Day After The Waste Land - Paperback

Averill, Will: - WILL 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 Director 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.Smith, Kent: - KENT SMITH (SMITTY) is a dimension-jumping illustrator, designer, sculptor, teacher, problem-maker, problem-solver, and magic-man sharing grand visions from afar. His work can be found on Star Wars toys, Free State beer labels, custom masks, huge woodblocks prints, giant festival sculptures and tiny trading cards. Smitty uses his crazy brainpowers and a menagerie of media to solve problems and deliver creative, unexpected, solutions that are rich in play and story. Kent also celebrates teaching in the Design Department at the University of Kansas, as well as working with the Lawrence Arts Center, VanGo, Percolator and other fine organizations. Smitty loves super-heroes, ninjas, monkeys, UFOs, cryptids, robots, ray-guns, and romance. He is always up for creative adventures and hopes you will come visit Smittytown whenever you need a fantastic escape, ridiculous adventure, and fun solutions for your creative needs. You can reach him at: smittytown.com.