THEATER

Space whales and chicken nuggets: Arkansas Rep produces short plays by third-graders

April 17, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

by Eric E. Harrison

A'miya Louden, a third-grader at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Little Rock, works with actor Matt Maguire (left) and dramaturg Austin Rodgers on her script for a short play at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Tamra Patterson Calamese)
A'miya Louden, a third-grader at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Little Rock, works with actor Matt Maguire (left) and dramaturg Austin Rodgers on her script for a short play at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Tamra Patterson Calamese)

Eight third-graders at Little Rock's Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School are now playwrights. And they are about to see their work presented on a professional stage by professional actors.

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