Marsha Norman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpQTpTUsibE
2012: David Henry Hwang
2013: William Inge 100th Birthday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACLzJfAYjdU
Inge Festival short promo for funding:
“What We Do at the Inge Festival”
References
links to various projects:
Jackson Bryer
President, William Inge Festival Foundation
Professor Emeritus, UMaryland
(301) 335-5425
Burgess Clark
Artistic Director, Boston Childrens Theatre
(978) 810-9579
Lisa Dozier King
General Manager
Jerry herman Ring Theatre, U Miami
(917) 470-0246, lisadozier@gmail.com
Sheldon Harnick
Contact information provided upon request.
Tina Howe
Contact information provided upon request.
David Henry Hwang
Contact information provided upon request.
Tom Jones
(“The Fantasticks”)
Contact information provided upon request.
Arthur Kopit
Contact information provided upon request.
Lois Lessman
Former Supervisor
William Inge Center / Independence CC
(620) 332-9230
Marsha Norman
Contact information provided upon request.
Theresa Rebeck
Contact information provided upon request.