University of Wyoming student Anna Brownsted of Dallas,Texas, and a small UW cast were invited to perform a scene at the recent annual William Inge Festival in Independence, Kan. During February's Region VII Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) and Northwest Drama Conference, Brownsted won a new fellowship from KCACTF and the William Inge Center for the Arts. The fellowship recognizes the most outstanding student-directed and student-acted scenes written by famed American playwright William Inge or by a past William Inge Festival award winner. The festival, widely attended by industry professionals, celebrates Inge's legacy with an intensive four-day series of performances, readings, workshops,panel discussions and retrospectives.
"It was an honor to have our work seen by professional luminaries," says Brownsted. "We received compliments all the way around, but the highlight was the moment when Sheldon 'Call me Shelly' Harnick took my hand, looked me directly in the eye, leaned in, and said with complete sincerity that it was an honor for him to see our work," she adds.
