'It was really awesome': Jack O'Connell, MBA '17, sees work come to life on AHS stage

'It was really awesome': Jack O'Connell, MBA '17, sees work come to life on AHS stage

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Jack O'Connell, MBA '17 has been writing most of his life — books, stories and screenplays and other pieces — so when his, wife, Sara, came to him about writing a one-act play for Arlington High School students this year, he was glad to help.

"I thought it was really exciting," he said. That excitement grew even more when Sara suggested a general concept of witches.

"I said, 'Cool, let's figure this out and make it work,'" O'Connell said.

Jack O'Connell wrote Arlington High School's one-act play and his wife, Sara, was the director.

Make it work he did. Last week, O'Connell was able to see the words he mulled over and carefully crafted come to life as students performed the one-act play "The Hunt" for the first time Nov. 13.

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