Will AverillWILL AVERILL is a writer, actor, puppeteer, expat, and townie. Born at LMH in 1974, Averill grew up on the mean streets of North Lawrence, attending Woodlawn, Broken Arrow, Central, Lawrence High School, and KU (twice). In 1997 Will and co-Artistic Drector Jeremy Auman started Card Table Theatre, focusing on new works by Midwest authors, the Victor Continental Comedy Show, and Sh*tty Deal Puppet Theatre Company. In 2003, Averill moved to Norwich, England for eight years, co-founding the theatre company Axis of Evil, performing comedy and puppet shows across the U.K. and Europe, and participating in the Edinburgh Fringe from 2007-2010.Will's first published work was the short piece "We Reuse Everything" in Central Junior High's literary magazine Inkspots, and it's only gone up from there. His writing includes a series of plays for middle-school students published by Playscripts, Inc., the screenplay "Riding the Pine" (with Ric Averill), the poem and Facebook page "F*ck You, I'm from Kansas," and most recently "King Dale: A Trailer Park Tragedy in Iambic Pentameter (Mostly)." Averill lives in Lawrence with his amazing wife, little old son, and petulant teenage dog, Daisy.Will really wants to win the Macarthur genius grant, so if you know anyone, hit him up. Read More Read Less