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Playwright Jo Carson is the winner of the 1989 Kesselring Prize for “Daytrips,” which premiered at the Los Angeles Theatre Center on Sunday. The National Arts Club annually presents the $10,000 award--named for actor/author/producer Joseph Kesselring of “Arsenic and Old Lace” fame--to a promising, unknown playwright. Carson was unanimously chosen by the three-judge panel of biographer John Lahr, drama critic Edwin Wilson and playwright Lanford Wilson. “Daytrips” continues its run at LATC through Nov. 19.