Matewan is a must see, with a young Will playing the role of a child preacher.

As a youngster will was active in the louisville theater community, including the following playwrighting project for which he wrote a few pieces noted below.
these are pretty interesting.

WALDEN THEATRE YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS 1985 Created in 1979, the Walden Theatre Young Playwrights Project has continued to offer a first stage proving ground for the artistically gifted and talented between the ages of twelve and eighteen years in Louisville, Kentucky. Walden Theatre wishes to thank the Community Art Council of the Greater Louisville Fund for the Arts, the Bingham Enterprises Foundation, Humana Foundation, Inc., and the Kentucky Arts Council for their support in making Young Playwrights 1985 possible. Dustbunnies Needles Plastic Cheese Pygmy Woman