Sun's entertainment editor heading to New York theater festival next week
CONWAY — Alec Kerr is poised to see a dream become a reality next week, when "Figuring Out Will," his one-act play, is performed at NYSummerfest on Aug. 23, 24 and 26 at the Hudson Guild Theater in New York City.
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Emilie Jensen, a 2011 graduate of Kennett High School, is the director of “Figuring Out Will.” (J. Demetrie Photography
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Tobias Arizio (left), Danika St. Denis and Bradley Sewell star in “Figuring Out Will,” a one-act play written by The Conway Daily Sun’s Alec Kerr. The play will make its world premiere at the NYSummerfest in Manhattan on Aug. 23. (TYLER FUENTES PHOTO/DESIGN ALEC KERR)
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