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THIS SUMMER, A UWEC THEATER GRAD BECAME (MORE) FAMOUS

WHEN THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISHED ITS LIST OF THE TOP STREAMING SERIES FOR THE SUMMER, and among the titles was an Amazon Prime original series featuring a UW-Eau Claire theatre arts alumnus, 1998 graduate and Eau Claire native Alfredo Narciso. Based on a bestselling young adult fiction trilogy by author Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty is a series of seven episodes, set in a fictional beach town called Cousins Beach. The multigenerational romantic drama revolves around a teenage girl named Bella and the families she has spent summers with for years, including two brothers both in love with her. Narciso plays Cleveland Castillo, a New Yorker and novelist researching sailing for a new book who becomes the love interest of Bella’s mother, also a writer. Although he was born in Milwaukee, Narciso spent his formative years in Eau Claire where his family remains, graduating from Memorial High School. After graduating from UWEC in 1998, Narciso weighed the options of launching a professional acting career in New York, Chicago or Los Angeles, ultimately making the move to New York. While the stage always was and remains his strongest passion in acting, Narciso’s resume includes roles in TV shows like Law & Order, Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, Blacklist, and Homeland –Denise Olson/UWEC