The William Inge Center for the Arts is honored to welcome Gina Femia to Independence, Kansas, as our winter 2022 Inge House Playwright in Residence.
The William Inge Center’s playwright residency, now in its second decade, provides playwrights the opportunity to write and develop their new plays in the same surroundings that inspired young William Inge to his Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Playwrights live in William Inge’s childhood home and are invited to an extended stay in Independence to write, create, and engage with the community in ways that reflect the playwright’s artistry.
Gina will spend her time in Independence this February working on new writing projects of her choosing. She will also teach playwriting during the week to students at Independence High School.
Gina’s work has been seen and developed at MCC Theater, Playwrights Horizons, EST, Page 73, New Georges, CTG, Theater of NOTE, Panndora Productions, etc. Selected honors include The Kilroys List, Leah Ryan Prize, Doric Wilson Award, the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, and the Neukom Award in Playwriting. Gina's work has been nominated for a Drama League Award (my pierced ears with AFO's Solo Shorts) as well as a New York Innovative Theater Award. Gina is a current Core Writer with the Playwrights Center, and an Alum of EST Youngblood, Page73's Interstate 73, Pipeline Theatre’s PlayLab, New Georges' Audrey Residency, the Ingram New Play Lab at Nashville Rep, and Parsnip Ship's Radio Roots Writer's Group. She is a New Georges Affiliated Artist and has received residencies with Page73, Powerhouse, NTI at the O’Neill, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and Fresh Ground Pepper. She has her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she was awarded the Lipkin Prize in Playwriting.